SASSA payment dates for March 2021: Here’s what you need to know

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

DA calls on Interpol, SA and Malawi to facilitate smooth Bushiri extradition | News24

The DA has called on Interpol and national authorities to facilitate a smooth extradition process for the self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife, Mary.

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Ramaphosa appoints Tsakani Maluleke as Auditor-General of South Africa

Tsakani Maluleke has been appointed as Auditor-General for a non-renewable term of seven years with effect from 1 December 2020.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Sri Lanka Weighs Proposal from US Companies to Invest in Renewable Energy – The Wilmington Journal

Colombo - Two American companies are looking to invest in Sri Lanka's energy sector as the island nation moves toward a renewable energy supply by 2023. New Fortress and General Electric, via the U.S. Embassy, [...]

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Source: The Wilmington Journal

Weather forecast, alerts and UVB index for all South African provinces, 19 November 2020

Here's a quick glance at what the weather forecast holds in store across all the South African provinces. Stay warm or keep cool.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

South Africa: Tributes Pour for Queen of Kwaito Mshoza

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- 2020 has taken another popular singer.

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Source: allAfrica.com

South Africa: Unemployment Soars in South Africa

[The Exchange] South Africa's unemployment rate has risen to levels last seen in 2008. According to the country's National Statistics Agency, 30.8% of South Africans are now unemployed. This figure is the highest the country has experienced since 2008.

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Source: allAfrica.com

South Africa-Wanted Fugitive "Prophet" Arrested in Malawi | Africanews

Prophet on the Run

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Matric exam leak: Rewrite will be last resort, says department as it starts probe | News24

The Department of Basic Education says it is still too early to tell whether the National Senior Certificate and Senior Certificate Mathematics Paper 2 examination will be re-written after it was leaked.

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Africa: Back-Up Generators - a Heavy Cost for Business in Africa

[Africa In Fact] Off-grid makes doing business in Africa hugely expensive.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Brackenfell protest: Police unleash water cannons, stun grenades [video]

The EFF, as promised, have shown up in their numbers outside Brackenfell High School. The police have since retaliated with mass force.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

After only two years, popular ride-hailing app SafeBoda is leaving Kenya, over 4,000 to lose jobs - Face2Face Africa

Popular motorbike taxi-hailing App SafeBoda has quit the Kenyan market, after two years of operations. In a statement on Monday, the Ugandan funded app cited an economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic. “SafeBoda has made a very difficult decision to pause rides and send services from

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

Black Friday splurge: How will stores observe social distancing?

Retail stores and businesses have been encouraged to execute certain COVID-19 safety protocols for the Black Friday binge.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

RIP Mshoza: Tributes pour in following Nomasonto Maswanganyi's death

One of South Africa's most respected Kwaito musicians has died on Thursday. Nomasonto Maswanganyi - known as Mshoza - had previously been hospitalised.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Africa: As AU Chair, South Africa's Leadership Fell Short in Key Areas

Analysis - South Africa is set to conclude its one-year tenure as African Union (AU) chair at the next AU summit in February 2021. Like for many, its plans for the AU, which included silencing the guns, women's financial inclusion and championing infrastructure development, were largely derailed by

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa: Governments Must Support Proposal to Waive Coronavirus Covid-19 Patents

[MSF] Geneva -- Ahead of World Trade Organization (WTO) talks to consider a landmark request to waive certain intellectual property (IP) during the COVID-19 pandemic - put forward by India and South Africa in October - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls on all governments to support this

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Source: allAfrica.com

Mthatha tornado: Cars 'tossed into the air' by freak weather event

The Eastern Cape town of Mthatha faces a serious rebuilding job, after an EF3 tornado ripped through large settlements earlier this week.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

South African NGO FRESH Hires Locals to Clean Up the Nation’s Rivers | Africanews

Save and Restore South African Rivers

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Racial Discrimination Ages Black Americans Faster, According to a 25-Year-Long Study of Families - African American News Today - EIN Presswire

… following more than 800 Black American families for almost 25 … physical health disparities seen among Black Americans. Why it matters … and other factors affect Black American parents and their children … the largest study of African American families in the U …

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Source: Inter Press Service | News and Views from the Global South

Zim to abandon fixing prices for commodities

ZIMBABWE plans to stop fixing the prices of commodities and will set up a commodity exchange before the end of the year where market prices will prevail, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has said. “We as government determine prices of wheat, maize and cotton,” said Ncube in an interview Tuesday with

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Natural Allies: Film Promotes Revival of the Black-Jewish Partnership for Civil Rights - African American News Today - EIN Presswire

… ’ new documentary Shared Legacies: The African American-Jewish Civil Rights Alliance recounts … Charles Wright H. Museum of African American History in April, was canceled …

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Source: The Jewish News

Zanu PF spells out succession plan

ZANU PF yesterday said the party’s succession matrix would always be guided by its constitution and remained a straitjacket where the most senior party member would succeed an incumbent party leader. BY MOSES MATENGA Addressing a Press briefing in Harare, acting national spokesperson Patrick

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Ramaphosa comments on Bushiri saga: ‘It should never have happened’

Self-proclaimed Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife recently skipped the country and headed for Malawi, breaking their bail conditions.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Zulu called to account for City of Joburg employees who received social grants

The DA is calling on Lindiwe Zulu to account for hundreds of social grants that were fraudulently received by City of Joburg employees.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Africa: Continent Nears 2 Million Confirmed Cases of Covid-19

[allAfrica] As of November 18, the confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries have reached 1,999,178. Reported deaths in Africa have reached 48,034 and recoveries 1,682,265.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Bad news for Tito Mboweni: SA 'to stop accepting cheque payments' soon

South Africans, and Tito Mboweni, only have a few weeks left to use-up their cheques - the payment method is set to be discontinued in December.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Ramaphosa officially appoints Tsakani Maluleke, South Africa's first female Auditor-General | News24

Tsakani Maluleke has officially been appointed to the position of Auditor-General of South Africa.

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Black Republican Opponent Expected to Defeat Stockton’s Popular Democratic Mayor Michael Tubbs

In 2012, Stockton, California, elected 22-year-old Michael Tubbs to his hometown’s city council. From that celebrated victory to his 2017 rise to mayor of the Central Valley city, media pundits and Democratic Party insiders have hailed Tubbs, calling him one of the Democratic Party’s rising

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'Cruel' San Francisco City landlady wants to restore her innocence over $25m property debacle - Face2Face Africa

A San Francisco landlady and estate developer, Anne Kihagi, has accused the city of falsifying evidence against, her three years ago, to seize her buildings worth $25 million. Kihagi, who has been dubbed 'San Francisco's cruelest landlord', says she has been a subject of racial abuse, vowed never

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

Uganda: How Museveni Mastered Violence to Win Elections in Uganda

[African Arguments] Repeated arrests and office raids are part of a strategy designed to project control without overly provoking domestic or international criticism.

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Source: allAfrica.com

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