'Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates have both made contact with me!'

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Lockdown: Prasa to resume limited services on Wednesday, 4 lines to operate nationally

Prasa spokesperson Makhosini Mgitywa said their trains had been parked for 13 weeks because of the

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South Africa (Geography and History)

Population: 49,052,489 (July 2009

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May

10

1994

Coronavirus disrupts HIV prevention efforts in Africa

By LYDIA NAMUBIRU, KHATONDI SOITA, KERRY CULLINAN, ARYA KARIJO, ES-TACIO VALOI, STEPHANIE OHUMUIn the days before the Covid-19 crisis, Ugandan sex worker Lillian Namiiro worked on the Tanzanian border, educating fellow sex workers and connecting her community to the national HIV

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MTN 5G launch: Everything you need to know

MTN South Africa CEO Godfrey Motsa

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Africa: Moroccan-Designed COVID-19 Test Kit Internationally Approved

Cape Town — With a decade of experience in the development of diagnostic kits, the Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science, Innovation, and Research Foundation (MAScIR), a research and development institution based in Rabat, had its novel coronavirus diagnostic kit validated by the

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Thousands of Grade 8s could be stranded in 2021 due to over-subscribed Cape Town high schools

Thousands of Cape Town parents are battling to get their children into a public high school next

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South Africa to trial unique three-team limited overs fixture

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Cricket South Africa will trial a new format that will see three teams compete in a single 36-over match as they look to re-start the game with the Solidarity Cup at SuperSport Park in Centurion on June

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South Africa: COVID-19 - Bank Accused of Freezing Asylum Seekers' Accounts During Lockdown

Refugees can't renew permits because offices are closed

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Africa: What About Africa's Small, Medium Businesses During the COVID-19 Pandemic?

In some of these countries we're seeing an increase in cases and in others, new cases remain stable from week to week, indicating we need to remain vigilant to stop the spread of COVID-19," Moeti

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Tuesday's weather: Fire warnings for parts of Western Cape, otherwise fine, cool day

It will be a fine and cool day across the country on Tuesday, with the Western Cape experiencing some rain, the South African Weather Service

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Local banks face deepest profit slump in 50 years

Image: Steve Buissinne

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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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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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South Africa

South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2011 pop. 51,770,560), 471,359 sq mi (1,220,813 sq km), S Africa. It borders on the Atlantic Ocean in the west, on Namibia in the northwest, on Botswana and Zimbabwe in the north, on Mozambique and Swaziland in

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South African Trevor Noah Gets 'Daily Show'

Comedy Central announced that Trevor Noah would take over as host of The Daily Show after Jon Stewart leaves the show in late 2015 or early

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Africa: Air Pollution and Temperature - Bad for Your Heart and Blood Vessels

There is scientific evidence that air pollution and hot weather increase the risk of cardiovascular disease hospital admissions - and may even end in

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Dennis Brutus - Birthday

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 Africa.

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Covid-19: S. Africa reports highest daily cases

South Africa on Wednesday reported 1,673 Covid-19 cases, the highest daily increase since the country reported its first case in early

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WATCH | Doctor fighting on coronavirus frontline says it is both exhausting and rewarding

Working during the Covid-19 pandemic is both exhausting and demanding, says Dr Mumtaz Abbas - but it is through these tough times she feels she is really living her true

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Unions, activists call for Cape Town Covid-19 clinical trial to be stopped

In May, the Cape Town-based clinical research organisation, TASK, began a clinical trial to see if a common TB shot — the Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine normally given to newborns — could help protect hospital workers from developing serious

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Sam Cooke - Change is Gonna Come - Anfiteatro (Argentina) Cover by Alex Serra

My dream is to never stop creating Art that

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Dlamini-Zuma in bid to overturn unconstitutionality ruling of the lockdown regulations

The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria is expected to hear an appeal over the constitutionality and validity of the lockdown regulations

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Rwanda/South Africa: Could Goalie Mvuyekure Play for Orlando Pirates Next Season?

South African side Orlando Pirates have expressed interest in Rwandan international Emery Mvuyekure who spent the last two seasons with Kenya's Tusker

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J.M. Coetzee

J.M. Coetzee , in full John Maxwell Coetzee (born February 9, 1940, Cape Town, South Africa), South African novelist, critic, and translator noted for his novels about the effects of colonization. In 2003 he won the Nobel Prize for

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Feb

9

1940

Hendrik Verwoerd

Hendrik Verwoerd , in full Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd (born September 8, 1901, Amsterdam, Netherlands—died September 6, 1966, Cape Town, South Africa), South African professor, editor, and statesman who, as prime minister (1958–66), rigorously developed and applied the policy of apartheid, or

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'We are winning' - cautious optimism at old aged home where there are 52 Covid-19 cases

Thirty five residents and 17 staff members of a Goodwood home for the aged tested positive for Covid-19 in a massive scare that seems to be abating, manager Andre Verster said on

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The Boer War in South Africa (1899-1902)

From October 11, 1899 until May 31, 1902, the Second Boer War (also known as the South African War and the Anglo-Boer War) was fought in South Africa between the British and the Boers (Dutch settlers in southern Africa). The Boers had founded two independent South African republics (the Orange Free

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South Africa: From Maternal Health to COVID-19 - How a WhatsApp Service Became Essential for Millions

Cape Town — Covid-19 Connect, a WhatsApp service that provides users with relevant information to help make informed and effective decisions during the pandemic, was developed by Praekelt.org for South Africa, but the organisation's experience with digital health technology like MomConnect allowed

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PICS | This is where Cape Town's Covid-19 'hot spots' are

Five areas within the Cape Town metro have been identified as "hot spots" by the Western Cape

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