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A helicopter refilling its water bucket was spotted by eager residents during the recent Cape Town blaze.
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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African
I Am Tired…The Pandemic Of Racism | Afro
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COVID-19 Update: One new case, 17 in isolation - Barbados Today
One male was diagnosed as COVID-19 positive from among the 456 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory on Monday, June 14. There are 17 people in isolation. Since March 2020, there have been 4,038 confirmed cases of COVID-19 (1,952 females and 2,086 males), and 47 people
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Source: Barbados Today - News You Can Trust.
Two DUT staff members test positive for Covid-19
The Durban University of Technology (DUT) is the latest tertiary institution in KwaZulu-Natal to confirm Covid-19 infections, with two staff members testing
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Lawsuit filed against BWWB to permanently protect major drinking water source 
southernenenvironmental.org  Cahaba Riverkeeper and Cahaba River Society, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center, have filed a challenge in Jefferson County Circuit Court against the Birmingham Water Works Board to enforce a settlement agreement that protects land safeguarding a major
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Tanzania, France sign loan agreement for water supply
Tanzania on Thursday signed a loan agreement with France to finance water supply projects that will benefit some 770,000 people in the country's Morogoro
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COVID-19 UPDATE: One new case, 12 in isolation - Barbados Today
One new case of COVID-19, a female, was identified on Thursday, June 17, out of the 580 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. Twelve persons remain in isolation. A total of 4,040 confirmed cases of the viral illness (1,953 females and 2,087 males) have been recorded
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Source: Barbados Today - News You Can Trust.
Watch: Sinkhole opens in George, swallows vehicle [video]
Shocking photos and videos shared online showed a vehicle in George, Southern Cape, almost completely submerged in a sinkhole.
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Uganda: Floods Displace Thousands Nationwide
In Isingiro District, five people died in Kabuyanda Town Council and Kabuyanda Sub-county on May 2 following heavy rain, according to Isingiro South MP Alex
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COVID-19 UPDATE: 4 new cases, 42 in isolation - Barbados Today
Four new cases (1 female and three males) of COVID-19 were identified from among the 565 tests carried out by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory on Tuesday, May 25. There are now 42 persons in isolation. Barbados now has 4,004 confirmed cases of COVID-19 (1,934 females and 2,070
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Damage assessments underway, cleanup operations to begin in earnest on Saturday - Barbados Today
For the first time in just over six decades, Barbadians faced nature’s wrath as Hurricane Elsa struck the island Friday morning. Roofs were destroyed, trees were uprooted, power lines were strung across roads. But Bridgetown has endured, even with the wounds inflicted by 82 mph winds and heavy
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Source: Barbados Today - News You Can Trust.
NWC customers have until November 30 to settle outstanding bills
Persons who took up the National Water Commission (NWC) offer to settle outstanding bills under its COVID-19 Assistance Programme (CAP) will have up to November 30 to pay off their debt. Under the programme, residential and condominium customers...
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Dilapidated City Mortuary gets facelift after NMS intervention
City Mortuary is the only public funeral parlour in Nairobi. Constructed in 1957, it has been neglected until recently.
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Eskom load reduction: Darkness in Gauteng on Wednesday, 1 July
Eskom load reduction will be implemented again in certain areas of Gauteng this Wednesday.
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Zimbabwe: Gukurahundi Victims in Midlands Need Chance to Seek Redress - Fuzwayo
[New Zimbabwe] IBHETSHU Likhazulu Secretary-General, Mbuso Fuzwayo says people from Midlands, particularly victims of the Gukurahundi massacres, should afforded an opportunity to speak about atrocities and bring closure, some 35 years after the disturbances ended.
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MDC Alliance, deputy mayor cross paths
BY SILAS NKALA BULAWAYO’S deputy mayor Mlandu Ncube is in trouble after he posted on social media that the city’s residents were experiencing water shortages because of wrong valves that were purchased for the Ncema and Fernhill water pump stations. Council early this year issued a statement said
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Missing: Ershell Sargeant - Barbados Today
The Royal Barbados Police Force is seeking the public’s assistance to locate a missing girl. She is Ershell Sargeant, 16, of Collington Drive, Crane, St Philip, a student of the Deighton Griffith Secondary School. Ershell was last seen by her mother Narine Sargeant, 50, of the same address, on
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Immigration Department closing early on May 26 - Barbados Today
Members of the public are advised that the Immigration Department, located on the Princess Alice Highway, Bridgetown, will close at noon, tomorrow, Wednesday, May 26, to allow staff to attend a funeral of a late colleague.  Persons with appointments scheduled during the time of the closure are
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UPDATE: Unnatural death at Rose Hill St Peter - Barbados Today
Police Public Relations Officer Acting Inspector Rodney Inniss updates reporters at the scene of an unnatural death at Rose Hill, St Peter. Barbados TODAY understands the victim, a male, is a retired police officer. Read our ePaper. Fast. Factual. Free. Sign up and stay up to date with
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Aubyn Hill names improvement in water supply, distribution of land titles among priorities
NEW minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator Aubyn Hill says improvement in water supply, distribution of land titles, and jobs will be given urgent focus.
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Ethiopia: More Than Two Million in Somali Region Hit By Drought
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Some 2.1 million people across 74 Woredas in Somali Region require humanitarian assistance as a result of drought, according to the Regional Disaster Risk Management Bureau (DRMB), the UNOCHA said.
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PICS | Cape Town dams full for first time since 2014 | News24
According to the City of Cape Town, dams from which the city takes its water supply have filled to the 100% mark – for the first time since 2014.
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BWA again experiencing electrical outages at pumping stations - Barbados Today
The Barbados Water Authority wishes to advise the public today, Saturday, June 19, that due a widespread Barbados Light and Power electricity outage, several of its pumping stations in the West and Central parts of island have gone offline. BWA’s teams are in the field assessing the situation and
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Rwanda: The Economic Impact of Disasters On Rwanda in 4 Months of 2020
A series of disasters have destroyed at least 3,117 hectares of crops, 124 roads and 64 bridges disrupting economic activities across the country between January and April this year, a report by the Ministry in charge of Emergency Management
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Police called to restore order at NUPW - Barbados Today
Lawmen were called in at the National Union of Public Workers office to restore order. Earlier today past presidents and General Secretaries met behind closed doors. This story has been updated       Read our ePaper. Fast. Factual. Free. Sign up and stay up to date with Barbados' FREE latest news.
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Three appear in court accused of murdering Sargeant Newton Lewis - Barbados Today
The men accused of taking the life of Sargeant Newton Lewis appear at the Holetown Magistrates' court. They are: Corey Antonio Morris, 43 years of Egret Drive, Graeme Hall Park, Christ Church and also of Godding Road, Station Hill, St. Michael. Jim Ron Fenty 26 years of 20B Down Hill Drive, Eden
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Ministry Of Health: Vaccines are not being mixed - Barbados Today
The Immunisation Unit of the Ministry of Health and Wellness has advised that it is not the Ministry’s policy to mix COVID-19 vaccines. People who were given the AstraZeneca vaccine as a first dose will receive the same vaccine as their second dose. The Ministry will always be transparent about
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Angola: Cuanza Norte Province With New Water Distribution System
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