Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe police have arrested more than a dozen nurses and union representatives protesting against poor pay. The nurses demand to be paid in US dollars, saying that inflation, which is running at close to 800% was eroding their salaries. “At least 13 of our members and union leaders were arrested during the demonstration […]
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Johannesburg – The Covid-19 pandemic that has affected thousands of companies globally and in South Africa, has claimed another victim, media company, Media 24. Media said it is considering the closure of five magazines and two newspapers, outsourcing and reducing the frequency of its remaining monthly magazines, taking two newspapers digital and reducing staff in […]
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Johannesburg – North West police have opened an inquest docket after the ex-boyfriend of murdered officer Mamoitoyi Bouwer was found hanging from a tree. The body of Sando Khandile was found just outside Orkney over the weekend. This comes just a week after his former girlfriend Sergeant Bouwer was found dead at her home. Bouwer’s […]
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Johannesburg – Truck drivers have threatened to shut down the country on Tuesday. They are protesting against the employment of foreign nationals in most sectors of the economy, and giving them lower wages. The drivers want the government to intervene. Spokesperson of All Truck Drivers Forum Michael Masimini says employers are contravening the Employment Services […]
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Johannesburg – Former VBS Mutual Bank CFO, Philip Truter has been granted bail of R50,000 and intends to plead guilty. Truter appeared in the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Palm Ridg on Monday. Truter is 8th suspect arrested in connection with the VBS bank heist. The other seven suspects were granted bail of R100,000 each. […]
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Mazda was only meant to reveal its new turbocharged Mazda3 on Wednesday, July 8, but the company’s Mexican division jumped the gun and posted it on their website and a video was uploaded on their YouTube channel on the weekend. The video shows that the turbocharged Mazda 3 will be fitted with a 2.5-litre turbo-petrol […]
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The UK may reverse the decision it made allow Huawei as a supplier for the country’s 5G network build-out after a report concluded that US sanctions would make the Chinese telecom giant’s equipment less safe. According to the report from GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre, the restrictions on Huawei’s operations “will force the company to […]
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Manchester United midfielder Nemanja Matic has extended his contract with the club until June 2023. The Serbia international, 31, joined United Chelsea in 2017 and was supposed to be out of contract in June of 2021. “As a player, I still have a lot more to give and achieve in my career and to do […]
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Italy – Ennio Morricone, the Italian composer whose credits include the “spaghetti” Westerns that made Clint Eastwood a star, has died at the age of 91. The composer died in hospital having fractured his femur in a fall some days ago. Morricone also wrote for Once Upon A Time In America, The Untouchables and Cinema […]
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Ghana – The president of Ghana Nana Akufo-Addo is now working from isolation after he went on a 14-day quarantine as a precaution when a member of his close circle tested positive for coronavirus. The person who tested positive for the virus has still not been revealed. A government statement released on Saturday said although […]
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