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Communities urged to harvest rain water
The Department of Water and Sanitation has appealed to rural communities, who don’t have access to potable water, to take the opportunity of harvesting rain water during summer to sustain them through dry conditions. Rural communities urged to harvest rain water The...
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COVID-19 cases in South Africa
Sixty-four more people died of COVID-19 in South Africa on Wednesday. Of the latest fatalities, 24 are from KwaZulu-Natal, 14 from Gauteng, 11 from Mpumalanga, nine from the Western Cape and six from the Northern Cape, pushing the death toll to 15 705. COVID-19 cases...
Africa launches Medical Supplies Platform
As Africa braces itself for the peak in COVID-19 cases, the continent is launching the Africa Medical Supplies Platform, an innovative marketplace to enable all African governments to access critical supplies, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Wednesday....
EVENTS
SA ready for first BRICS summit
Pretoria - With only a few weeks left before the start of the 5th BRICS summit, preparations are at an advanced stage for the all-important gathering, says International Relations and Cooperation Deputy Minister, Ebrahim Ebrahim. “At this point, from the substance and...
ENVIRONMENT
Rhinos poached reaches 1000
The number of rhinos poached this year has tipped the 1000 mark, the Department of Environmental Affairs announced on Thursday. A total of 1020 rhinos have been poached for their horn since January, already more than the 1004 rhinos poached in 2013. The largest number...
EDUCATION
Learners get lifetime opportunity
A group of learners from Sol Plaatje Primary School in Mafikeng will get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to talk directly to an astronaut on the International Space Station (ISS) in May. Learners from School The learners from the school, with their winning team of...
CRIME
FET college fraudsters nabbed
Polokwane - Three people suspected of running bogus Further Education and Training (FET) campuses in Limpopo will appear in court on Wednesday on fraud charges. The Hawks police unit in Limpopo closed down a suspected bogus FET college in Seshego and arrested the...
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ARTS & CULTURE
New series Leaps onto SABC3
Just when you thought the commissioning of local programming by the SABC had come to an (almost) grinding halt - a new series has just leapt onto the small screen. I Am Woman Leap of Faith, a new weekly series which launched on SABC3 on April 1st 2012, offers a fresh...
