South Africa has introduced the world’s first medicine-dispensing ATMs but only a fourth of patients who could be using them actually are. In March 2018, the country rolled out the drug-dispensing units at six sites in the Free State and…
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Maurencia Gillion, the treasurer of the ANC in the Western Cape, has been suspended pending the outcome of an investigation into a election donation by businessperson Iqbal Survé. The ANC confirmed that the matter was discussed at a provincial working…
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For about 100 years the Islamic call to prayer has sounded from the Zeenatul Islam Mosque in Muir Street, District Six, Cape Town, five times a day. This past week, for the first time in its history, the mosque was…
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A University of Cape Town adjunct professor, who co-authored a study which concluded that fewer slaves were taken from African countries with a higher average IQ, resigned at 1am on Wednesday. The study, titled “Intelligence and slave exports from Africa”,…
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Before the arrival of fishmeal factories in the Gambia, Musa Duboe would catch red snapper and barracuda to be sold at the local market. But his income had begun to dwindle due to depleted stocks. Then in 2016 the Chinese-owned…
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Before the arrival of fishmeal factories in the Gambia, Musa Duboe would catch red snapper and barracuda to be sold at the local market. But his income had begun to dwindle due to depleted stocks. Then in 2016 the Chinese-owned…
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South Sudan President Salva Kiir on Tuesday urged rebel chief Riek Machar to return to Juba during a speech to parliament in which he vowed to uphold a shaky peace deal. Kiir said he was deeply touched and had “trembled” in April…
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The company allegedly at the centre of a spyware attack using a vulnerability in WhatsApp’s security features has previously been flagged as being linked to spyware infections in South Africa. A 2018 report titled ‘Hide and Seek’ published by The…
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The ANC has taken measures to compensate for the fact that it has selected only two women to take up posts as premier, out of the eight provinces it won in the 2019 election. The governing party on Monday announced…
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Over a hundred members of the Alexandra township community came out to East Bank Hall, Alex, on Monday to share their grievances about service delivery and the mushrooming of illegal structures with the South African Human Rights Commission. The inquiry…
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