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Thirteen Palestinians killed in strike on school sheltering displaced – local media report

In Gaza, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reports that at least 13 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a...

Gaza
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Top Hezbollah commanders among 31 people killed in Israeli attack on Beirut

Israel’s government began the week by setting a formal new war goal: the return home of 60,000 people in northern Israel displaced by...

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Mayor defends officers charged with shooting at informal car washers in Mthatha

The mayor of the King Sabata Dalindyebo Municipality, Nyaniso Nelani, has responded with anger after the arrest of seven municipal law enforcement officials...

Discovery CEO, Adrian Gore has been a staunch opponent of the NHI Act and the company has laid out what it could cost South Africans.
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Discovery CEO, Gore claims exorbitant tax hikes needed to fund ‘problematic’ NHI scheme

Discovery’s chief executive Adrian Gore has once again sounded the alarm bells against government’s “problematic” National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme, warning it would need...

KwaZulu
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KwaZulu Authorities on high alert as ‘Snow storm’ predicted to hit parts of SA this weekend

Authorities in KwaZulu-Natal have put emergency workers on high alert as the South African Weather Services weather systems have predicted a ‘snow storm’...

Strong winds caused damage in Cape Town on Thursday, including damage to the roof of Booth Memorial Hospital (left) and a building on Solomons Road, Sea Point. (Facebook/Cllr Francine Higham - Ward 77, Cape Town and Sea Point CID)
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Cape Town feels effects of cold front as wind damages buildings

Strong winds have battered the Western Cape, affecting several buildings, including a hospital in Cape Town. According to a social media post by ward councillor...

Daybreak
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PIC-owned Daybreak Farms gets R250m loan

South Africa’s Public Investment Corporation (PIC), the continent’s biggest fund manager, has backed Daybreak Foods with a R250 million loan to boost its...

Malusi Booi, Suraya Manuel, Abdul-Kader Davids, Muhammadh Amod and six other co-accused appeared at the Cape Town Magistrates’ Court on 11 September 2024. (Photo: Shelley Christians)
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Accused in Booi and Stanfield R1-billion tenders case murdered two days after bail release

An accused in the case in which Cape Town’s DA former Mayoral Committee member Malusi Booi faces charges about unlawfully awarded contracts worth...

Nomvuyo Guma, outgoing chief director of microeconomic policy at National Treasury.
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Top Treasury, Operation Vulindlela official quits

Treasury said its “pool of skilled and competent officials” is sufficient to ensure that the work of the unit responsible for economic-growth enhancing...

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South Africa has a new education law and it’s met with mixed reactions

South Africa has a new law governing education. The Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Act changes several aspects of how schools are managed....