Next year’s Australian Open will “likely” be postponed by “one or two weeks”, according to an announcement by the state government in Victoria, Australia on Wednesday. The tournament, the first tennis grand slam of the year, is currently scheduled to get underway on January 18 with the women’s and men’s singles finals taking place on […]
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Johannesburg – Finance Minister Tito Mbowenion Tuesday reiterated that he did not want strings attached to any help from global financial bodies. Mboweni was speaking during a webinar organised by Bloomberg, when he was asked about progress on securing a loan from the World Bank. “What I have resisted is any attempt by the World […]
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Russia says one of its warships caught and chased off a US Navy destroyer after it entered territorial waters in the Sea of Japan on Tuesday. Moscow accused the USS John S MacCain of travelling 2km (1.2 miles) across its maritime border in Peter the Great Gulf and says it threatened to ram the ship. […]
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Johannesburg – As the country starts 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children, government said that one of the things it would be doing was to train taxi drivers and bosses on how to be gender-sensitive. The Inter-Ministerial Committee on gender-based violence (GBV) and Femicide launched the campaign on Tuesday. “As […]
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Johannesburg – A childminder has been found guilty of murdering a Daveyton toddler in her care and defeating the ends of justice. Judge Herman Broodryk found that Mannana Tsabane strangled Langelihle Mnguni to death in October last year. The judge said Tsabane lied to the court about being attacked by home invaders. While the motive […]
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Johannesburg – Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams on Tuesday said that she was determined to support efforts aimed at finding an amicable solution to the financial problems facing the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). “A functional SABC is in the interest of all South Africans. I am therefore determined to support efforts aimed at finding an […]
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Johannesburg – Former Bafana Bafana coach Gordon Igesund has remembered Anele Ngcongca as a dedicated, disciplined and organised human being who always looked after people around him. Ngcongca died in a car crash in northern KwaZulu- Natal on Monday morning and it is understood that the vehicle he was travelling in was heading towards Durban […]
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Sierra Leone former president questioned in a ‘secure location’ The questioning of former Sierra Leone leader, Ernest Bai Koroma, took place on Monday in a secure location after his lawyers expressed safety concerns last week. Koroma is being questioned over corruption and money laundering allegations during his term in office. He has in the past […]
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Johannesburg – President Cyril Ramaphosa has lobbied G20 member states to persuade multilateral development banks to suspend debt repayments further to help emerging countries resuscitate their economies. Speaking at a virtual G20 Leaders’ Summit over the weekend, Ramaphosa urged G20 member states to use all of their persuasive powers to convince all creditor countries to […]
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The world’s largest maker of latex gloves will shut more than half of its factories after almost 2,500 employees tested positive for coronavirus. Malaysia’s Top Glove will close down 28 plants in phases as it seeks to control the outbreak, said authorities. The company has seen a huge surge in demand for its personal protective […]
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