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Fri, 16 Jul 2021 11:00:00 +0200
WATCH | ‘Calm down, George’ - Mzansi left in stitches by cop afraid of needles during vaccination
We can totes relate!

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:56:38 +0200
Government is hot on the trail of the instigators: Ramaphosa
The unrest that gripped KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng was "quite clearly instigated".

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:52:08 +0200
Africa’s last absolute monarch holds all the cards as Eswatini dissent grows
King Mswati III will break his silence on Friday, weeks after the police and army quashed some of the most violent pro-democracy protests yet in Eswatini.

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:51:09 +0200
Thousands of specialised troops flown into KZN
Predawn deployments see highly trained 'marines' from Cape Town along with combat medics descend on besieged towns

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:30:00 +0200
Biden, Merkel fail to resolve differences about Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline
President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Angela Merkel failed on Thursday to settle their dispute over Russia's Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline but said they agreed that Moscow must not be allowed to use energy as a weapon to coerce its neighbors...

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:30:00 +0200
IN QUOTES | Here’s what the presidency said about government’s response to the unrest
The government cannot yet confirm if the ongoing violence = is the worst to have happened in post-apartheid SA, acting minister in the presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said on Thursday as the state counts the cost of unrest that has gripped parts of G...

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:15:00 +0200
World leaders dial in as New Zealand hosts special APEC meeting on pandemic
US President Joe Biden, Russia's Vladimir Putin, China's Xi Jinping and other world leaders meet virtually on Friday for the Asia-Pacific trade group APEC, seeking collective actions to navigate the Covid-19 pandemic and its economic impacts.

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:00:00 +0200
What you said: Action should be taken against Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla & others over unrest
Zuma-Sambudla is expected to account to the ruling party about her tweets, said deputy secretary-general, Jessie Duarte, on Monday.

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 09:45:00 +0200
Got a new TV or fridge in the past few days? Bheki Cele wants to see the receipts or you could get arrested
“Prepare the receipts because if we come there and there are no receipts and the items were looted, we will loot you out of your house,” said the police minister.

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 09:45:00 +0200
Pfizer agrees to pay $345m to resolve EpiPen pricing lawsuit
Pfizer Inc has agreed to pay $345 million to resolve claims by consumers who claim they overpaid for EpiPens due to anticompetitive and unfair practices by the drugmaker and the company that markets the emergency allergy treatment, Mylan.

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 09:30:00 +0200
Biden sees US child tax credit as 'giant step' to counter poverty
Some 35 million American families have received their first monthly payout from the U.S. government in an expanded income-support program that President Joe Biden said on Thursday could help end child poverty.

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 09:08:50 +0200
WATCH | Bezos vs Branson: Whose space flight is cooler?
As Jeff Bezos is poised to make history next week with his suborbital flight with an all-civilian crew, comparisons are being drawn with his rival Richard Branson, who was the first in the billionaire space race to complete a suborbital flight.

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 09:00:00 +0200
I wouldn't 'do a coup' with Milley, Trump says of top US general
“I never threatened, or spoke to anyone about a coup of our Government ... If I was going to do a coup, one of the last people I would want to do it with is General Mark Milley,” Trump said in a statement.

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 09:00:00 +0200
WATCH | ‘What's going to be left of SA for us kids?’ - 7-year-old's message for looters will melt your heart
Seven-year-old YouTuber Taylor Morrison is 'freaking out" and joked that she is thinking of "moving to the moon" to escape the looting.

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 09:00:00 +0200
COVID-19 LIVE UPDATES | Provinces pass 80% for teacher jabs but some refuse to ace the test
Coronavirus updates.

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 08:50:21 +0200
Make a difference this Mandela Day with the Near Me micro-app
Mobile phone service shows donation drop-off points near you

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 08:46:28 +0200
Transnet says port operations in Durban, Richards Bay improving, some delays
Transnet on Friday said road closures and fuel and food shortages are constraining its supply chain despite improved operations at the ports of Durban and Richards Bay after days of unrest.

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 08:21:17 +0200
Businesses and NGOs to the rescue with 40,000 loaves of bread and 40,000 litres of milk
As residents scrambled for food supplies due to unrest in Durban, at least 20 businesses and non-governnment organisations and non-profit organisations, including the Muslims for Humanity and the Natal Memon Jamaat Foundation (NMJ), distributed 40,00...

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 08:20:00 +0200
Pandemic disruptions push millions of Nigerians into hunger
Shehu Ismaila Gbadebo has worked as a barber for two decades. The money he made at his rented stall in a bustling suburb of Nigeria's megacity, Lagos, used to be plenty for him to pay bills and set aside some savings. Now, he relies on donated food.

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 08:13:07 +0200
Eastern Cape advocate Terry Price succumbs to Covid-19
Advocate Terry Price, who was in his early 60s, died on Thursday after a lengthy battle with Covid-19.

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 07:51:50 +0200
Durban bus service resumes operation in 'low risk' areas
eThekwini Municipality's bus service resumed operations in "low risk" areas on Friday after unrest that gripped the city.

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 07:47:21 +0200
Ethiopian regulator suspends Addis Standard news website
Ethiopia's media regulator said it had suspended the news website The Addis Standard on Thursday and accused it of advancing the agenda of a terrorist group.

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 07:30:00 +0200
Thuli Madonsela says protesters were egged on by selfish leaders 'to destroy the little that keeps them going'
Thuli Madonsela says the riots were instigated by individuals who used the poor to advance their own interests.

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 07:00:00 +0200
YOUR COVID-19 QUESTIONS ANSWERED | Can I take the Covid-19 vaccine if I am pregnant?
Pregnant or planning to start a family? Here's what you need to know about the Covd-19 vaccine.

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 06:50:23 +0200
Cyril, we're waiting, plus five highlights from ‘Vrye Weekblad’
What SA needs after a week of trauma and destruction, is a good cleanup of the state and drastic programmes to fight poverty. Is our president able to pull that off? asks Max du Preez.

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 06:50:09 +0200
FlySafair's free 20kg baggage allowance to carry food, medicine to KZN
FlySafair will offer inbound passengers a free 20kg baggage allowance to carry food or medicine to Durban.

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 06:40:00 +0200
All the news about the coronavirus pandemic in SA and abroad
For all the latest coverage on covid-19 and coronavirus

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 06:18:26 +0200
'Black Blackhawk' takes flight as SANParks Air Services' chief pilot
Eye in the sky - meet SANParks' new chief pilot.

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 06:10:44 +0200
LIVE UPDATES | Riots and looting: Is Ramaphosa's visit to KZN happening a little too late?
Live updates if riots and looting in South Africa.

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 21:08:44 +0200
State of emergency 'not appropriate' to deal with the unrest
'A state of emergency will be counterproductive in defending our democracy.'



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