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Bloemfontein, and one of its neighbouring towns, both look likely to be the next locations in South Africa affected by 'transformational' name changes.
In May, Burundi held a presidential election which was won by Evariste Ndayishimiye, candidate of the ruling National Council for the Defense of Democracy - Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) party.
Ndayishimiye was hurriedly sworn in after the untimely death of president Pierre Nkurunziza in June.
Rights violations continue
The Council encouraged donor countries which had suspended aid to Burundi to continue dialogue towards resumption of development assistance.
A report by a UN watchdog in September said human rights violations were still being committed in Burundi, including sexual violence and murder.
The country was plunged into a crisis in April 2015 when Ndayishimiye’s predecessor Pierre Nkurunziza decided to run for a controversial third term, which he ultimately won in July 2015.
His candidature, which was opposed by the opposition and civil society groups, resulted in a wave of protests, violence and even a failed coup in May 2015.
Hundreds of people were killed and over 300,000 fled to neighboring countries.
UNICEF, the UN's agency for children, also condemned the killing of Abu Aalya.
Mamelodi Sundowns striker Kermit Erasmus has set a new goal target before hanging up his boots - and it's a stiff one!
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Vice President of the Republic, Bornito de Sousa, last Tuesday hailed the conquest made by \"Appy Saúde\", a national startup dealing in the area of technologies, in the competition dubbed \"Virtual Digital World 2020\" organised by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
According to SASSA, beneficiaries should be able to access their social grants, as well as, the R350 SRD, grant by early January.
ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule denied the ruling party was in a crisis.
Conditions are set to take a turn for the extreme on Tuesday afternoon, as weather warnings have been issued for a number of districts and provinces.
If Professor Karim is worried, the rest of us should be too. Our virus expert has conceded that South Africa's second wave 'may already be happening'.
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Cyril Ramaphosa, and his fellow ANC NEC members, have been accused of 'copying an old idea' - after they stated that SA would get a new state-owned company.
In the latest news in South Africa on Wednesday 9 December, the net closes in on officials in the KZN government accused of corruption.
Ben Stokes' father Ged Stokes, a New Zealand rugby league international, has died after a battle with brain cancer.
Press Release - Nearly 70 poor countries will only be able to vaccinate one in ten people against COVID-19 next year unless urgent action is taken by governments and the pharmaceutical industry to make sure enough doses are produced, a group of campaigning organisations warned today.
Zane Killian, who has serious charges against him, has to isolate after coming into contact with a cellmate who showed COVID-19 symptoms.
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said they had recorded a high number of COVID-19 infections amongst people aged between 15-19, in the previous two days
Busisiwe Mkhwebane has responded to the high court's order on the rogue unit report, and points to Pravin Gordhan's 'vitriolic comments'.
THE adage that misfortunes never come single has proven correct for the people of Chipinge and Chimanimani who now suffer the double blow of fighting COVID-19, while at the same time they are also licking the wounds caused by Cyclone Idai which severely damaged their infrastructure. BY MAURICE DUNDU Sadly, most of the victims of this double tragedy are married women whose husbands work in South Africa, while they are left to bear the painful burden of taking care of their children alone. To add to their problems, in most cases their husbands have second wives or concubines in the neighbouring countries where they work. Chipinge has always experienced problems of young men, especially those that fail to make it educationally, and who then opt to travel to South Africa to look for work while leaving behind their families in Zimbabwe. Most of the families that are left behind suffer in times of natural disasters such as Cyclone Idai and during pandemics such as COVID-19. Their situation is further worsened by the fact that most Ndau men from Chipinge take long to return from South Africa as they want to first accumulate money and goods before coming back. Coming home empty handed is considered an insult to the women and children who would have endured the pain of missing them for a long time, only for them to return empty handed. The COVID-19 lockdown bailout package for workers in foreign countries also does not consider the plight of the poor women and children in Zimbabwe. The workers also have been struggling to survive during the lockdown period in that country, which means that after the relaxation of the lockdown period they have to work first to get more money before dreaming of coming back. A Ndau man who works in South Africa known as Baba aKali said coming back home after the relaxation of the COVID-19 lockdown will take long as he needs to work to make up for the time and money lost during lockdown. “Coming home will take long for many workers here as they need to recover the money lost during the lockdown period. Life here is not that rosy. It is difficult with this COVID-19,” aKali said. Audience Zondwayo from Chipinge West said the COVID-19 pandemic has further worsened the situation in Chipinge where people are still struggling to recover from the effects of Cyclone Idai. Zondwayo said some women whose husbands work in South Africa have started small businesses like vending, and market gardening as they tried to recover from the effects of Cyclone Idai. “After Cyclone Idai people resorted to vending to ameliorate hunger, but during the COVID-19 lockdown period their wares like vegetables got rotten as they could not go out to sell them,” Zondwayo said. He said this deprived the women from income to support their children given that their husbands were either also struggling or supporting other women in foreign lands. The women whose husbands work in foreign lands end up suffering materially, emotionally and they are also sex starved. Unfortunately for them, while their husbands can have concubines or sec
There's not much you can do in seven minutes - but Jacob Zuma is able to get a corruption trial postponed in that time. Here's what has caused the hold-up.
Lenovo unveiled the world's first foldable laptop on 9 December 2020. The ThinkPad X1 Fold will be available in South Africa in 2021.
Two men have been convicted for 'terrorist offences' on Tuesday, after they planned a series of racially-motivated attacks as part of the Crusaders group.
Today is the 345th day of 2020. There are 21 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2010: Veteran journalist and university lecturer John Maxwell passes on.�OTHER EVENTS1520: Martin Luther publicly burns the papal edict demanding that he recant or face excommunication from the Roman Catholic church.
Zozibini Tunzi recently wowed SA with her singing voice after posting a cover of 'Runnin' (Lose It All)’ by Naughty Boy, featuring Beyoncé.
After Steenhuisen called the ANC Integrity Commission an 'elaborate pantomime', Mthembu has told the DA leader to mind his own business.
Motorists have been told to avoid the Allandale region of the N1 in Johannesburg on Wednesday, after a huge truck fire caused a traffic nightmare.
During an outreach today, President Irfaan Ali said that over $5B will be spent in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) before the end of the year.
The article Over $5B to be invested in Region Two before end of year - President appeared first on Stabroek News.
[Daily Maverick] On the eve of an extraordinary African Union meeting, Catherine Constantinides, board member of the Saharawi Commission for Human Rights and climate activist has written an open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa, addressing him in his capacity as Chair of the African Union. She appeals to Ramaphosa to address the military violation by Morocco against the people of the Western Sahara. We publish her open letter.
Gavin Hunt has opened up regarding the lengthy absence of star striker Samir Nurkovic and it isn't good news for Kaizer Chiefs fans
It appears avid chef Tito Mboweni has turned his attention to fashion after trashing EFF member Mbuyiseni Ndlozi's shoes.
A wagyu rib-eye from South Africa achieved the highest marbling score ever recorded in the country.
A new in-depth study shows that 90% of the live music industry lost income due to COVID-19 from March until very recently. Of the musicians surveyed, 41% report selling their instruments and equipment to pay their bills; others are living on loans that will need to be repaid.
