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UN chief says he stands with Africa in fight for justice on all fronts
File — A women scoops water from a hole she has dug in a dried up riverbed in Lusitu, Zambia, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024.
AP / Themba Hadebe/File
2024-12-11, Anadolu Agency
The UN secretary-general said Wednesday he stands side by side with South Africa’s PresidentCyril Ramaphosa and the people of Africa in their fight for justice on...
Dark tourism and the obscenity of understanding
Auschwitz nazi camp
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2024-10-08, Asiatimes
There is a disturbing trend of people traveling to the sadder places of the world: sites of military attacks, war zones and disasters. Dark tourism is now a phenomenon,...
Africa's Stand Against Foreign Interference: A Call for Unity in the Face of Destabilization
FILE - A police officer and a soldier from Benin stop a motorcyclist at a checkpoint outside Porga, Benin, March 26, 2022. Jihadi fighters who had long operated in Africa’s volatile Sahel region have settled in northwestern Nigeria after crossing from neighboring Benin, a new report said Wednesday, June 19, 2024, the latest trend in the militants' movements to wealthier West African coastal nations.
AP / Marco Simoncelli, File
2024-09-04, Independent online (SA)
By Bayethe Msimang Africa is at a critical juncture, grappling with a rapidly changing geopolitical landscape. Recent events in the Sahel and the escalating tensions...
South Africa’s Mondli Cele scores ‘beautiful goal’ then dies after car plunges into river2024-12-21
The National: JOHANNESBURG // South AfricanPremier League footballer Mondli Cele died Sunday after the car he was a passenger in plunged into a river near eastern city Pietermaritzburg. The tragedy occurred a few hours after the 27-year-old midfielder scored for Maritzburg...
Time for apartheid-era beneficiaries to 'get over themselves’2024-12-21
Independent online (SA): The 5th of December went by without much acknowledgement of the founding president of our democracy, Nelson Rohihlahla Mandela, who left us in 2013 amidst profound expressions of sorrow resonating across the country and the world. If our universal legend,...
Registration of spaza shops, across South Africa, extended to February 20252024-12-21
Independent online (SA): Government has extended the registration process for spaza shops and other food-handling outlets to the end of February next year. The 21-day deadline for owners of spaza shops operating across South Africa to register their businesses, announced by President...
Is Oscar Pistorius so sick he wanted to find a lookalike?: Scathing question from Reeva's ...2024-12-21
The Daily Mail: Truly, this was a year that began on a high for athlete turned killer Oscar Pistorius. January saw the former Olympic hero's release on parole from prison after serving eight-and-a-half years for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Now, as 2024 draws...
Nk Cell Therapy Pipeline 2024: Clinical Trials Assessment, FDA Approvals, Therapies, and Key Companies Involved ...2024-12-20
GetNews: (Las Vegas, Nevada, United States) As per DelveInsight’s assessment, globally, Nk CellTherapy pipeline constitutes 100+ key companies continuously working towards developing 185+ Nk Cell Therapy treatment therapies, analysis of Clinical Trials, Therapies,...
Rubella cases surge in South Africa, Western Cape prison reports diphtheria outbreak2024-12-20
Anadolu Agency: The SouthAfrican health department has issued an alert due to an increase in confirmed cases of rubella disease in the country, which has exceeded 10,000. The NationalDepartment of Health said late Thursday that 10,137 positive rubella cases were identified...
Which universities did Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and other top US CEOs go to?2024-12-20
The Times of India: The path to becoming a top CEO in the U.S. is filled with moments of bold decisions, strategic risk-taking, and an ability to adapt to ever-changing markets. These leaders didn’t just create businesses—they transformed entire industries. Their success wasn’t...
CORRECTION: 2025 Basketball Africa League Combine to be Held January 10-12 in Rabat, Morocco2024-12-20
APO: The BasketballAfricaLeague (BAL) (https://BAL.NBA.com) will host a Combine in Rabat for a second consecutive year from Friday, Jan. 10 – Sunday, Jan. 12. The three-day scouting event, which will be held at the Ibn Yassine Omnisports Hall, will feature...
2025 Basketball Africa League Combine to be Held January 10-12 in Rabat, Morocco2024-12-20
APO: The BasketballAfricaLeague (BAL) (BAL.NBA.com/) will host a Combine in Rabat for a second consecutive year from Friday, Jan. 10 – Sunday, Jan. 12. The three-day scouting event, which will be held at the Ibn Yassine Omnisports Hall, will feature more...
University of Pretoria Champions ‘missing middle’ student funding2024-12-20
Independent online (SA): The University of Pretoria (UP) called on donors to continue their support for students in the ‘missing middle’ income group, which Vice-Chancellor and Principal, ProfessorFrancisPetersen, described as a critical funding challenge in higher education....
Binga the gorilla undergoes life-saving dental surgery at Pretoria Zoo2024-12-20
Independent online (SA): Binga, a 23-year-old silverback gorilla weighing 180 kg, recently underwent a unique dental surgery at the NationalZoological Garden in Pretoria to address severe periodontal disease. “Periodontal disease is common in humans and affects great apes in a...
20 December 2024: Update on outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease in the eastern cape and KwaZulu-Natal province (DALRRD - Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development - Republic of South Africa)2024-12-20
Public Technologies: ) Private Bag X250, PRETORIA, 0001 • Tel.: +27 12 312 9395 Private Bag X9087, CAPE TOWN, 8000 • Tel.: +27 21 467 4502 • Web: www.dalrrd.gov.za Media release Immediate release Date20 December 2024 MEDIA STATEMENT UPDATE ON OUTBREAK OF FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE IN...
Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa hosts last EAP media briefing for 2024, 23 Dec (Government of the Republic of South Africa)2024-12-20
Public Technologies: ) Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa to host last EAP media briefing for 2024 The Minister of Electricity Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa will on Monday, 23 December 2024 host the last Energy ActionPlan media...
Labours of love: A movie, music, a novel – oh, and a baby2024-12-20
Mail Guardian South Africa: We are in a Bryanston, Joburg, coffee shop called Conversations for a chat with CarlaFonseca Mokgata and Nthato Mokgata. After ordering coffee and tea, but before we talk about a new movie, new music and a new novel, I insist that Fonseca shows me pictures of...