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Five areas within the Cape Town metro have been identified as "hot spots" by the Western Cape
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Lockdown: DA takes 'irrational, arbitrary, unreasonable' personal care industry ban to court
The DA says it has been left with no choice but to take Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to court over the continued ban on the personal care
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Everything you need to know about SpaceX's first manned mission
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Africa: Remote Learning With African Storybooks
Two years ago, when AfricaFocus first profiled the African Storybook project, it had available, for free reading and download, 903 storybooks in 136 different languages, including English, French, Portuguese, Arabic, Hausa, Swahili, and a host of other languages spoken on the
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South Africa: SA to Trial Controversial Drug Chloroquine
South Africa is preparing to start two clinical trials involving the much-debated drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, which is being discussed for its effectiveness to treat
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Mae Jemison: Astronaut, Physician
Born: October 17, 1956
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South Africa: Young People Are Key to a Nicotine-Free Future - Five Steps to Stop Them Smoking
Preventing young people from becoming addicted to tobacco and related products is therefore key to a smoke-free
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Ambassador Caroline Kennedy honors President Barack Obama
Ambassador Caroline Kennedy says President Barack Obama inspired a generation to take action in their communities just as her father did almost 60 years before. She says the Presidents record and convictions embody the Profile In Courage
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SABC employee in Cape Town tests positive for Covid-19
An employee at the SABC's Sea Point office in the Western Cape has tested positive for Covid-19, its acting spokesperson, Mmoni Seapolelo, said on
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Africa: How Urban Mobility Can Come Back Stronger in a Post-Pandemic World
In cities such as Addis Ababa, Nairobi and Kampala, UN-Habitat has, in the past, worked with governments and NGOs to provide bike lanes and re-design streets and public spaces to integrate them with public
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Coronavirus disrupts HIV prevention efforts in Africa
By LYDIA NAMUBIRU, KHATONDI SOITA, KERRY CULLINAN, ARYA KARIJO, ES-TACIO VALOI, STEPHANIE OHUMUIn the days before the Covid-19 crisis, Ugandan sex worker Lillian Namiiro worked on the Tanzanian border, educating fellow sex workers and connecting her community to the national HIV
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Norfolk State University (NSU), one of the largest historically black universities in the nation, was founded in 1935. The university began as the Norfolk State Unit, a branch of Virginia Union University in Richmond, Virginia. This college was the only predominantly black institution of higher
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Africa: COVID-19 Will Cost Africa Dearly
How this can be done, and what impact Covid-19 will have on this, was the topic of a webinar discussion hosted by Daily Maverick's Tim Cohen with guests Jakkie Cilliers, founder of the ISS and author of Africa
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Khaliah Guillory: the black woman who founded a Nap Bar for workers
Khaliah Guillory, an award-winning speaker, filmmaker and philanthropist has founded a Nap Bar, the first white glove, self-care napping experience in
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NASA, SpaceX bringing astronaut launches back to home turf
Elon Musk's SpaceX is the conductor and NASA, the customer, as businesses begin chauffeuring astronauts to the International Space
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Africa: U.S. Must Skip a 2020 Human Rights Report in Wake of Protests Against George Floyd, Police Violence
IN CITIES ACROSS the world, global citizens have taken to the streets to protest in solidarity with the late George Floyd, slain at the hands of Minnesota police officers while he screamed
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Mae Jemison
Mae Jemison , in full Mae Carol Jemison (born Oct. 17, 1956, Decatur, Ala., U.S.), American physician and the first African American woman to become an astronaut. In 1992 she spent more than a week orbiting Earth in the space shuttle
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Mkhize: Covid-19 affects every race, doesn't matter if you're black or white
The coronavirus affects everybody and any attempt to racialise it is misleading, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said in response to a question by an EFF MP, who wanted a demographic breakdown of Covid-19
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SpaceX Captures The Flag, Beating Boeing in Cosmic Contest
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The first astronauts launched by SpaceX declared victory Monday in NASA’s cosmic capture-the-flag
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EVERYDAY HERO | Cape Town township volunteers use own funds to start soup kitchen
After seeing the hunger on the streets of Samora Machel in Phillipi, Cape Town, since the start of the national lockdown, Mzikayise "Mzi" Ndzuzo said he knew he had to do something to help the
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Zimbabwe Romcom 'Cook Off' Delights On Netflix Debut
A romantic comedy about a cooking contest shot in Harare in the last days under Robert Mugabe has been released on Netflix, and Zimbabweans are basking in a rare flash of good
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Octavia Spencer
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Mali
Most of Mali, in West Africa, lies in the Sahara. A landlocked country four-fifths the size of Alaska, it is bordered by Guinea, Senegal, Mauritania, Algeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, and the Côte dIvoire. The only fertile area is in the south, where the Niger and Senegal rivers provide water for
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Africa: COVID-19 Has Not Taken a Break As Figures Show Large Increase in Africa Infections
"Most countries in the African region are still experiencing an increase in the number of Covid-19 cases, with some reporting cases in new geographic areas," he
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Staffer at a Cape Town primary school tests positive for Covid-19
A staff member at Hague Primary School in Delft in Cape Town has tested positive for Covid-19, the Department of Education said on
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Katherine G. Johnson, the Groundbreaking NASA Mathematician Featured in Hidden Figures, Has Died at 101
Katherine G. Johnson, the NASA mathematician who played a key role in helping America win the space race and whose story was featured in the 2016 film Hidden Figures, died
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Desmond Tutu
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Dennis Brutus , in full Dennis Vincent Brutus (born November 28, 1924, Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia [now Harare, Zimbabwe]—died December 26, 2009, Cape Town, South Africa), poet whose works centre on his sufferings and those of his fellow blacks in South
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26 cases of Covid-19 at Mediclinic Cape Town
Twenty-six people have tested positive for Covid-19 at Mediclinic Cape Town in Oranjezicht, the medical facility confirmed on
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Cameroon: Music Legends Ben Decca, Eduke Collaborate On New Single Belembete
Cape Town — Cameroonian legend and Makossa music icon Ben Decca and Cameroonian-born music producer Eduke have teamed up for a new single
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