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South Africa Moves to Ban Strikes for Some Port Workers
The Maritime Executive
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South Africa’s government is moving to forestall port strikes, which in the past have left a massive dent to the country’s economy. In a new directive, the Department of Labor is proposing to expand its list of essential services to include port...
South African youth Aidan Martin climbs Everest: advocating for autism awareness
IOL
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When Aidan Martin reached Everest Base Camp earlier this year, it wasn’t just a personal milestone — it was a deeply emotional journey with a purpose close to his heart. As someone with several neurodivergent family members, Aidan’s climb to the...
Bird flu outbreak ravages through South African poultry again
Food Business Africa Magazine
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July 9, 2025
SOUTH AFRICA – South Africa is once again battling outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza, with two poultry farms confirming infections of the H5N1 strain, according to a report by the World Organisation for Animal Health. The virus has...
Ghana coach Bjorkegren optimistic despite defeat to South Africa
Tribal Football
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Despite a 2-0 defeat to reigning champions South Africa, Black Queens head coach Kim Lars Bjorkegren was impressed with the performance and is optimistic for the remainder of the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON). While the scoreline...
US tariffs on South Africa set to hit white farmers Trump has embraced
Yahoo Finance
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By Wendell Roelf CITRUSDAL, South Africa (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's threatened 30% tariff on South African exports is set to deal an economic blow to a community he has vocally and controversially championed: white farmers. Citing...
US tariffs on South Africa set to hit white farmers Trump has embraced
The Gazette - Colorado
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By Wendell Roelf CITRUSDAL, South Africa (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's threatened 30% tariff on South African exports is set to deal an economic blow to a community he has vocally and controversially championed: white farmers. Citing...
China, South Africa banks seal first yuan loan deal to boost African development
Global Times
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A large batch of goods, including dump trucks, is assembled at the Yantai Port in East China's Shandong Province for export to Africa on July 7, 2025. In the first half of 2025, the port's China-Africa liner service transported 2.858 million tons...
Heroic Johannesburg student gets a guard of honour send-off after his brave organ donation decision
Briefly
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July 10, 2025
A Grade 11 student from Kempton Park High School passed away and received a touching guard of honour from hospital staff as he was taken for organ donation The young man's father was seen in the video, clearly affected, especially after having...
NIH temporarily reverses subaward policy, allowing international trials and South African awards to continue
British Medical Journal
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International studies that risked imminent shutdown because of cuts imposed earlier in the Trump administration may have won a reprieve after an apparent change in policy at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). The agency has also lifted a...
BVI TO COMPLETE DELIVERY OF FMD VACCINES TO SOUTH AFRICA.
Gabz FM
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July 9, 2025
Article By: Shingirai Madondo Botswana Vaccine Institute (BVI) is preparing to deliver the remaining 400,000 doses of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccine to South Africa by the end of the month. This follows a shipment of 500,000 doses delivered...
Sesame Workshop SA Celebrates 25 Years With a Call To South Africans To Put Children First!
South Africa - The Good News
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July 9, 2025
For the past 25 years, Takalani Sesame has been a trusted companion to millions of South African children, sparking joy and encouraging curiosity and lifelong learning. Since 2000, Sesame Workshop South Africa – the non-profit organisation behind...
Acer Launches New Portable USB-C Monitors in South Africa
IT News Africa
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July 9, 2025
Acer Africa announced the highly anticipated launch of 2 new ultra-portable USB-C-powered monitors in South Africa. Designed for the modern professional, dynamic student, creative educator, and avid mobile gamer, these slim and lightweight...
High-risk sexual behaviours revealed in new South African HIV surveillance study
IOL
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A recent comprehensive surveillance study in South Africa has shed light on alarming sexual behaviours and the state of HIV awareness among participants. With a participant pool of 3,265, predominantly male (71.3%) and mostly Black African...
R700 million for a conversation? Rather spend it on small business grants, classrooms, bursaries or clinics
Mail & Guardian
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July 10, 2025
South Africans know how to 'dialogue' but fall short on implementation. Photo: File Imagine getting up in a shack with no electricity and trekking five kilometres to a clinic, only to be told there’s no doctor on duty, and then trekking back home...
Sacred sites in South Africa can protect natural heritage and culture: here’s how
The Conversation
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July 9, 2025
Nature isn’t confined to officially protected areas. A lot can be done to conserve biodiversity in other places too. The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity agreed in 2018 on the idea of “other effective area-based conservation...
Microplastics act as ‘rafts’, increasing the threat to environmental and public health
Mail & Guardian
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July 9, 2025
African countries, including South Africa, have limited waste infrastructure and uneven water treatment systems, which exacerbates the problem of antibiotic resistance. Photo: Sustainable Seas Trust While antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is commonly...
How mismanagement is depriving South Africans of clean drinking water
IOL
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Corruption and negligence have robbed billions of rand intended for clean drinking water, leaving millions of South Africans without reliable access. This is according to the latest water justice report, which exposed the daily realities of those...
The drinking conversation South Africa needs to have
BusinessLIVE
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No safe amount The World Health Organisation (WHO) has concluded that there is no safe level of alcohol consumption, because it is a toxin that can cause cancer and damage organs such as the liver, pancreas and heart, even at low levels. Many...
South Africa–US trade faces new strain as Trump imposes 30% tariffs on imports
Business Insider Africa
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July 8, 2025
The move signals a major shift in Washington’s trade posture and threatens to unravel decades of bilateral economic cooperation. In a letter addressed to President Cyril Ramaphosa and posted on his Truth Social account, Trump wrote: “We have had...
Mrs South Africa 2025: empowered women take centre stage as 30 finalists announced
Times LIVE
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Model Czar Motsuenyane has made it to the Mrs South Africa top 30 finalists. On July 4, the Theatre of Marcellus at Emperors Palace, Ekurhuleni, buzzed with excitement and inspiration as the Mrs South Africa top 30 were announced. This event was...