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South Africa Is Really Run By and for the Suburbs

[New Frame] Green Papers are supposed to be discussion documents, but after the media's disinformation campaign on a proposed national social security fund, no deliberation is possible.

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30-y-o grandmas helping to raise child criminals, says counsellor - Dozens of teens feature in serious crimes, including murder and buggery, since March

According to data released by the Court Management Services (CMS), children remained high on the list of criminal offenders over the last two months – a reality childcare experts fear will only get worse as families cope with the suspension of physical classes and job losses caused by the COVID-19

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How Seniors Can Protect Their Health And Finances During The Pandemic

That’s why older Americans need to be especially careful and – in the case of the very elderly – family members may need to step in to make sure they are taking the right precautions, says Chris Orestis, the president of LifeCare Xchange and a national senior care

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Majority of ECD centres have still not reopened - Bogopane-Zulu | News24

The majority of early childhood development centres are still closed because they are not yet compliant with Covid-19 protocols.

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Economic distancing: 60 million face extreme poverty - World Bank

The coronavirus pandemic and its economic consequences could push as many as 60 million people into extreme

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Final day of public viewing for late Shahine Robinson

The public viewing of the casket of former Minister of Labour and Social Security, Shahine Robinson, ends today with members of the Cabinet led by Prime Minister Andrew Holness at Jamaica Labour Party headquarters in St

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Supporters flock Robinson’s house with passing of MP

FOR SOME time it had not rained in Claremont, St Ann, but the showers came down yesterday, forcing supporters of Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Member of Parliament (MP) for St Ann North East, Shahine Robinson, to seek shelter inside her home or other sections of the

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Old, Sick And Incarcerated

Yet the federal correctional institution that housed Manafort had no coronavirus cases, and Manafort had served fewer than two years of his more than seven-year

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The Republican Party's Contract with America (1994)

As Republican Members of the House of Representatives and as citizens seeking to join that body we propose not just to change its policies, but even more important, to restore the bonds of trust between the people and their elected

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Angola: BPC Announces Plans to Lay Off 1,600 Workers

Luanda — Savings and Credit Bank (BPC) plans to lay off 1,600 of the 4,820 workers by 2022, according to the company's CEO, who said that the move is part of Recapitalisation and Restructuring

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Old, Sick and Incarcerated

Yet the federal correctional institution that housed Manafort had no coronavirus cases, and Manafort had served fewer than two years of his more than seven-year

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Amazon rainforest faces fire threat—again

Institute alerts for evidence of soil changes in the Amazon show areas that have been deforested, damaged by logging and show signs of burning or mining, as well as plant degradation from February 2016 to June 2020 in the Brazilian Legal

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Rayshard Brooks funeral to be held at historic Ebenezer Baptist Church

The funeral of Rayshard Brooks will be held at Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church on today, June

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For Those Still Seeking Unemployment Benefits in the Age of COVID-19

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Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce sets up relief program to help businesses of color

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SA coronavirus: over 100K cases, 1.3m tests, Africa's first vaccine trials

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(1984) Rev. Jesse Jackson, “The Rainbow Coalition”

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COMMENTARY: Old, Sick and Incarcerated | Afro

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Rangel, Charles Bernard (1930- )

Democratic representative of New York City, Charles Bernard Rangel, first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1970, is now one of the longest serving members of Congress. Rangel was born in Brooklyn, New York City in 1930. He attended De Witt Clinton High School but dropped out in 1948

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The Church and The Movement Why The Faith Community Is Marching, Too – Part 1

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Labour Minister Mike Henry plans to focus on social benefits

Newly appointed Minister of Labour and Social Security, Mike Henry, said his immediate plans and directions for the Ministry will focus on the need for social

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Nigeria: Why Nigeria's Efforts to Support Poor People Fail, and What Can Be Done About It

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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Provides Scholarships For George Floyd’s Family To Attend HBCUs

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Coleman, Bessie (1892–1926)

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Mona K. Sutphen

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Planned Parenthood CEO talks Black sexual health, plans for Biden era

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Inslee Announces Cancellation Of Some State Employee Raises And Need For Furloughs

With the state facing a severe downturn in revenue collections, Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee has directed state agencies under his authority to cancel a scheduled 3% general wage increase for many of the state’s highest-paid general government employees and to begin furloughs for most state

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Trafficking alert for farm workers

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Barthélemy Boganda

Barthélemy Boganda , (born April 4, 1910, Bobangui, Moyen-Congo, French Equatorial Africa [now in Central African Republic]—died March 29, 1959, near Bangui), the major nationalist leader of the Central African Republic (formerly Ubangi-Shari) in the critical decolonization period of the

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