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Wednesday, Mar 19

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IN PICS | Morero opens Soweto clinic, urges residents to pay for services

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Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero has called on Soweto residents to look after the new 24-hour clinic in Naledi and urged them to pay for municipal services so the city can render better services.

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Anti-graft groups target Bollore Group over Africa assets, demand restitution

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A dozen anti-graft campaigners have filed a complaint against logistics group Bollore and its former CEO with the French financial prosecutor, accusing them of using connections and influence-peddling to secure lucrative African port…

Miss Deaf SA Lisa Msiza needs R40,000 to enter overseas pageant

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Miss Deaf SA 2024 Lisa Msiza is seeking sponsorship so she can participate in the Miss Deaf Universe pageant taking place in October in Batumi, Georgia.

Nigerian lawmakers probe USAID-funded non-profit groups: document

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Nigerian lawmakers are probing the activities of more than a dozen non-profit organisations and demanded they submit within a week tax and financial statements dating back a decade, a letter seen by Reuters showed, prompting accusations of…

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Radio Free Europe sues Trump administration over grant termination

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty — the US-funded news outlet set up to reach people under communism during the Cold War — said on Tuesday it has sued the administration of President Donald Trump to block the termination of the media outlet…

Nigeria declares state of emergency in Rivers state over oil pipeline vandalism

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Nigerian President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency on Tuesday in oil-producing Rivers state and suspended the state governor, his deputy and all lawmakers.

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ArcelorMittal SA in talks to defer long steel plant closure

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ArcelorMittal South Africa said on Wednesday it is in talks with the government and other parties for funding that could delay the planned closure of its long steel operations.

Father who grabbed baby off mother’s back, leading to fatal fall, gets 10 years

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The Northern Cape High Court has sentenced the father of a three-month-old baby killed during a physical altercation with the mother to 10 years' imprisonment.

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WRC drivers to protest against swearing crackdown with Safari Rally silence

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Drivers competing in the World Rally Championship (WRC) will stay silent, or speak only in their own languages, in stage-end interviews at this week's Kenya Safari Rally in protest at the governing FIA's ban on swearing.

Court terminates relationship between deadbeat dad and his children

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The high court in Johannesburg has ruled in favour of a mother and terminated the parental responsibilities and rights of her husband in respect of their two children.

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Lebogang Maile targets economic growth 'beyond 3%' for Gauteng

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If Gauteng's economy can’t grow at a minimum of 3%, the country will struggle to reach its growth targets, says economic development MEC Lebogang Maile.

Perpetrator behind viral bullying incident in NW school in jail on separate charge

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The North West education department has confirmed the perpetrator behind the bullying incident at Eletsa Secondary School in Letlhabile has been arrested on a separate charge.

Shocking reality: homeless children under 15 live in shelters, abandoned buildings and vehicles

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Homelessness in South Africa is a growing crisis, with children under the age of 15 representing a significant portion of the homeless population.

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I waited three years, but my R1m was gone: victim of 'Hyperfund scam'

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A 52-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly scamming a man out of R1m he had given her to invest.

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Almost 70,000 South African inquiries about US refugee relocation: Chamber

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Nearly 70,000 South Africans have shown interest in relocating to the US under an offer extended by President Donald Trump.

SACP tells ANC it won’t review decision to contest elections

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Despite the ANC publicly suggesting the SACP should reconsider its decision to contest the 2026 local government elections, the communist party has made representation to the Electoral Commission of SA to renew its status as a registered…

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Trump administration removes ban on ‘segregated facilities’ in federal contracts

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The administration of US President Donald Trump has removed an explicit ban on "segregated facilities" such as waiting rooms, restaurants and drinking fountains for federal contractors, a memo issued by the US general services…

Six migrants die, 40 missing in shipwreck off Italy's Lampedusa: ANSA

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Six migrants died and 40 are missing after a shipwreck off the Italian island of Lampedusa late on Tuesday, Italy's main news agency ANSA and other media reported on Wednesday.

How Mercedes-Benz SA could gain from US tariffs

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German premium carmakers exposed to US import tariffs are weighing up long-term strategies from raising prices and lowering output to shifting production to deal with the added cost.

Israeli army says it targeted Hamas military site with strikes, killing five in Gaza

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Israeli strikes killed at least five Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, health officials in the enclave said, and the Israeli army, which resumed attacks against the territory, said it targeted a Hamas military site in the north.

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Break-in at eThekwini's city integrity and investigations unit

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eThekwini municipality city manager Musa Mbhele has called on the police to probe a break-in at the city's integrity and investigations unit office on Saturday.

Bail application of Sassa employees, others accused of theft moved to April

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The bail application of seven South African Social Security Agency employees and three others was postponed until April 1 after the state and the defence attorneys indicated they were not ready.

US envoy says talks with Russia on Ukraine war will take place in Jeddah on Sunday

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US envoy Steve Witkoff said on Tuesday talks with Russia on the Ukraine war will take place in Jeddah on Sunday.

Judge blocks Trump's EPA from clawing back climate grants

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A US judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the US Environmental Protection Agency from recovering grant funds issued as part of a $20bn (R365.43bn) climate funding programme Republican President Donald Trump's administration has moved to…

Ekurhuleni traffic cops stage highway protest in strike over overtime cuts

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Ekurhuleni metropolitan police department personnel are protesting about reduced overtime allowances, perceived discrimination and other workplace challenges.

Investigation into violent clash at KZN school

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KwaZulu-Natal education MEC Sipho Hlomuka has ordered an investigation into the violence that broke out at Mdingi High School in Donnybrook on Tuesday.

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DRC, Rwanda presidents call for east Congo ceasefire during Qatar sit-down

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Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame called for a ceasefire in eastern DRC on Tuesday during their first meeting since M23 rebels stepped up an offensive there in January.

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RECORDED | Kidnapping trial of Joshlin Smith

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The kidnapping and human trafficking trial of three accused in the disappearance of five-year-old Joshlin Smith is continuing on Thursday in the Western Cape High Court sitting in Saldanha Bay.

Record 2024 temperatures accelerate ice loss, rise in sea levels, says UN weather body

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Record greenhouse gas levels helped bring temperatures to an all-time high in 2024, accelerating glacier and sea ice loss, raising sea levels and edging the world closer to a key warming threshold, the UN weather body said on Wednesday.

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Judge demands answers from Trump administration in Venezuela deportation case

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A federal judge on Monday gave US President Donald Trump's administration a Tuesday deadline to provide details about plane loads of Venezuelans it deported despite orders not to do so in a brewing showdown over presidential power.