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South African rand gains as parliamentary committee backs budget
The South African rand maintained early gains on Wednesday after a key parliamentary committee backed the long-delayed ...
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South Africa: In 2013, Zakes Mda Was Horrified to See 110 Learners in a Class in This School. Twelve Years Later, Nothing Has Changed
A third of schools in the Eastern Cape do not meet minimum norms and standards In 2013, Zakes Mda and Archbishop Thabo Makgoba led a delegation of writers and activists to visit rural Eastern Cape ...
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Starlink triggers black ownership row in South Africa’s parliament
South Africa's Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies Solly Malatsi sparked a heated argument over BEE rights.
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Deputy President Paul Mashatile: Oral replies to questions in National Council of Provinces
Honourable Chairperson Since December 2024, National Ministers and Deputy Ministers have undertaken oversight visits to assess disaster responses and project implementation. These include Disaster ...
Budget 3.0: a look at South Africa’s plan to use pension funds for building infrastructure
The latest version of the 2025 budget appears more reasonable within our current economic context and paints a vivid picture ...
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Parliament fire: Four on-duty cops suspended, as questions over malfunctioning cameras continue
High-ranking officers said there were major issues with Parliament's camera infrastructure. Four police officers have been suspended in the wake of the fire that gutted the historic National Assembly ...
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South Africa police minister says Trump 'twisted' facts to push baseless genocide claims
South Africa's top law enforcement official says U.S. President Donald Trump wrongly claimed that a video he showed in the ...
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In making his case against South Africa, Trump relied on ‘evidence’ that wasn’t real
5, 2020, near Newcastle, South Africa. The event, according to a local news website, was for a white farming couple in the area who the police said had been murdered in late August of that year.
Trump surprises South African leader in Oval Office with ‘genocide’ evidence including video and photos
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says his government is ‘completely against’ policies espoused by the leader of a minority party who calls for killing of farmers ...
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Parliament, Independence Square and Presidential Secretariat buildings declared in need of urgent repair
Colombo, May 21 (Daily Mirror) - Three of Sri Lanka’s most iconic government buildings - the Parliament Complex in Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte, the Old Parliament Building at Galle Face (now the ...
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Trump Lectures South African President in Televised Oval Office Confrontation
transcript President Trump shared a video with President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa that he claimed showed evidence of racial persecution against white South Africans. “Thank you very much.” ...
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Where to find South Africa’s abandoned buildings
Across South Africa, abandoned buildings stand as eerie monuments to bygone eras, offering travellers a glimpse into forgotten histories, industrial booms, and the inevitable passage of time. These ...