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Tahs ready to ramp up rugby physicality2019-04-22
This is Money: After successfully emerging from a taxing week, the NSW Waratahs are preparing to ramp up their physicality for three successive Super Rugby tussles with South African opposition. Last Saturday's narrow win over Melbourne has brought NSW to within four points...
GA Tallahassee FL Zone Forecast2019-04-22
News-Press Now: GA Tallahassee FLZoneForecast for Sunday, April 21, 2019 ————— 776 FPUS52 KTAE 220729 ZFPTAE Zone Forecast Product for FloridaNational Weather Service Tallahassee FL 326 AM EDT Mon Apr 22 2019 GAZ145-222000- Mitchell- Including the cities of Branchville,...
Earth Day: Emirates Group helps safeguard wildlife and support conservation of fragile ecosystems2019-04-22
Public Technologies: Monday, April 22, 2019 DubaiDesertConservationReserve and Emirates One&OnlyWolgan Valley protect valuable wildlife ecosystems and provide sustainable tourism experiences Emirates supports United for Wildlife's efforts to tackle the illegal wildlife trade,...
President Ramaphosa sends condolences to the people and Government of Sri Lanka following terrorist attack2019-04-22
Public Technologies: MediaStatement 21 April 2019 President Ramaphosa sends condolences to the people and Government of Sri Lanka following terrorist attack On behalf of the South African people and Government, the President of South Africa, His Excellency, Cyril Matamela...
Ramaphosa sends condolences after Sri Lanka terror attacks2019-04-22
Independent online (SA): Pretoria - PresidentCyril Ramaphosa has sent condolences to the people and government of Sri Lanka following Sunday morning's terrorist attacks in which more than 200 people died and...
'Free at last!': when black South Africans could finally vote2019-04-22
This is Money: South Africans queue to cast their votes in Johannesburg on April 27, 1994, in the country's first all-race elections Black South Africans voted for the first time in April 1994, turning out in droves for a jubilant election that was the final death blow to...
NPA, Hawks set sights on Panday over corruption charges2019-04-21
Independent online (SA): Cape Town - In a week of drama at the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into state capture that saw former tax boss Tom Moyane lose his application to cross-examine Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan, the prosecuting authority is still pursuing a...
Commercial flights to Newcastle airport to commence in June2019-04-21
Independent online (SA): Durban - THE long-awaited Newcastle airport upgrade was finally completed this week, but commercial flights will only take off in about two months’ time. The airport in the north-west of KwaZulu-Natal has been used privately...
Heroin used to pass through South Africa en route to Europe. Now much of it ...2019-04-21
The Los Angeles Times: WorldHeroin used to pass through South Africa en route to Europe. Now much of it stays, with devastating effects James Mashakeni, left, and Grace Pitse, center, attend a meeting in a community hall in Brits, South Africa, about drug addiction. (Krista Mahr /...
Nzimande urges motorists to obey road rules as Easter weekend draws to close2019-04-21
Independent online (SA): Pretoria - Transport MinisterBlade Nzimande on Sunday appealed to motorists to excercise caution and adhere to the rules of the road as the Easter long weekend comes to an end. Motorists could expect an increase in...
Cyril Ramaphosa promises to ‘light a torch’ under indolent public servants2019-04-21
Business Day: PresidentCyril Ramaphosa has promised to come down hard on government officials who are failing to provide services to communities. Ramaphosa was addressing the community of Ekuvukeni outside Ladysmith in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands on Saturday. The community...
No vendetta with teams - PSL lawyer2019-04-21
Independent online (SA): In a press conference meant to clear the air and show that the Premier Soccer League’s disciplinary committee doesn’t have a vendetta against any team, the league’s prosecutor, Naudé Becker, came across as arrogant at worst, and aloof at best. It was a...
TS Galaxy make Golden Arrows see stars to reach Nedbank Cup final2019-04-20
Independent online (SA): CLERMONT – National First Division outfit TS Galaxy stunned Lamontville Golden Arrows 3-1 on Saturday as they matched into the final of the Nedbank Cup. They followed in the footsteps of Mpumalanga Black Aces, Pretoria University and Black Leopards, who all...
How migration shaped our nation states2019-04-20
Dawn: Newly arrived indentured labourers from India in Trinidad, 1867 | Credit: Wikimedia Commons It can hardly escape our collective imagination that women and men from the non-Western world have been on the move owing to war and war-like forms of precarity – the...