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Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:24:56 GMT
New Stringent Rules for Raw Meat Products -South African News Briefs - August 31, 2022
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Wed, 31 Aug 2022 06:14:47 GMT
Ramaphosa Delays Answering Forex Farm Theft Questions in Unfinished Parliamentary Session
[Daily Maverick] Having said he was ready to account -- just not quite yet in Parliament -- for the Phala Phala farm forex theft, President Cyril Ramaphosa thought he was done. However, the opposition insisted on a proper answer and the Speaker ultim...

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 17:14:22 GMT
Young Inventor Shares Vision for Water Secure SA
[SAnews.gov.za] Close friends and classmates, Unam Halam and Faith Claasen's invention, the Drop Saver, is making waves at the World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden.

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 07:45:18 GMT
Corruption in South Africa - New Book Sets Out How Ruling ANC Lost the Battle
[The Conversation Africa] One of the greatest benefits of South Africa's democracy is freedom of speech and publication. Mpumelelo Mkhabela's book, The Enemy Within, is the latest in a cascade of publications over the last decade that record corrupti...

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 04:45:49 GMT
Migrants in South Africa Have Access to Healthcare - Why It's Kicking Up a Storm
[The Conversation Africa] A political storm has erupted in South Africa after a video went viral showing the health minister for the Limpopo province - which borders Zimbabwe - berating a Zimbabwean woman who was seeking healthcare. Responses have be...

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 08:49:21 GMT
Turn Sea Point Plot Into Social Housing, Say Activists
[GroundUp] Two years after the Tafelberg sale was overturned, progress has stalled. Now the provincial government says it may want to use the land "in the public interest".

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 08:15:46 GMT
Ramaphosa Faces Grilling at Parliament - South African News Briefs - August 30, 2022
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Tue, 30 Aug 2022 08:50:30 GMT
We Travel to Harare With Returning Zimbabweans
[GroundUp] It's an unhappy journey marked by xenophobia and an uncertain future

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 08:49:43 GMT
Treasury Tables Bill to Tackle Money Laundering
[SAnews.gov.za] Reiterating government's commitment to nip illicit money flows, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has tabled in Parliament the Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Terrorism Financing Amendment Bill.

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 04:53:06 GMT
Nigeria Alerts Nationals in South Africa of Planned Attack
[Premium Times] "This is to advise Nigerians living in South Africa to be vigilant and exercise caution in their activities due to the recent utterances of the proponents of the Operation Dudula and their threats to attack foreign nationals in this c...

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 07:18:58 GMT
Covid Was a Setback for Indigenous Languages - Lecturers On What Went Wrong
[The Conversation Africa] South African indigenous languages are among those at risk of a serious decline due to the increasing use of digital technologies. By some estimates only 5% of the world's languages are likely to survive online.

Mon, 29 Aug 2022 13:28:55 GMT
Mom Wins Court Battle Against Medical Scheme
[GroundUp] Medihelp refused to cover cost of treating three-year-old's rare medical condition

Mon, 29 Aug 2022 12:25:34 GMT
Federal Govt Warns of Imminent Attacks Against Nigerians in South Africa
[Leadership] The Federal Government has warned Nigerians to guide against what may be another round of xenophobic attacks against them and other foreigners in South Africa.

Mon, 29 Aug 2022 08:03:37 GMT
Former Transnet Bigwigs Brian Molefe, Anoj Singh Out on R50,000 Bail - South African News Briefs - August 29, 2022
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Mon, 29 Aug 2022 07:28:54 GMT
Want to Get More Women to Start Their Own Businesses? Here's What It Takes
[The Conversation Africa] Globally, men are twice as likely as women to start a business. Most research into how to start a business has been focused on men. Not much has looked at why women are not fully represented among entrepreneurs or how to cha...

Mon, 29 Aug 2022 07:27:13 GMT
South Africa Has a Plan to Make Its Public Service Professional. It's Time to Act On It
[The Conversation Africa] A professional, efficient and effective public service is key to a government's ability to deliver on its mandate. That's why South Africa's constitution requires that the public service be institutionalised as a profession....

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 12:01:12 GMT
Health Official Slammed For Verbal Attack on Zimbabwean Patient
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- In a viral video, Limpopo province Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba told a migrant patient that illegal Zimbabweans were putting a strain on the provincial healthcare system when informed the patient she was addressing was Shona s...

Mon, 29 Aug 2022 10:23:43 GMT
Towards Women-Centred Climate Change Decision-Making and Budgeting #AfricaClimateCrisis
[spotlight] The devastating impacts of ongoing climate change are already being felt in South Africa, with some researchers describing the region as a climate change hotspot. President Cyril Ramaphosa attributed the catastrophic floods in KwaZulu-Nat...

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 09:45:03 GMT
Health Dept Responds After MEC's Controversial Statements
[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Health has acknowledged that the public healthcare system is struggling in some areas to meet the healthcare needs of the citizens and reduce the backlogs due to the unpredictably high number of undocumented migrants...

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 10:12:13 GMT
Health Department's Comment on Limpopo Health MEC Video Clip
[Govt of SA] The National Department of Health has been inundated with media queries to weigh in on the current debate prompted by the comments made by Limpopo MEC for Health in a video clip recorded in Bela Bela hospital.

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 08:05:21 GMT
Time Running Out for Zimbabwe Exemption Permit Holders - South African News Briefs - August 26, 2022
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Thu, 25 Aug 2022 13:49:37 GMT
Minimum Age for Criminal Capacity Increased
[SAnews.gov.za] The minimum age for capacity of criminal intent in children has been increased from 10 years to 12 years old through the amendment of the Child Justice Act of 2008.

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 10:15:26 GMT
The Latest On Long-Acting HIV Prevention and Treatment
[spotlight] Advances in long-acting formulations of antiretroviral medicines were one of the most exciting areas of HIV research showcased at the recent AIDS 2022 conference held in Montreal, Canada.

Mon, 29 Aug 2022 13:36:25 GMT
No Publicly Available Data Supports Claim That 80% of Women Who Give Birth At South African Hospital Are Undocumented Zimbabweans
[Africa Check] In August 2022 Phophi Ramathuba, the government's head of health in South Africa's Limpopo province, caused a stir when she was recorded confronting a Zimbabwean national for seeking medical care at one of Limpopo's public hospitals.

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 07:20:11 GMT
Women Refugees Fleeing Violence Seek Safety in South Africa - But They Don't Find It
[The Conversation Africa] When I ran away from home there was no safety, and when I came to South Africa there is no safety; it's also happening here.

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 11:15:19 GMT
Mass Poisoning a Devastating Blow to Vulture Populations. But They're Fighting Back
[Endangered Wildlife Trust] A buffalo carcass, killed by snaring and then laced with highly toxic poison, was found by patrolling rangers near Punda Maria in the northern Kruger National Park (KNP) on 11 August 2022, resulting in the death of 108 vul...

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 08:40:05 GMT
Lotteries Commission Chief Resigns Amid Controversy
[GroundUp] Implicated in numerous allegations of lottery corruption, he was due to face a disciplinary hearing

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 07:50:43 GMT
'Kill the Boer' Song Not Hate Speech - South African News Briefs - August 25, 2022
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Mon, 29 Aug 2022 10:22:08 GMT
Women in Health - From Test Tubes to Impacting Lives - Dr Thesla Palanee-Phillips On Making a Difference With Science
[spotlight] "It's really, really rewarding to know that burning the candle at both ends - the hard days in the clinic, late nights, and taking calls - traveling throughout the African continent and taking these long trips to the US for meetings paid ...

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 04:33:15 GMT
'We Cannot Breathe' - Workers Protest Rising Cost of Living
[DW] Trade union-led protests have called on the government to reign in runaway inflation and rising costs. South Africa is still reeling from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.



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