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The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa says the report by the SIU that R13.3 billion of PPE procurement is subject to investigation is disappointing.
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'There is complete impunity', Zondo says amid testimony of parliament's oversight failures | News24
Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo listened to testimony from former and current MPs on how Parliament allegedly failed to prevent large-scale looting of the state.
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Zimbabwe: Panner in Failed Suicide Attempt After Raping, Killing Estranged Wife
[New Zimbabwe] A BINGA gold panner is battling for life in hospital with a deep cut on the neck following a failed suicide attempt in which he tried to cut his own throat after beheading his wife who had ended their relationship.
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Many cases of TB going undiagnosed, warns research council after extensive survey | News24
Details of the high TB burden have been released in a Human Sciences Research Council survey, the survey also found that the prevalence of the disease was higher in men than in women.
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'Daddy, get up!'
Mickesha Walters was in tears yesterday as she related how her four-year-old stepson tried to get a response from his father, Nathaniel Forbes, who lay dead on Beach Road in Bull Bay, St Andrew, on Tuesday afternoon, the victim of a gunman's bullets.
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J’cans in Canada react to travel suspensions, question target countries
Alvin Knight buried his son in Toronto at the end of January and had planned on flying to Jamaica with his wife this week to organise the funeral of his 96-year-old mother, Margaret Rose, who died on January 25 in May Pen, Clarendon. She had been...
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Sweet deal: Ramaphosa calls on SA to support local sugar 'master plan' | Fin24
President Cyril Ramaphosa has encouraged South Africans to support the local sugar industry and assist in implementing the sugar master plan.
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Namibia: Courts Must Say On Exhumation - Shangula
[New Era] Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula yesterday said his ministry has no power to authorise families to exhume bodies of their loved ones who have died due to Covid-19.
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Ramaphosa on Zuma’s ConCourt snub: ‘Let’s give him time to think’
ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa has said that there are no plans to reprimand his predecessor, former president Jacob Zuma for defying an order by the Constitutional Court
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Ethiopia says it has secured 9 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines till April | News24
Ethiopia has secured nine million doses of Covid-19 vaccines up until April, its health minister told Reuters on Tuesday.
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Dianne Durham, first Black national gymnastics champion, dies at 52 | The Crusader Newspaper Group
By Alyssa Roenigk, ESPN Dianne Durham, the first African American senior national gymnastics champion and a trailblazer in the sport, has died after a short illness, according to her husband, Tom Drahozal. Durham died at a Chicago hospital, with Drahozal and her sister, Alice Durham, at her
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East London taxi driver gets life in prison for raping passenger | News24
Taxi driver Anda Majavu, 35, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the East London Regional Court for raping a 22-year-old female commuter in 2019.
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Rwanda Needs Rwf12bn for Cervical Cancer Screening
[New Times] The government is mobilising $13 million (approximately Rwf12bn) to conduct screening sessions for women aged between 30-49 for cervical cancer during the next five years, the Director of Cancer Diseases Unit Marc Hagenimana has said.
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Van Nuys crash leaves motorist injured | L.A. Focus News
VAN NUYS — A man approximately 40 years old was injured and another motorist refused hospitalization from a two-vehicle traffic crash Saturday morning in the Van Nuys/Lake Balboa area. The injured motorist, suffering from a leg injury, was rushed to an area hospital, the Los Angeles Fire Department
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Zimbabwe: Civic Group Remembers Gukurahundi Abductees
[Zimbabwe Independent] A Matabeleland-based pressure group, Ibhetshu likaZulu, will on Sunday commemorate the abduction of 16 Silobela villagers who disappeared at the height of Gukurahundi massacres on January 31, 1985.
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City Power changes load shedding schedule and blocks without warning
Residents were plunged into darkness on Friday, hours ahead of planned load shedding downtime. City Power changed the schedule and blocks.
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Trust the Vaccine and Get Your Shot - Voice and Viewpoint
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2 women taken in for questioning after robbery at Standard Bank branch | News24
Two women have been taken in for questioning by the police in connection with a bank robbery at the Nonesi Mall Standard Bank branch in Komani, the Eastern Cape.
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Africa: Reviving Hope in Cancer Patients
[WHO] Brazzaville -- Having survived a double cancer ordeal, Christelle, a mother of five, is now tapping into her experience to raise awareness and kindle hope among cancer patients, making early detection the thrust of her message to women in communities around the Republic of Congo's capital
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Suspect in murder of Trinidad girl linked to sex crimes - Stabroek News
(Trinidad Guardian) The discovery of human remains at Heights of Aripo just hours after the decomposed body of 23-year-old Andrea Bharatt was found has prompted homicide investigators to widen their investigation to include a series of sex crimes in which women were raped and murdered but their
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Khune dropped by yoghurt brand in major blow to endorsement earnings
Itumeleng Khune will no longer be the brand ambassador for Danone's Danup drinking yoghurt which he has promoted since 2016.
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PPE corruption: Western Cape education dept cleared, SIU finds no irregularities | News24
The Special Investigating Unit cleared the Western Cape education department of irregularities in its procurement of cloth masks and sanitisers.
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Jaure lauds Dembare bosses
BY TAWANDA TAFIRENYIKA DYNAMOS captain Partson Jaure has hailed the club bosses for strengthening the side despite the uncertainties over the restart of domestic football owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. Football in Zimbabwe has been on hold for a year after authorities imposed a national lockdown
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CMO appeals for greater vigilance as Ja hits new COVID case record
Chief Medical Officer in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie, is appealing to Jamaicans, especially young people, to be extra careful in their prevention against contracting COVID-19 so as to limit exposure. “...
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Lockdown: 10 more by-elections postponed by Electoral Court due to Level 3 restrictions | News24
The Electoral Court has authorised the postponement of by-elections due to adjusted Level 3 lockdown restrictions, which prohibit political activities, the Electoral Commission of South Africa said in a statement.
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Whicker: Dr. Damien Richardson can speak to Tom Brady being a medical marvel | L.A. Focus News
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‘Sanitise and carry on’ - Education minister dismisses talk of face-to-face lockdown
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