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    Omanyano ovanhu koikundaneki yomalungula kashili paveta, Commisiner Sakaria takunghilile Veronika Haulenga

South Africa

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South Africa

South Africa’s election management body has done a good job for 30 years: here’s why

    By Dirk Kotze, University of South Africa   More than in previous elections, South Africa’s Electoral Commission (IEC) will be tested to the hilt in this year’s national and provincial elections on 29 May. For the first time in 30 years, the electoral majority of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) is in jeopardy. This makes the upcoming poll the most consequential one since 1994, when the country […]

todayMarch 20, 2024 39

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Pro basketball teams shine at the NBA-backed BAL Kalahari Conference

  By bird story agency   South Africa's SunBet Arena in Pretoria successfully concluded the group stage matches of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) on Sunday (March 17) as the inaugural Kalahari Conference ignited fierce competition and provided electrifying hoop action. Despite Burundi's club Dynamo withdrawing from the competition, other conference matches went on as planned, with Morocco’s Fath Union Sport de Rabat emerging at the top of the conference, […]

todayMarch 19, 2024 17

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Omu President, Nangolo Mbumba aka ta lelapo po S.A

, okwe li tumapo manga pambelewa okuya poushiindalongo po   South Africa. Omukanda oo wa pitifilwa oikundaneki ongula yonena owa popya kutya,  omu President Mbumba edjepo laye olili oshikando oshi 3 paife pambelewa oku dja nghene anangekelwe onga omupresident woshilongo omu 4, shalandula kefyo lomupresident woshilongo Dr Hage Geiogob. Etalelepo laye olili oshikando oshikando oshi 3, shalandula eshi ali atalelapo tete ko Angola noshikando oshi 2 ko Botswana. President Mbumba opamwe […]

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Business / Economics

Private trains to ply South African rail network in commercial revamp

    By Seth Onyango, bird story agency   South Africa is opening its rail network to private train operators in a commercial pivot to revitalise a key component of its transport and logistics infrastructure. It is part of the state-run logistics firm, Transnet SOC Ltd to inject dynamism into the sector, plagued by inefficiencies and maintenance challenges. On Friday, March 15, Transnet published a document laying the groundwork for […]

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Health / Medical

Almost 50% of adult South Africans are overweight or obese. Poverty and poor nutrition are largely to blame

    By Thokozani Simelane, Human Sciences Research Council   Malnutrition, in all its forms, includes undernutrition (wasting, stunting, underweight), inadequate vitamins or minerals, overweight and obesity. South Africa has undergone a nutritional transition over the past 30 years characterised by the triple burden of malnutrition: households are simultaneously experiencing undernutrition, hidden hunger, and overweight or obesity due to nutrient-poor diets. Results of the first in-depth, nationwide study into food […]

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Undersea cables for Africa’s internet retrace history and leave digital gaps as they connect continents

    By Jess Auerbach Jahajeeah, University of Cape Town   Large parts of west and central Africa, as well as some countries in the south of the continent, were left without internet services on 14 March because of failures on four of the fibre optic cables that run below the world’s oceans. Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Ghana, Burkina Faso and South Africa were among the worst affected. By midday […]

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Namibia okwali a dhidhilike uupyakadhi wo internet ohela

Aalongithi yo Internet mo Namibia okwali ya taalela uupyakadhi okulongitha o internet ohela,omolwa oongodhi dhomefuta dhoka dha kwatakanitha South Africa kongodhi yomakwatathano gopayuni. O News24 oya lopota kutya oongodhi 4 dhomoongodhi 9 okwa kolekwa dha yonuka,nokweetitha uupyakadhi wo internt mo South Africa nomiilongo yilwe ohela. Lopokati mpoka o BBC oya lopota kutya epiyaganeko lyo internet okwali wo lya guma Nigeria,Ivory Coast,Liberia,Ghana na Burkina Faso.

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Environment

Sewage leaks put South Africa’s freshwater at risk: how citizen scientists are helping clean up

  By Jim Taylor, University of KwaZulu-Natal and Mark Graham, University of KwaZulu-Natal   Across South Africa, sewage systems are leaking and contaminating the country’s freshwater. Involving the affected communities can help prevent this pollution hazard, as a group of 15 citizen scientists in KwaZulu-Natal province have shown. Their community water monitoring programme, working with municipal authorities, has managed to prevent raw sewage from flooding into rivers. The young, unemployed […]

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Undersea Cable Breaks Cause Internet Disruptions Across South Africa

South Africa grappled with extensive internet disruptions following multiple undersea cable breaks, leading to reports of service outages from major platforms like FNB, LinkedIn, and WhatsApp. Microsoft is investigating an outage affecting users in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region, with notable impacts in South Africa, Kenya, and the United Kingdom. The exact location of the cable breaks, potentially near the Ivory Coast in West Africa, remains uncertain. Vodacom […]

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