South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Friday 2 July 2021

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South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Friday 2 July 2021

In the latest news, Nkandla remains tense as the clock winds down on South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma's time as a free man.

Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

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Life behind bars for man who raped mom he thought was possessed by demons | News24

A Free State man who raped his mother because he believed she was possessed by demons has been sentenced to life imprisonment.

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Source: https://www.news24.com

S. Africa to ease Covid-19 lockdown

South Africa will ease the Covid-19 lockdown from level four to level three beginning from June 1, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Sunday amid a surge in confirmed

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Source: The East African

Coronavirus hot-spots: North West, Free State now on Mkhizes radar

Our coronavirus hot-spots may not just be confined to the Western Cape or Gauteng. Both North West and Free State are giving Zweli Mkhize another headache.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Ramaphosa warns of more job losses in South Africa

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Source: TechCentral

Your weather: Another fine and cool day heading into the weekend

Northern Cape will have morning fog along the west, otherwise fine and cool to

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Your Wednesday weather: Light snowfall, heavy rain, sandstorms and gusting winds expected across SA

Mpumalanga will be cloudy and cold with scattered showers but extremely cold in places on the eastern Highveld and along the escarpment, where morning fog patches can be

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Your Wednesday weather: A fine, cool start to the new month

Mpumalanga will see morning fog patches on the highveld, otherwise fine and cool but warm in places in the lowveld, where it will be partly

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Source: https://www.news24.com

South Africa looks to green infrastructure bond to spur growth

Government is considering selling a green infrastructure bond worth tens of billions of rand as part of its biggest drive ever to kick-start private investment in projects ranging from energy to water

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Source: TechCentral

Brrrace yourself: It's going to be a cold, windy and snowy Monday

There will be gale force north-westerly to westerly winds (65-80km/h) between Cape Columbine and Cape Agulhas in the early morning, spreading eastwards to Plettenberg Bay by late morning and to Port St Johns in the afternoon as well as the Central Karoo of the Western

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Source: https://www.news24.com

South Africa: Citizen 'Desperate' to Come Back Home After Being Quarantined On a Ship Since March

A South African man who has been quarantined on a ship since 14 March says he is desperate to return home in order to spend time with his ailing

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Source: allAfrica.com

How lockdown affected the lives and finances of sex workers

READ | Sex workers call on Ramaphosa to include them in plan to aid workers during lockdown

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Covid-19 has sped up changes to the world of work, Ramaphosa tells global summit | News24

President Cyril Ramaphosa says Covid-19 presents a chance for the world to deliver greater economic security, equal opportunity and social justice.

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Source: https://www.news24.com

A Look At Fashion Brands' Responses to Police Brutality And The Black Lives Matter Movement

As the black community and allies took to social media to spread the word and demand justice for Floyd and countless others (Breonna Taylor is another name among the list of black lives lost in just the first six months of 2020), many began to look at large fashion brands, who are heavily supported

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Source: Black Women's Lifestyle Guide, Black Love & Beauty Trends - Essence

FULL TEXT | Ramaphosa on 'religious frontline workers', places of worship and funerals

Here are some of the key takeouts that he

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Police committee welcomes the enactment of IPID amendment bill

This Act removes the power to dismiss the IPID head from the Minister of Police, and places it in the hands of the Portfolio Committee on

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Source: https://www.news24.com

John Brown and His Raid on Harpers Ferry

The abolitionist John Brown remains one of the most controversial figures of the 19th century. During a few years of fame before his fateful raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Americans either regarded him as a noble hero or a dangerous

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Source: ThoughtCo

Gauteng hard lockdown: How things could pan out

Gauteng is reportedly looking to introduce a different type of hard lockdown that what was experienced in the rest of the country.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Legendary playwright Welcome Msomi dies at age 76

Msomi’s death comes months before he was set to be sentenced for fraud and theft over R8 million was stolen from a trust

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Back to school: Independent schools body asks Ramaphosa to allow all grades to return | News24

The Independent Schools Association of Southern Africa has pleaded with President Cyril Ramaphosa to allow all pupils in independent schools to return.

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Source: https://www.news24.com

(1858) Abraham Lincoln, “A House Divided”

On June 16, 1858, only three hours after he received the Republican nomination for the United States Senate from Illinois, Abraham Lincoln gave his A House Divided speech, perhaps the most famous oration from an anti-slavery politician delivered before the U.S. Civil War. That speech appears

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Lawmakers Use Protest Momentum to Push State Racial Reforms | Afro

They are prompting “very real conversations I didn’t think the country has ever really had because none of them are comfortable,” said Sydney Kamlager, a member of the Legislative Black Caucus in the California state

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

'Women can't breathe' - #WomensLivesMatter picket outside Cape Town police headquarters

was sung during a #WomensLivesMatter picket in Cape Town on Friday in a protest over gender-based violence, and to call on the police to take more action to prevent it and be more available to

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Covid-19: In commemoration of Freedom Charter, Ramaphosa calls on private sector's assistance | News24

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on the private sector to display a spirit of social solidarity by making available facilities to assist the country in the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Sunday's weather: Fine and cool conditions across the country

The North-West Province and Free State will be fine and cool, while the Northern Cape will be cloudy along the coast and its adjacent interior, where it will be partly cloudy in the afternoon, otherwise fine and cold to

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Source: https://www.news24.com

The science behind Level 3 - Ramaphosa lauds 'diverse and sometimes challenging views'

As President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the downgrade to Level 3 of the national Covid-19 lockdown, he thanked scientists for challenging and pushing the government's response to the global

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Source: https://www.news24.com

South Africa: Gauteng Records Highest COVID-19 TERS Beneficiaries

According to the department, almost half of the more than R14-billion paid out so far, has been paid to 1 186 833 workers in the province via 79 271

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Source: allAfrica.com

Rebels continued to make gains in loyalist strongholds throughout the country into the fall. By October, they had advanced on Surt, Qaddafis hometown, and captured Bani Walid. The fight for Surt proved to be more challenging for the rebels, with loyalist forces fiercely committed to maintaining

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Magashule defends decision to reinstate VBS-linked ANC leaders

ANC secretary general Ace Magashule confirmed that two ANC Limpopo leaders implicated in alleged corruption at VBS Mutual Bank have been reinstated in their

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Source: https://www.news24.com

DA not deterred, will challenge DMA in court - Steenhuisen after ConCourt ruling | News24

DA interim leader John Steenhuisen says the party is not deterred by the order of the Constitutional Court dismissing their application for direct access to challenge the constitutionality of the Disaster Management Act.

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Source: https://www.news24.com

First African Methodist Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, California, (1872- )

The First African Methodist Episcopal (FAME) Church is today the oldest and one of the largest African American congregations in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1872 by Bridget (Biddy) Mason who arrived as a slave in Los Angeles with her owner in 1856. However, since California was

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