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Ramaphosa calls for 'all hands on deck' to fight Covid-19

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on citizens “pulling out all the stops” in the “long war” against the coronavirus as the country edged closer to the 1,000 death mark following a record daily toll jump of 60 deaths on

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Louis Botha

Louis Botha , (born Sept. 27, 1862, near Greytown, Natal [now in South Africa]—died Aug. 27, 1919, Pretoria, S.Af.), soldier and statesman who was the first prime minister of the Union of South Africa (1910–19) and a staunch advocate of a policy of reconciliation between Boers and Britons, as

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Gauteng health MEC welcomes Cuban medical experts to fight Covid-19

Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku welcomed 28 Cuban Medical Brigade doctors to the province on Saturday, saying he hopes South Africa can learn from the experiences of the Cuban

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Source: https://www.news24.com

SA schools react as pupils detail experiences of racism

Dozens of schools across South Africa have recently faced allegations of racist incidents from former and current pupils amid global Black Lives Matter

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Interview: Africa Data Centres CEO Stephane Duproz

Stephane Duproz

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Diepkloof Rock Shelter - Middle Stone Age in South Africa

Diepkloof rock shelter is an important Middle Stone Age cave site, located on the Atlantic coast of Western Cape Province of South Africa, about 180 kilometers (112 miles) north of Cape Town. The 3.1 meter (10 ft) thick Middle Stone Age deposits include evidence of both Still Bay and Howiesons

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No truth to rumours that alcohol ban will be reinstated - Cogta

Rumours doing the rounds about the ban on liquor sales being reinstituted can be treated as fake news because the Cabinet has not even met since the Level 3 lockdown regulations came into

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Dennis Brutus

Dennis Brutus , in full Dennis Vincent Brutus (born November 28, 1924, Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia [now Harare, Zimbabwe]—died December 26, 2009, Cape Town, South Africa), poet whose works centre on his sufferings and those of his fellow blacks in South

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South Africa: Beds, Cases and Discharges - Gauteng's Latest Hospital Numbers

As the country's attention turns from flattening the curve through a lockdown to the preparedness of health systems, the latest statistics released by the Gauteng government show 58 people are currently hospitalised in public and private facilities across the

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Source: allAfrica.com

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Covid-19: Another Eastern Cape police station closes after cop tests positive

The Fort Beaufort police station in the Amathole District in the Eastern Cape has been closed after one of its officers tested positive for

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Africa: What Zoologists Should Learn From a Zoonotic Pandemic

Zoologists have known for decades that some of the most virulent viral infections are animal in

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Source: allAfrica.com

Delay in delivery of PPE, so KZN asks school staff to return on Thursday

The return of staff to schools in KwaZulu-Natal has been delayed until later in the week as the education department works to distribute personal protective equipment (PPE) to all

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The sun rises on Africa as we mark the 57th anniversary of the OAU

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R239 million in salaries - this is what SA will have to pay the Cuban medical brigade

The South African government will pay more than R239 million in salaries for the 187 members of the Cuban medical brigade, who, according to Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize, are specialists in areas in which South Africa has

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Battle of Rourkes Drift - The Battle of Rourke's Drift Zulu War

The Battle of Rourkes Drift was fought during the Anglo-Zulu War

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Africa: Possibility of Snow Across South Africa and Lesotho

There is a very real possibility of fairly widespread snow across South Africa and Lesotho from Monday next

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Source: allAfrica.com

South Africa: Why Easing the Lockdown Threatens to Put Workers in South Africa At Risk

Workplaces with over 500 workers must submit these plans to the Department of Employment and Labour and to their internal health and safety

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Source: allAfrica.com

In Fight Against Virus, South Africa Expects a Long Wait | Afro

The country with the continent’s most developed economy also has its highest number of confirmed infections — more than 21,000, representing 20% of

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Africa: SANEF Condemns The Attacks On Journalists In The USA, The UK, And The Death In Detention Of Cameroonian Journalist, Samuel Wazizi

The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) condemns the death in detention of Cameroonian journalist, Samuel Wazizi and the ongoing attacks on journalists in the USA and

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Source: allAfrica.com

Daniel F. Malan

Daniel F. Malan , in full Daniel François Malan (born May 22, 1874, near Riebeeck West, Cape Colony [now in Western Cape, S.Af.]—died Feb. 7, 1959, Stellenbosch, S.Af.), statesman and politician who formed South Africa’s first exclusively Afrikaner government and instituted the policy of

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May

22

1874

Your weather update: Snow expected in parts of Western and Northern Cape on Friday

- Very cold conditions are expected in places over the eastern parts of the Northern Cape and the Free

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Covid-19: Back to school in Limpopo, but one private school closed after pupil tests positive

While schooling in Limpopo resumed in the majority of areas on Monday amid joy and trepidation from Grade 7s and 12s, classes were suspended at a private institution in Polokwane after a pupil tested positive for

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South Africa: Four Suspects Appeared in Court for Double Murder

Verulam detectives led by the branch commander conducted an operation in the Verulam area on 13 May

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Limpopo man arrested for allegedly killing girlfriend, burying body in shallow grave

Limpopo police have arrested a man for allegedly killing his girlfriend, who was reported missing in January, after her body was discovered in a shallow grave in the

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South Africa's Covid-19 cases exceed 20,000

The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in South Africa has reached 20,125, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said on

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Two men arrested in connection with Limpopo school burglaries

Limpopo police have recovered laptops and WiFi routers, thought to have been stolen during school burglaries, when arresting two

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'You don't want to criminalise the country' - NPA says it doesn't prosecute 25% of lockdown cases

The National Prosecuting Authority has declined to prosecute about 25% of lockdown

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SABC employee in Cape Town tests positive for Covid-19

An employee at the SABC's Sea Point office in the Western Cape has tested positive for Covid-19, its acting spokesperson, Mmoni Seapolelo, said on

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Oliver Tambo

Oliver Tambo , (born October 27, 1917, Bizana, Pondoland district, Transkei [now in Eastern Cape], South Africa—died April 24, 1993, Johannesburg), president of the South African black-nationalist African National Congress (ANC) between 1967 and 1991. He spent more than 30 years in exile

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