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11 Gauteng teachers and a pupil test positive for Covid-19

He said the schools where the teachers and the pupil attended had since been disinfected and cleaned and would open on Monday when schooling's expected to resume around the

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Liquor sales and tobacco ban: 11 things you need to know from Ramaphosa's speech

However, if it was necessary, Ramaphosa said any part of the country could return to alert Levels 4 or 5 if the spread of infection was not contained and if there was a risk of health facilities being

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Mapungubwe - African Iron Age Polity in South Africa

Mapungubwe is an African Middle to Later Iron Age site (AD 900-1300), located in the Mapungubwe National Park, in the Shashe-Limpopo river basin, Limpopo province of South Africa, adjacent to both Zimbabwe and Botswana. A stratified population is in evidence at the site, with elites residing at the

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Interview: Africa Data Centres CEO Stephane Duproz

Stephane Duproz

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Coronavirus: Eastern Cape overtakes Gauteng as infection rate rises rapidly

The Eastern Cape has overtaken Gauteng as the province with the second highest number of coronavirus

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Concern as Covid-19 cases escalate in Limpopo's mining towns

Limpopo has seen a spike in Covid-19 cases within 24 hours, with the majority of it recorded in the mining areas of the province's Sekhukhune

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Brazil

Throughout June 2013, nationwide protests were held over increases in bus fares. The protesters were mainly part of an organization called the Free Fare Movement and included students and political activists from leftist parties. The Free Fare Movement had been pushing for either decreasing public

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Correctional services official dies of Covid-19

A Department of Correctional Services (DCS) official in the Western Cape has died of Covid-19, the DCS announced on Tuesday

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Lockdown: Business burglaries, stock theft on the rise in Gauteng

Business burglaries and stock theft are the two crimes giving Gauteng police a "headache" since the implementation of the national

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Business chamber slams Mabuyane's 'knee jerk' call for booze ban, but liquor board welcomes plan

A regional Eastern Cape business chamber has labelled Premier Oscar Mabuyane's call to push for a renewed alcohol ban as "knee jerk", but his call has the support of the Eastern Cape Liquor

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Covid-19: Back to school in Limpopo, but one private school closed after pupil tests positive

While schooling in Limpopo resumed in the majority of areas on Monday amid joy and trepidation from Grade 7s and 12s, classes were suspended at a private institution in Polokwane after a pupil tested positive for

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South Africa: Quarantine Everyone, Says Limpopo Health MEC After 13 Mineworkers Test Positive for COVID-19

The Limpopo government is at loggerheads with mining houses over quarantining workers as the sector emerges as the main source of the Covid-19 pandemic in the

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South Africa: Beds, Cases and Discharges - Gauteng's Latest Hospital Numbers

As the country's attention turns from flattening the curve through a lockdown to the preparedness of health systems, the latest statistics released by the Gauteng government show 58 people are currently hospitalised in public and private facilities across the

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Dennis Brutus

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

2009

Schools reopening: Return of Mpumalanga pupils goes smoothly, despite some setbacks - dept

Grade 7s and 12s in Mpumalanga were welcomed back to school on Monday and, despite a few setbacks, the reopening went smoothly, according to Jasper Zwane, spokesperson for the province’s education

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2 arrested for trying to smuggle drugs worth R10 million into SA from Mozambique

The two were travelling together in a truck from Mozambique to South Africa when they were nabbed at the Lebombo border post near Komatipoort on

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Africa: Possibility of Snow Across South Africa and Lesotho

There is a very real possibility of fairly widespread snow across South Africa and Lesotho from Monday next

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Hollywood's Worst "Whitewashing" Controversies

While Hollywood has come a long way from the days of white actors depicting minority characters in offensive makeup – such as John Wayne as Genghis Khan in The Conqueror (1956) and Mickey Rooney as Mr. Yunioshi in Breakfast at Tiffanys (1961), there are still several practices involving non-white

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Paul Kruger

Kruger’s parents were respectable farmers of Dutch descent on the northern outskirts of the British Cape Colony. He had little formal education but was able to express himself clearly in writing. Of more importance was the religious instruction he received from his parents according to the strict

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18 deaths, more than 200 violent crimes in Gauteng linked to alcohol

The resumption of the sale of alcohol has seen Gauteng recording 18 deaths since June

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Battle of Rourkes Drift - The Battle of Rourke's Drift Zulu War

The Battle of Rourkes Drift was fought during the Anglo-Zulu War

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Nadine Gordimer - Birthday

Nadine Gordimer , (born November 20, 1923, Springs, Transvaal [now in Gauteng], South Africa—died July 13, 2014, Johannesburg), South African novelist and short-story writer whose major theme was exile and alienation.

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Africa: Projections On Pandemic's Path, Strandfontein Court Case Postponed and Provinces Motivate for Level 3

New models projecting the timeline and severity of the Covid-19 pandemic were published on

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'You don't want to criminalise the country' - NPA says it doesn't prosecute 25% of lockdown cases

The National Prosecuting Authority has declined to prosecute about 25% of lockdown

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Your weather update: Severe cold front heading towards Western Cape, residents warned

- Heavy rain is expected on Wednesday into Thursday over the Nama Khoi and Kamiesburg municipalities of the Northern Cape, as well as the West Coast, Cape Winelands, Cape Metropole and the western parts of the Overberg district municipalities of the Western

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Covid-19 food parcels: City of Tshwane asks for more funding to cope with need

In just one month, the Covid-19 pandemic has put a R900-million dent in the revenue of the nation’s capital city - and more losses are

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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela , original name Nomzamo Winifred Madikizela, original Xhosa name Nkosikazi Nobandle Nomzamo Madikizela (born September 26, 1936, Bizana, Pondoland district, Transkei [now in Eastern Cape], South Africa), South African social worker and activist considered by many black

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1936

Gauteng's Covid-19 cases reach 2 521, with 73 people in hospital

Gauteng now has 2 521 reported cases of Covid-19, with two more deaths recorded since

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Africa: Archaeology Shows How Ancient African Societies Managed Pandemics

About 76 infant burial sites at an abandoned settlement that now forms part of the Mapungubwe World Heritage site in the Limpopo Valley of South Africa suggest a pandemic hit the people living there after 1000

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Eskom loses patience with non-paying Mpumalanga municipalities, caps power supply

Eskom's patience with the non-payment of accounts by Mpumalanga's municipalities have reached breaking point to such an extent that it has capped the amount of power supplied to these

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