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City of Johannesburg cuts power to Randburg school with R3.7 million unpaid electricity bill | News24
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Vin Diesel features Brenda Fassie's 'Vulindlela' in first-ever TikTok post [video]
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Kenya: Year of Debt Pain - Digging Kenya Out of Financial Hole
[Nation] A black heron walking on Mombasa Road, Nairobi, in the early evening, captured the moment Kenya had run out of tourists who would pay top dollar to travel, drive a 4X4 truck and sleep in luxury hotels just to set eyes on the bird.
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Louisville Police Fire Detective Who Shot Breonna Taylor, Also Terminate Cop Who Secured Warrant to Raid Her Apartment
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The Latest: US virus death toll hits 350,000; surge feared - DefenderNetwork.com
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21 To Watch In 2021 - Voice Online
LOOKING FORWARD to the year ahead gets the mind focused on who is going to... The post 21 To Watch In 2021 appeared first on Voice Online.
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The New Year is Here and So is the Coronavirus - Houston Forward Times
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Senators paid five times parliamentary staff per sitting
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Jamaican Marlon Samuels draws stumps on cricket career - Voice Online
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Designed Living at Karmen's Kollection
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Somalia: CIA Officer Killed in Somalia Blast
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States ramp up for biggest vaccination effort in US history - DefenderNetwork.com
With a COVID-19 vaccine drawing closer, public health officials across the country are gearing up for the biggest vaccination effort in U.S. history — a monumental undertaking that must distribute hundreds of millions of doses, prioritize who’s first in line and ensure that people who get the
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Will The Black Community Get Shut Out From COVID Vaccination? - The Seattle Medium
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America breaks 7-day COVID case record as hospitals are further strained | The Atlanta Voice
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States are preparing to receive coronavirus vaccines as early as December 11 | The Atlanta Voice
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