Johannesburg Power Outage Threatens Critical Healthcare - South African News Briefs - April 23, 2024
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April 23, 2024, 6:00 AM
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Johannesburg in a Time of Darkness - Ivan Vladislavić's New Memoir Reminds Us of the City's Fragility
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April 24, 2024, 4:44 AM
[The Conversation Africa] Ivan Vladislavić is Johannesburg's literary linkman. He tells us, in the first pages of his new book, The Near North, that before cities were lit, first by gaslight and later electricity, people of means paid torchbearers to escort them through dark and perilous streets. "In Paris," he observes, "these linkmen were often police spies or informers, while in London they were more likely to be in league with criminals".
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History for Sale - What Does South Africa's Struggle Heritage Mean After 30 Years of Democracy?
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April 24, 2024, 4:44 AM
[The Conversation Africa] One of my favourite statues is the one of Nelson Mandela at the Sandton City shopping centre in Johannesburg. Larger than life, its oversized bronze shoes shimmer in the evening light, polished by the hands of many passersby who crowd around to take pictures with it. At the entrance of a square in the mall, it's a jovial image of the former South African president in a lively jive: a decidedly odd juxtaposition of a liberation fighter at a site of luxury retail.
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We Want Reparations Before the Elections, Demand Victims of Apartheid Crime
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April 23, 2024, 4:03 PM
[GroundUp] About 100 pensioners, supported by the Khulumani Support Group, picketed outside Parliament on Tuesday
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Banyana Coach Ellis to Be Conferred With an Honorary Doctorate
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April 24, 2024, 5:01 AM
[SAFA] According to CPUT, the University will be rolling out the red carpet for more than 7 000 graduands, celebrating the success of 6 373 undergraduates and 735 postgraduates during 14 ceremonies which started on 22 April and conclude on 26 April 2024.
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Huawei to Sponsor University Students to Undergo Tech Training in S.Africa
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April 23, 2024, 5:32 PM
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Huawei Kenya is set to sponsor selected students from different universities in the country in a technology teaching program in South Africa.
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Johannesburg Resident Wins Utility Bill Battle After 7-Year Fight - South African News Briefs - April 22, 2024
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April 22, 2024, 6:22 AM
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Meerkat - the South African Radio Telescope That's Transformed Our Understanding of the Cosmos
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April 23, 2024, 4:47 AM
[The Conversation Africa] South Africa's Karoo region is a vast semi-arid area that stretches across four of the country's provinces. It is sparsely populated and renowned for its wide open spaces.
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Academics With Disabilities - South African Universities Need an Overhaul to Make Them Genuinely Inclusive
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April 23, 2024, 4:47 AM
[The Conversation Africa] Very little research has been conducted about academics with disabilities working in South African universities. This means their stories, and the challenges they face in the daily demands of their jobs, are not often told. Sibonokuhle Ndlovu, who holds a PhD in education and lectures on the subject, explains what her study of academics with disabilities revealed.
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Scrap Electricity Tariff Hikes, Demand Durban Residents
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April 22, 2024, 1:14 PM
[GroundUp] Public comment on increases for ratepayers in eThekwini closed on Friday
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Esther Mahlangu - How the Famous South African Artist Keeps Her Ndebele Culture Alive
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April 22, 2024, 4:32 AM
[The Conversation Africa] Esther Mahlangu is having a retrospective of her world famous art in Cape Town. Now 88, the South African visual artist is best known for her colourful large-scale murals in the traditional patterns and colours of the Ndebele people of South Africa - once famously displayed on a BMW as part of a global advertising campaign. But how is she regarded by her people and what does her work represent? We asked Sifiso Ndlovu, an expert in the art and identity of the Ndebele peo...
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South Africa's Security Forces Once Brutally Entrenched Apartheid. It's Been a Rocky Road to Reform
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April 22, 2024, 4:32 AM
[The Conversation Africa] One of the important tasks that faced South Africa's democratic government after 1994 was to reform the apartheid-era security apparatus.
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The Walls Tell Their Stories - Street Art Brings Noordgesig's History to Colourful, Vibrant Life
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April 23, 2024, 2:38 PM
[Daily Maverick] In this corner of Soweto, to which people were forcibly moved from places like Sophiatown and Vrededorp, street art tells the story of a rich history and a strong community culture.
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Shohei Ohtani Sets Record, Dodgers Annihilate Mets
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April 23, 2024, 1:59 PM
[Daily Maverick] Shohei Ohtani and Andy Pages hit milestone home runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers finished off a rough homestand with a dominating 10-0 victory over the New York Mets on Sunday.
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Search Continues for Missing 6-Year-Old Joshlin Smith - South African News Briefs - April 19, 2024
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April 19, 2024, 5:58 AM
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Freedom Day, Food Justice and Marshalltown Fire Justice Campaign March
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April 22, 2024, 10:17 AM
[Daily Maverick] New report explores how corruption and discrimination intersect to undermine land rights in South Africa; the Healthy Living Alliance will host a webinar highlighting the grim reality of the food environment in South Africa; and Freedom Day will mark the 30th anniversary of South Africa's first democratic elections.
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Chronic Kidney Disease Rates Have Dropped in People With HIV, but Late Diagnosis Remains a Serious Problem
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April 22, 2024, 9:33 AM
[spotlight] People living with HIV are at an increased risk of developing several opportunistic infections and co-morbidities, including chronic kidney disease. Elri Voigt unpacks the complex effect that HIV has on the kidneys, how HIV and chronic kidney disease has evolved after the roll out of anti-retroviral treatment, and what the situation is now in the country for people living with HIV and chronic kidney disease.
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Reliving the Pandemic - Five New 'Vi-Fi' Novels Inspired By Covid-19
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April 22, 2024, 1:47 PM
[Daily Maverick] These titles, with themes such as isolation and addiction, introduce readers to a new Covid generation of authors.
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Power Outage Sparks Days of Protest in Joburg
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April 19, 2024, 3:15 PM
[GroundUp] Protests started on Tuesday, culminating with major roads to Orlando East, Pennyville, and Noordgesig being blocked on Thursday
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Ndebele Artist Esther Mahlangu Honored with Math Doctorate - South African News Briefs - April 18, 2024
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April 18, 2024, 6:20 AM
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Corruption Accused Edwin Sodi's Company Still Not Blacklisted By Treasury
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April 19, 2024, 3:17 PM
[GroundUp] City of Tshwane asked for Blackhead Consulting to be put on the list of restricted suppliers more than two months ago
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Elandsfontein Drowning in Sewage and Buried By Rubble
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April 19, 2024, 12:18 PM
[GroundUp] City of Ekurhuleni has not helped the residents who have reported the issues for nearly a year
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Roads Are Littered With Potholes and Overgrown Grass in This Soweto Community
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April 19, 2024, 12:18 PM
[GroundUp] City promises the roads will soon be resurfaced as a temporary solution
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Shelters for Homeless Families a Rarity
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April 19, 2024, 7:43 AM
[GroundUp] The Somerset West Family Shelter is one of few in the country
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30 Years On, South Africa Still Dismantling Racism and Apartheid's Legacy
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April 19, 2024, 4:49 AM
[Africa Renewal] Rethabile Ratsomo said it's the little things that remind her of her perceived "place" in South African society.
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Johannesburg Faces Water Crisis as Infrastructure Crumbles - South African News Briefs - April 17, 2024
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April 17, 2024, 6:01 AM
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South Africa's Electricity Crisis - a Series of Failures Over 30 Years Have Left a Dim Legacy
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April 19, 2024, 4:49 AM
[The Conversation Africa] In 1994, apartheid ended and the African National Congress (ANC) won South Africa's first ever democratic elections, promising "Electricity for All" as part of its Reconstruction and Development Programme.
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South Africans Tasted the Fruits of Freedom and Then Corruption Snatched Them Away - Podcast
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April 19, 2024, 4:49 AM
[The Conversation Africa] Five years after his momentous election as South African president, Nelson Mandela stepped down after one term in office in 1999. Thabo Mbeki, his deputy, took over the mantle of the post-apartheid transition. Mbeki would lead the country for the next nine years, a period of relatively high economic growth which enabled South Africans to begin to taste the fruits of freedom.
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Daily Maverick Shuts Down for 24-Hours to Protest Against Journalism Crisis
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April 18, 2024, 1:26 PM
[IFJ] With its action, The Daily Maverick warns against the devastating effects of ongoing business models of tech giants, which make benefits by distributing words, images and sounds that media professionals have authored and performed.
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Climate Change Makes Life Harder - in South Africa It's Likely to Bring Heatwaves, Water Stress and Gender-Based Violence
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April 19, 2024, 4:49 AM
[The Conversation Africa] South Africa is feeling the impacts of global warming. Heat is frequent and more intense. Human-induced climate change made the severe 2015-2017 drought three to six times more likely. But climate change also doubled the likelihood of the heavy rain that hit parts of South Africa in April 2022, which led to 400 people being killed and many thousands forced to flee their homes.
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