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WHO declares end to COVID-19 global health emergency
The World Health Organization (WHO) ended the global emergency status for COVID-19 on Friday, more than three years after its…
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South Africa News
ANC working hard to address shortfalls in SA’s labour sector, says Ramaphosa
African National Congress (ANC) president Cyril Ramaphosa said that the party was working around the clock to address shortfalls in…
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Ex-Generations actress Noluvuyo Sodela’s pun@ni business hits the rocks
Reality TV star and entrepreneur Noluvuyo Sodela claims her business has been heavily affected by load shedding. Sodela, known as…
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South Africa News
Equipment salvaged from abandoned R700 million Covid hospital
Generators, as well as heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning equipment, has been salvaged from the abandoned Anglo Ashanti Hospital, in the…
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South Africa News
Parliament: Criminal records of SAns who violated COVID-19 regulations to be expunged
South Africans who violated COVID-19 lockdown regulations could soon have their criminal records expunged. Parliament started the process to formulate…
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World News
Family members reunite in China after 3-year COVID separation
Chu Wenhong would fly back to Shanghai and visit her parents at least once a year after she moved to…
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South Africa News
Eskom records R12.3 billion net loss in 2022, down 51% from 2021
Eskom CEO Andre De Ruyter said the power utility recorded a R12.3 billion net loss in this financial year ending…
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World News
Hospitals full as China battles with new COVID wave
Some Chinese hospitals are reportedly full as the Asian giant is battling a wave of infections that has hit the…
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South Africa News
Domestic travel demand on the rise ahead of festive season
It’s all systems go for this festive season. Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) says all its airports will be ready…
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South Africa News
NHI Bill to be tabled next year, says Minister Phaahla
There’s been significant progress on the National Health Insurance Bill, edging South Africans closer to universal healthcare coverage. That’s according…
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South Africa News
NCPD: Finding permanent employment a big challenge for people with disabilities
At least 15% of the country’s population are people with disabilities. This is according to Therina Wentzel-du Toit from the…
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South Africa News
Tracker: Gauteng seeing spike in car thefts and hijackings
Gauteng has seen an increase in intelligent car thefts and hijackings beyond pre-COVID levels. Car tracking service, Tracker, said that…
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South Africa News
Minister Godongwana tells MPs government has no basic income grant policy
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said that the government had no basic income grant policy. Gondongwana said that the government was…
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South Africa News
Over 500 South African children murdered since last year
A total of 546 South African children were murdered in the first six months of the year, according to an…
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World News
Man tests positive for monkeypox, COVID and HIV after holiday to Spain
An Italian man had an exceptionally unlucky holiday, returning home to find he had contracted Covid-19, monkeypox, and HIV all…
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South Africa News
Mom wants justice after 8-year-old son dies at initiation school
The tearful mother and grandmother of eight-year-old Thabang Sedutla, who died at the Limpopo koma (initiation) school on Tuesday, wants…
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South Africa News
NGO transforms unwanted cloth masks into sanitary pads for the underprivileged
South Africans are now mask-free after health minister Joe Phaahla repealed the last three remaining Covid regulations on the 23rd…
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South Africa News
SA nearing halfway mark for adult COVID jabs despite hesitancy, says Pinky Kekana
Deputy Minister in the Presidency Pinky Kekana says vaccine hesitancy is preventing the country from focusing on economic recovery. She…
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World News
China premier issues warning on COVID-hit economy
China’s premier has sounded an unusually stark warning about the world’s second-largest economy, saying it must return to normal as…
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South Africa News
COVID: Employers group challenges rules for managing exposure in the workplace
The National Employers’ Association of South Africa (Neasa) is challenging the new code of practice for managing exposure to COVID…
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