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Protest in South Africa over racist hair advert
Protesters have forced several stores of a South African health and beauty company to close, after it ran a hair advertisement they deemed racist. The Clicks advert had pictures of […]
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Lockdown: South Africans riot, loot shops amid food shortages
Unrest broke out in parts of South Africa amid chronic food shortages sparked by the coronavirus pandemic. Looters raided shops, attacked each other, the army and police after breaching one […]
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South Africa: Food company closed in Durban as employee contracts coronavirus
Fry Group Foods – a producer of plant-based food – has temporarily closed its Durban factory after an employee tested positive for coronavirus. MD Caroline Garnett said in a statement […]
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South Africa: Vandals steal school equipment during lockdown
South Africa’s education minister has condemned the vandalism of 183 schools during nationwide lockdown as the number of affected schools stands at 183. Minister Angie Motshekga said it was disheartening […]
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Coronavirus: Three weeks nationwide lockdown declared in South Africa
South African security forces have begun enforcing a three-week nationwide lockdown in an effort to stem the spread of the coronavirus. All but essential movement is forbidden and both the […]
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South Africa: Nine illegal miners stoned to death
Police in South Africa have launched a manhunt for killers of nine illegal miners who were stoned to death in a western district of Johannesburg. The bodies of the miners […]
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Nigerian on trial for murder of policeman in South Africa
A Nigerian suspect, Emmanuel Chidumi Okafor, commonly known as ‘Lucky’, who reportedly stabbed a South African Police constable and his cousin to death on January 8, has appeared before a […]
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Again, trouble looms as South African indigenes urge Nigerians to leave
Nigerians and other foreign national, were yesterday, handed a 12-hour ultimatum Some by indigenes of Keimoes and Upington areas of northern cape province South Africa, to move out. Adetola Olubajo, […]
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South Africa: 2 arrested for $50m power station fraud
Two former managers at Eskom, South Africa’s ailing power firm, have been arrested for alleged corruption and fraud worth 745m rand ($51m; £39m). Prosecutors said an investigation had revealed “gross […]
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South Africa: Family of boy who fell into pit latrine to get $70,000 compensation
South Africa’s appeals court has granted damages to the family of a five-year-old boy who fell into a pit latrine at school and drowned in 2014. Judges ordered the Department […]