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The Group of Twenty (G20) South Africa

Date: Mar 4, 2025

SA has vowed to seize the moment to shape the agenda, influencing a paradigm shift whereby G20 countries will be required to situate inequalities at the heart of economic policy making.

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Lesotho Activist to appear in court over social media post on unemployment

A Lesotho Activist, Tšolo Thakeli, is expected to appear in court tomorrow following his arrest over a social media video in which he criticised the country’s unemployment rate.

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Over 170 charities call for end to deadly new Gaza aid distribution system

More than 170 non-governmental organisations called on Tuesday for a United Statesmand Israeli-backed food aid distribution scheme in Gaza to be dismantled over concerns it is putting civilians at risk of death and injury.

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SANDF representative appears in court in Cradock Four inquest matter

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Legal Services’ representative, Advocate Masilo Brian Lekoloana says he is not in a position to delay proceedings in the inquest into the deaths of the Cradock Four in the High Court in Gqeberha.

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UN report raises alarm over rising civilian deaths in Ukraine from drone, missile attacks

The United Nations (UN) Human Rights Office has sounded the alarm over a sharp increase in civilian casualties in Ukraine, as the war enters its fourth year with no signs of abating.

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Israeli officials to hold ceasefire talks in Washington

Israeli planes and tanks struck heavily in north and south Gaza on Tuesday, destroying clusters of homes, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's confidant was in Washington, United States (US), expected to discuss a possible ceasefire.

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US Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart dies at 90

Jimmy Swaggart, who was one of United States' (US) most influential Televangelists in the 1980s before an affair with a prostitute brought his career crashing down, has died at the age of 90.

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Classrooms are battlegrounds for equality, dignity: SA Deputy Minister

South Africa’s (SA) Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, Buti Manamela, says classrooms are more than just places of learning they are also battlegrounds for equality, safety, and dignity.

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Cessation of US funding devastates SA tertiary education institutions

South Africa’s (SA) Minister of Higher Education and Training, Nobuhle Nkabane says the cessation of United States (US) funding has had a devastating effect on SA tertiary education institutions

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SA's opposition lay charges against Higher Education Minister

South Africa's (SA) opposition party, Democratic Alliance (DA) member of Parliament’s Portfolio Committee for Higher Education Karabo Khakhau has arrived the Cape Town, Western Cape Province.

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Ghanaian men rescued after they were trafficked to Nigeria

Dozens of Ghanaian's, mostly men have been rescued after they were trafficked to Nigeria under a fraudulent recruitment scheme.

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