Nearly Half of South Africans Can't Afford Basics - Survey - South African News Briefs - April 24, 2024
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April 24, 2024, 6:18 AM
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Department of Health Fails to Buy Life-Saving Device for Diabetes Patients
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April 24, 2024, 11:51 AM
[GroundUp] Using vials and syringes instead of pens can lead to insulin dosing errors which can be fatal
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Widow's Shack Demolished Six Times Since September
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April 24, 2024, 11:51 AM
[GroundUp] 100 shacks demolished by JMPD in Rabie Ridge on Saturday
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Immigration Officer Slammed By Judges After Ethiopian Asylum Seeker Attempts Suicide
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April 24, 2024, 11:03 AM
[GroundUp] Tsegaye Esyas says he was duped into confessing that he was in South Africa illegally
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Elections 2024 - South Africa Is One of the Few African Countries Where Prisoners Can Vote
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April 24, 2024, 11:03 AM
[GroundUp] But the right of prisoners to vote has at times been resisted by the government and the Independent Electoral Commission
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Cosatu Applauds the Progressive Agreement to Halt Retrenchments of 6 000 Workers At the Post Office
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April 24, 2024, 1:10 PM
[COSATU] The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) applauds the progressive agreement to halt the retrenchments of 6 000 workers at the South African Post Office (SAPO). This profound agreement provides relief and hope to thousands of SAPO employees and their families. COSATU congratulates its Affiliate, the Communications Workers' Union (CWU) for its tireless efforts on behalf of SAPO employees.
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Agricultural Hubs Create Work and Hope for Hundreds
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April 24, 2024, 11:52 AM
[GroundUp] But Industrial Development Corporation funding for the project in KwaZulu-Natal is coming to an end
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Time Is Right for a South Atlantic Climate Alliance
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April 24, 2024, 11:35 AM
[ISS] With their leading roles regionally and in the G20 and COP30, a Brazil-South Africa partnership could prompt useful south-south ties.
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SA's Most Dedicated Courier Braves Mdumbi River to Deliver Parcel
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April 24, 2024, 10:19 AM
[Daily Maverick] South Africa needs everyday champions. We have seen the impact they have on hope and positivity, on businesses, demonstrating that the current doesn't always move in one direction.
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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 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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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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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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No Joy for Springboks and Kolisi At Laureus World Sports Awards As SA's Four Nominees Lose Out
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April 24, 2024, 12:09 PM
[Daily Maverick] South Africa had four nominees at the 2024 Laureus World Sports Awards but came away empty-handed on a good night for Spain.
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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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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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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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Whose Agenda Is Being Served By the Dynamics Surrounding Ai African Data Extraction?
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April 24, 2024, 12:15 PM
[Daily Maverick] The more AI disappears into invisibility, the further it entangles us in its underlying machinations, alongside the corporate and political interests whose agenda it serves.
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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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