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South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Thursday 6 August
Facing a burgeoning coronavirus caseload and damning allegations of corruption, Gauteng faces some tough questions in Parliament.
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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African
Obesity could hinder COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness, experts say - TheGrio

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Zimbabwean journalists vow not to be silenced as SA political parties plead for government to intervene | News24
Zimbabwe has made headlines in recent weeks over claims of increasing violations against human rights and journalists being targeted.
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‘Black is King’ Delivered Fashion Moments - Houston Forward Times

In 2019 Beyoncé released a companion album to the live remake of “The Lion

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Music industry not easy for females
LOCAL female hip-hop rapper and former radio personality Black Bird, born Nonkululeko Vundla, says she has been subjected to sexual harassment in the cut-throat competitive music industry in her journey spanning over a decade. Black Bird released a full length hip-hop album, The Rappetizer, in 2010
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Border jumping escalates at Beitbridge
BY SILAS NKALA THE number of desperate Zimbabweans using illegal entry points along the Limpopo River to access medical treatment and cheap basic commodities and drugs from South Africa has shot up, a Beitbridge legislator has said. Most Zimbabweans who survived on cross-border trading suffered
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
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DA MP sees nothing wrong in sharing 'flagrantly racist' video slamming Black Lives Matter movement | News24
This is not the first time a social media post by a DA MP or senior official has been called into question for its comments and positioning on race.
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Source: https://www.news24.com
WATIMA: Does the taxpayer need Kemsa?
Last week, Kenya was hit with revelation of similar Covid-related tender scandals where products supplied were overpriced and fraudulently given to those connected to government.
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Source: Business Daily
Gospel artistes gang up against COVID-19
BY WINSTONE ANTONIO SOME top regional gospel musicians have combined their voices with Zimbabwean artistes and pastors from different Christian denominations for the Arise Zimbabwe song, a Call to Worship, released yesterday in the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The Arise Zimbabwe song
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
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Shoprite lays off 115, shuts second Kenya store in four months
Africa’s largest supermarket chain Shoprite Holdings will lay off 115 workers and close its second branch in Kenya in less than five months.
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Source: Business Daily
Sierra Leone police alerts public to fake dollars circulating in the country
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 August 2020: Sierra Leone police yesterday published a statement warning the public about a large quantity of fake dollars that are making the rounds in the country, which could create serious problem for the economy and fuel organsied crime. “The Sierra Leone Police
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
The Black designers behind Beyoncé's 'Black Is King' fashion - DefenderNetwork.com

“Let Black be synonymous with glory,” says Beyoncé in Black Is King, the visual accompaniment to her 2019 album The Lion King: The Gift. Released early this morning on Disney+, the full-length film is a love letter to people of the African diaspora celebrating “the breadth and beauty of Black

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Killing of unarmed citizens – is the Sierra Leone police above the law?
Amin Kef Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 August 2020: Police brutality or police violence is defined as a civil rights violation where law enforcement officers exercise undue or excessive force against a subject. This includes, but is not limited to bullying, physical or verbal
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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Politicians' friends, family doing business with the state undermines public confidence - Ramaphosa | News24
President Cyril Ramaphosa says while not all business between the state and the family members or friends of politicians is corrupt, it undermines public confidence.
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Source: https://www.news24.com
KIEREINI: Human beings are made from the same blueprint
The mesmerising story of Sandra Laing is available on Netflix under the title “Skin”.
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KZN sangomas drown during initiation ceremony in river | News24
A group of about 16 sangomas were busy with an initiation ceremony in KwaZulu-Natal when three of them got into difficulty and drowned.
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Six suspects arrested in multi-million rand land sales scam remain behind bars, case postponed | News24
The six are accused of selling the sites on privately-owned Portion 41 of Kalkfontein farm which has since been renamed Morena Seaka View.
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Rugby to return in South Africa by mid-September inside 'bio-bubble'
South African rugby has been handed a huge boost after government gave the green light for resumption under strict conditions.
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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African
Weather forecast, alerts and UVB index for South Africa, 28 July 2020
Here's a quick glance at what the weather forecast holds in store across all the South African provinces. Stay warm or keep cool.
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INFOGRAPHICS | As SA reaches 500 000 Covid-19 cases, key indicators show early signs of decline | News24
Key indicators of the spread of Covid-19 in South Africa are showing signs of being on the decline. But, authorities warn, complacency is not an option.
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Source: https://www.news24.com
FEEL GOOD | One of SA’s oldest Covid-19 survivors, 103, eager to get walking again | News24
At 103, Bertha Meltzer is one South Africa’s oldest Covid-19 survivors. And she is back home after being discharged from a Cape Town hospital.
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Source: https://www.news24.com
Samsung Galaxy Note 20 series unveiled: Specs, availability and price in South Africa
Introducing the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra. It's a beauty.
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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African
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EXPLAINER | What the Supreme Court of Appeals judgment means for gun owners | News24
The ruling means that 436 366 gun owners, whose licences expired, have been stripped from the protection they had from being pursued by the SA Police Service.
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Source: https://www.news24.com
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Africa gets its first electric bus factory - TechCentral
The road from Kampala, the capital of Uganda, to Jinja, the site of Africa’s first electric bus factory, was packed with cars on a July morning. The traffic crawled. Breathing hurt your throat. Kampala was the most polluted city in the world that day, according to OpenAQ, a global air pollution
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Prove you are not a 'powerless scarecrow' - Cosatu to Ramaphosa | News24
Cosatu has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to act decisively against corruption and "prove that his administration is not a powerless scarecrow with rubber teeth".
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Source: https://www.news24.com
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Proposed Cyber Security Bill goes through pre-legislative stage in parliament
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 August 2020: Sierra Leone’s controversial proposed Cyber Security laws which have been tabled in parliament by the ministry of information and communication on behalf of the government for enactment, saw its passage through pre-legislative committee stage yesterday, where
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Johannesburg Botanical Gardens reopens after months of lockdown
Johannesburg’s Botanical Gardens were a hive of activity once again, after being inaccessible to residents for longer than four months.
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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African
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Former Freetown Mayor Hebert George Williams granted bail
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 August 2020: High Court Judge – Justice Cosmotina Jarrett, yesterday granted bail to the former Freetown City Council Mayor – Mr. Herbert George Williams and Mr. Abu Bakarr Daramy. Human Rights Lawyer - Melron Nicole-Wilson secured their bail, after both Williams and
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Dissolve executive arm of government to rid country of corruption - Holomisa | News24
UDM leader Bantu Holomisa has called for the dissolution of the executive arm of the government and replacing it with a caretaker government to rid the country of corruption.
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Source: https://www.news24.com
Shoprite exits Nigeria: Is the Nigerian market impenetrable? | Fin24
South African companies do not do well in Nigeria because they do not understand the Nigerian market, says an analyst.
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‘Strandfontein was a success’: City reveals plan to combat homelessness
IPL cancellation could cost Indian cricket half a billion dollars
IEC suggest 2021 local elections ‘may be held online’
Eskom focused on distributing free basic electricity to households in need
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Keagan Dolly links with Kaizer Chiefs rubbished by agent
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Nurses Day: Ramaphosa praises South Africa’s frontline workers
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Proposed ban on cooked food distribution could threaten relief efforts
‘Give it back’: Mpumalanga man calls for return of confiscated beer stash
Trevor Manuel accused of making call to ‘sacrifice black lives’
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‘We are facing an economic firestorm’: Cosatu call for Level 3 lockdown
Return for sports? SA government asked to let athletes compete again
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