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South Africa: Probe Into 160 Fake Social Media Accounts in Police Minister Bheki Cele's Name
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The Department of Basic Education released the amended school calendar for 2020 on Saturday 1 August. Here's what you need to know about the academic year.
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The DA says the Department of Basic Education (DBE) has no plans to employ additional teachers to assist in teaching in split classrooms.
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Poll: Black Americans most likely to know a COVID-19 victim
African Americans are disproportionately likely to say a family member or close friend has died of COVID-19 or respiratory illness since March, according to a series of surveys conducted since April that lays bare how black Americans have borne the brunt of the
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‘Treasury did not approve Mupfumira’s loan request’
BY MIRIAM MANGWAYA A DIRECTOR in the finance ministry, Fidelis Ngorora yesterday told chief magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi that Treasury did not approve former Public Service minister Prisca Mupfumira's request to secure a loan from the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) to purchase personal
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Matric 2020: It's all systems go but candidates with temperatures above 38°C to write in isolation | News24
The Department of Basic Education has said it will allow candidates with temperatures above 38°C to write matric exams in isolation.
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South Africa: Hawks Arrest Thohoyandou Prosecutor for Alleged Corruption
The Hawks' Serious Corruption Investigation team has arrested a 48 year-old prosecutor for alleged corruption in
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South Africa: 'We Do Not Have Enough Food'
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More than 5 million children not getting their school meals | News24
More than 19 000 schools depend on school feeding schemes, but many pupils are not getting them.
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Malawi: Minister Kambala Says Hellen Buluma Is Against Supervision At Nocma
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R600 million 'committed' to cash-strapped water boards - Lindiwe Sisulu | News24
Cash-strapped waterboards have been thrown a R600 million lifeline to stay afloat amid cash shortages compounded by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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South Africa: 'It Is Difficult to Concentrate On an Empty Stomach'
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South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Tuesday 9 June
Although most Grade 7 and 12 pupils returned to class yesterday, some classrooms have remained closed for failing to adhere to safety protocols.
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Covid-19: Ceres pupils quarantined at school hostel cleared, released | News24
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Three of the five suspects charged with murder of Zulu prince linked to separate robbery case | News24
Three of the five people accused of murdering Zulu Prince Lethukuthula Zulu and stealing items from his home have been linked to robberies in Benoni.
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Motshekga: ‘My husband is not linked to PPE tenders’
The basic education department has labelled claims that Mathole Motshekga has been supplying sanitisers to schools, as not true and totally malicious
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No decision on whether NPA will appeal the Coligny judgment | News24
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has not yet decided whether or not it will be appealing the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) judgment that acquitted the two men found guilty of murdering 16-year-old Matlhomola Moshoeu in Coligny, the North West.
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Lightning bolt kills over 1 000 chickens in Zimbabwe amid severe weather
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Trump Deporting More Black Asylum Seekers Before He Leaves Office: Report
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Gov't to press ahead with five-year housing rollout
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Africa: In South Africa, Young Women Leading HIV and Violence Prevention Say Men's Involvement Is Key
[UN Women] On World AIDS Day (1 December), we spoke to survivors and community changemakers in South Africa who as part of UN Women's HeForShe community-based initiative and a joint UNAIDS programme are engaging men and women to reject violence against women and seek HIV testing and treatment.
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