Daughter of former President of South Africa to face terrorism charges
29 january 2025 - 09:03:09Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The daughter of former President of South Africa Jacob Zuma will face charges of [...] Full text...
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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The daughter of former President of South Africa Jacob Zuma will face charges of [...] Full text...
South Africa: 18 dead as severe weather hits Durban
07 january 2025 - 12:49:04Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province is experiencing severe weather conditions and disaster management teams have [...] Full text...
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Israel attacks push Gaza healthcare ‘to brink of collapse’
01 january 2025 - 12:51:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Israel’s pattern of deadly attacks on and near hospitals in Gaza, and associated combat, have pushed [...] Full text...
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Africa’s highest bridge takes shape in South Africa
19 december 2024 - 06:39:19Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The US$224 million Mtentu Bridge in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, is on track for [...] Full text...
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South African President Ramaphosa salutes heritage expert Muxe Nkondo
19 august 2024 - 12:08:50Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has paid tribute to well-known academic and heritage expert [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Decline in rhino poaching cases confirmed
03 august 2024 - 10:09:22Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Environment Minister Dion George has welcomed the downward trend in rhino poaching numbers in [...] Full text...
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Former South African President Zuma mulls legal action following expulsion from ruling ANC
30 july 2024 - 08:57:02Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma's MK Party is seeking legal advice after he [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: Medical charity suspends delivery of care in Khartoum’s Turkish hospital
11 july 2024 - 09:06:18Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - After over a year of violent incidents both inside and outside the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)-supported [...] Full text...
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South Africa notifies WHO of 20 confirmed mpox cases
09 july 2024 - 16:33:27Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The International Health Regulations (IHR) National Focal Point (NFP) of the Republic of South Africa [...] Full text...
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Gazans reeling from closed hospitals, malnutrition and heat risks, warns UN health agency
09 july 2024 - 15:37:41Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In Gaza, overwhelmed hospitals, soaring temperatures, hunger and a lack of even basic sanitation present an [...] Full text...
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Favourable prices offered by local processors divert South Africa’s orange growers from export market
27 june 2024 - 12:36:23Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - Record orange juice prices in South Africa are expected to escalate orange juice production as [...] Full text...
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South Africa confirms six more Mpox cases as first batch of treatment arrives
21 june 2024 - 17:32:03Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Health department on Friday announced six more laboratory-confirmed cases of Mpox (previously known [...] Full text...
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South Africa records Mpox death, sources vaccines from WHO member countries
12 june 2024 - 19:26:35Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa’s Health Minister Dr. Joe Phaahla announced on Wednesday that his department intends to [...] Full text...
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South African province on high alert after Zuma's election success
04 june 2024 - 10:37:10Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Police in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province are on high alert following former President Jacob [...] Full text...
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Fresh inquests to probe deaths of anti-apartheid activists
14 may 2024 - 09:00:15Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Justice Minister Ronald Lamola has announced that the inquest into the death of former [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: UN aid teams still waiting for Israeli green light to relieve stricken northern hospital
02 april 2024 - 12:44:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The destruction of Gaza’s largest hospital following a two-week siege by the Israeli military has “ripped the [...] Full text...
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Top South African footballer succumbs to cancer
06 november 2023 - 08:27:25Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Leading Premier Football League team AmaZulu has announced that its top striker Bonginkosi Ntuli [...] Full text...
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South African surgeon implants world's smallest pacemaker
04 october 2023 - 09:24:40Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A South African cardiologist has successfully implanted the world’s smallest pacemaker into a patient [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Three dead in Cape Town submarine tragedy
21 september 2023 - 09:03:22Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Three South African Navy personnel have been confirmed dead after a massive wave hit [...] Full text...
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Tanzanian sugar producer named preferred buyer of Tongaat Hulett’s sugar assets in South Africa
22 july 2023 - 07:40:49Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Tanzania’s Kagera Sugar company has been selected as the preferred strategic equity partner (SEP) to [...] Full text...
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Mohammed VI Perinatal Clinic in Mal celerates first anniversary
11 july 2023 - 17:06:31Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Mohammed VI Perinatal Clinic, a specialised high-standard third referral health establishment, entirely built and equipped [...] Full text...
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Trucks torched on second anniversary of former South African Zuma's arrest
10 july 2023 - 10:07:06Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tensions are running high in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga provinces after several trucks [...] Full text...
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South Africa's Zulu king MisuZulu KaZwelithini denies being poisoned
04 july 2023 - 08:00:12Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's Zulu King MisuZulu KaZwelithini has denied that he was poisoned stating that he is in [...] Full text...
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South Africa's Zulu king MisuZulu KaZwelithini hospitalised in Eswatini amid fears of poisoning
02 july 2023 - 12:19:19Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's Zulu King MisuZulu KaZwelithini has been hospitalised following an illness, and suspicions of poisoning, South [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Crisis fuels ‘desperate’ situation for civilians
04 june 2023 - 11:25:19Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - As the crisis in Sudan rages without an end in sight, UN agencies and partners have [...] Full text...
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Durban’s King Zwelithini Stadium to host CAF African Schools Football Championship
21 march 2023 - 12:37:46Durban, South Africa (PANA) - The Soth African city of Durban will host the inaugural African Schools Football Championship Continental [...] Full text...
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Global rating agency downgrades South Africa
09 march 2023 - 08:56:32Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Global ratings agency S&P downgraded South Africa's credit rating outlook to stable from positive [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Leading South African rapper shot dead
11 february 2023 - 12:26:35Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - A major manhunt is underway following the killing of leading South African rapper Kiernan [...] Full text...
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Libyan official paints bleak picture of health sector in the Arab world
31 january 2023 - 11:50:37Tripoli Libya (PANA) - The member of the executive board of the Union of Arab Hospitals, Dr. Ali Abu Krine, [...] Full text...
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South Africa on promising start of grain marketing this year: Report
26 january 2023 - 11:05:27Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s grain production is off to a decent start in marketing year 2022/23, said [...] Full text...
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Motorbike ambulance saves mothers and babies in Kenya: UNFPA
13 january 2023 - 06:51:14Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The hardship being felt across the Horn of Africa by the worst drought in 40 years has left [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Investigation into anti-Apartheid activist reopened
10 january 2023 - 07:12:47Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Forty-five years after the murder of liberation hero Rick Turner, fresh evidence has given [...] Full text...
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Severe drought fuels malnutrition, reduces hospital-delivery births in Kenya's Turkana County
28 december 2022 - 05:22:09Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Following four successive failed rainy seasons, Kenya is amid the worst drought in 40 years, the [...] Full text...
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Mauritius launches National Sexual Reproductive Health Policy 2022
02 november 2022 - 07:37:06Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius has launched the National Sexual Reproductive Health Policy 2022 and its implementation Plan 2022–2027, whose objective [...] Full text...
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New Zulu king crowned in South Africa
29 october 2022 - 17:01:30Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Royalty and dignitaries from from around the world joined thousands of spectators at Durban’s [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Ramaphosa undertakes official visit to Saudi Arabia
16 october 2022 - 14:29:09Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - President Cyril Ramaphosa left here Sunday for a state visit to Saudi Arabia at [...] Full text...
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South Africa moves to contain foot-and-mouth disease
17 august 2022 - 12:32:55Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Government on Wednesday announced a national ban on moving cattle to [...] Full text...
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Suspected instigators of South Africa riots appear in court
12 august 2022 - 12:26:56Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Twenty-two people alleged to have instigated the violent rioting in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal and [...] Full text...
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Benin to train more than 600 secondary school teachers
15 july 2022 - 19:15:51Cotonou, Benin PANA) - Benin has announced the upcoming training of 662 aspiring teachers and student teachers recruited at the [...] Full text...
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South Africa: South Africa commemorates annivesary of bloody riots
10 july 2022 - 07:58:39Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa this weekend marked the one-year anniversary of the arrest of former President [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: South Africa recovers to pre-pandemic levels, but food inflation rises
08 july 2022 - 07:25:01Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The COVID-19 crisis in South Africa seems to be subsiding but its effects hit household [...] Full text...
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UN officials to assist with South Africa flood crisis
26 april 2022 - 11:24:21Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – United Nations (UN) officials have arrived in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province as part of [...] Full text...
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AU donates US$150,000 to South Africa flood victims
21 april 2022 - 05:32:22Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union has donated US$150,000 to South Africa in response and rescue efforts following [...] Full text...
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State of Disaster declared after South African floods
19 april 2022 - 09:44:43Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Following an emergency meeting on Sunday, the South African Cabinet has announced that a [...] Full text...
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South Africa: South African flooding death toll reaches 398
17 april 2022 - 08:41:49Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - President Cyril Ramaphosa has postponed an official visit to Saudi Arabia to focus on [...] Full text...
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Scores dead after massive flooding in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province
13 april 2022 - 10:23:34Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – More than 60 people are feared dead after massive floods caused chaos in Durban [...] Full text...
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Former South African President Zuma's corruption trial postponed again
11 april 2022 - 13:07:40Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma’s application for a postponement of his long-awaited criminal trial was [...] Full text...
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Hundreds call UNFPA hotline in Libya for psychosocial support
11 april 2022 - 12:46:32Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Population Fund says it received 789 phone calls on its counselling hotline in Libya [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Top court clears way for Zuma’s trial
31 march 2022 - 13:58:08Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) on Thursday dismissed former President Jacob Zuma's attempts [...] Full text...
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WHO urges quality care for women and newborns in critical first weeks after childbirth
30 march 2022 - 14:53:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Wednesday launched its first ever global guidelines to support women and [...] Full text...
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South Africa;s Police Minister testifies at riot hearings
21 february 2022 - 12:42:02Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC) investigative hearings into last year’s riots in [...] Full text...
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South African court rules former president Zuma's graft trial must go ahead
16 february 2022 - 11:55:44Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The KwaZulu-Natal High Court on Wednesday dismissed former President Jacob Zuma’s application to appeal [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Major oil refinery suspends operations
10 february 2022 - 16:51:48Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Oil giants BP and Shell on Thursday announced that they would halt operations at [...] Full text...
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South African Minister considers inquest into Nobel Laureate Albert Luthuli's death
10 january 2022 - 12:01:29Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola has confirmed that he is considering reopening [...] Full text...
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Funeral service held for South African Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu
01 january 2022 - 11:22:01Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A funeral service was held on Saturday for Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu at Cape [...] Full text...
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Former South African president Zuma granted leave to appeal damning judgement
21 december 2021 - 18:43:48Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The North Gauteng High Court on Tuesday granted former President Jacob Zuma the right [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Zuma's lawyers to argue return to jail ruling
20 december 2021 - 12:55:10Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma's lawyers will Tuesday argue his appeal against a court ruling [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Court rules that Zuma's release from prison was illegal
15 december 2021 - 12:27:22Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The Pretoria High Court on Wednesday said former President Jacob Zuma was not eligible [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Major highway blockaded by protestors
03 december 2021 - 11:23:09Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - A major national highway in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province was blockaded Friday in protest [...] Full text...
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South Africa expects bumper maize harvest of 16.0 million tons in 2021/22
04 november 2021 - 13:54:19Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa’s maize crop for the 2021/22 marketing year, under normal climatic conditions, could once [...] Full text...
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South Africa: New book reveals how Zuma's arrest plunged SA into chaos
01 november 2021 - 19:46:59Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - A new book has outlined the July riots that caused chaos in South Africa’s [...] Full text...
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Court dismisses former South African President Zuma's appeal, sets trial date
26 october 2021 - 12:40:29Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – In further setback for former South African President Jacob Zuma, the KwaZulu-Natal High Court [...] Full text...
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Former South African President Zuma's supporters celebrate his release from prison
14 october 2021 - 13:04:08Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A large crowd of people loyal to former President Jacob Zuma on Thursday gathered [...] Full text...
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US city honours South African musician
12 october 2021 - 11:03:07Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African singer Nomcebo Zikode who sang vocals on the smash-hit "Jerusalema" has been [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: South Africa records 578 new cases, death toll climbs by 164
28 september 2021 - 18:48:20Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa recorded 578 new confirmed Covid-19 infections on Monday and 164 deaths, bringing the [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Princess Charlene discharged from South African hospital
05 september 2021 - 11:02:00Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Princess Charlene of Monaco has been discharged from a Durban hospital after experiencing a [...] Full text...
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Samsung blocks television sets stolen during South African riots
27 august 2021 - 18:15:45Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Samsung has announced that it has blocked hundreds of television sets during last month's [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to introduce national action plan on breastfeeding
05 august 2021 - 06:54:53Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jaguptal, said that a national action plan [...] Full text...
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Former South African president Zuma's daughter slams Naomi Campbell
02 august 2021 - 13:17:28Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –Jacob Zuma’s daughter, Jabu Zuma, has slammed British super model Naomi Campbell for penning an open letter [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Super model Naomi Campbell takes aim at former president Zuma
31 july 2021 - 13:17:28Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – British super model Naomi Campbell has penned an open letter to former President Jacob [...] Full text...
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Civil unrest turns South Africa’s food and agricultural sector upside down
21 july 2021 - 13:51:32Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - While specific costs and implications of the recent South African civil unrest to the food [...] Full text...
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Ramaphosa says deadly riots have helped unite South Africa
19 july 2021 - 15:17:15Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday saluted South Africans for uniting in the wake of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Unrest in South Africa threatens Namibia's oxygen supply
17 july 2021 - 10:15:24Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) - Namibian President Hage Geingob has said said the looting and unrest in neighbouring South Africa should [...] Full text...
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Ramaphosa visits scene of violent protests in South Africa
16 july 2021 - 13:32:33Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday visited the scene of Durban’s violent protests [...] Full text...
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Zambians advised against travelling to South Africa in light of ongoing unrest
15 july 2021 - 15:09:13Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The Zambian High Commission in South Africa has advised Zambian nationals to exercise caution as they [...] Full text...
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Death toll from South African protests rises to 72
14 july 2021 - 17:49:24Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The death toll from five days of deadly rioting and looting in several South [...] Full text...
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South Africa invests in biodiversity to promote rural development and conservation
14 july 2021 - 13:41:35Washington, DC, US (PANA) - South Africa is stepping up investment for its wildlife and biodiversity sectors thanks to a [...] Full text...
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AU condemns South Africa violence, looting after Zuma jailing
14 july 2021 - 10:21:27Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has strongly condemned the violence in South Africa that has claimed [...] Full text...
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Soldiers deployed to assist with South African riots
13 july 2021 - 14:19:25Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Gauteng Premier David Makhura on Tuesday said 10 people have been killed during stampedes [...] Full text...
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Violent pro-Zuma protests spread to Johannesburg
11 july 2021 - 10:07:05Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Violent protests have spread to Johannesburg with supporters of former President Jacob Zuma demanding [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Violent pro-Zuma protests spread
10 july 2021 - 10:23:24Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Violent protests are spreading in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province with supporters of former President [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Violent protests over Zuma's arrest
09 july 2021 - 13:18:23Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tensions are running high in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province two days after the arrest [...] Full text...
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Tension in South Africa as police prepare to arrest Zuma
07 july 2021 - 17:38:18Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tension is running high in KwaZulu-Natal as a large contingent of policemen prepare to [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Defiant Zuma slams the government
04 july 2021 - 15:42:55Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A defiant Jacob Zuma on Sunday addressed hundreds of his supporters outside his KwaZulu-Natal [...] Full text...
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Former South African president Zuma in last-ditch attempt to stay out of jail
02 july 2021 - 11:03:55Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma on Friday indicated that he will file an urgent application [...] Full text...
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Former South African President Zuma sentenced to 15-months imprisonment
29 june 2021 - 09:26:57Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Constitutional Court on Tuesday found former President Jacob Zuma guilty of contempt of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: South African citrus industry not seriously impacted by pandemic
22 june 2021 - 10:02:27Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – The production of South African citrus, mainly new orange varieties, lemons and limes, is estimated [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Zuma loses another court battle
27 may 2021 - 16:50:00Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Constitutional Court on Thursday dismissed former President Jacob Zuma's attempt to appeal [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Zuma pleads not guilty at major graft trial
26 may 2021 - 12:30:25Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Almost 20 years after former President Jacob Zuma was linked to a corrupt multi-million [...] Full text...
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Senior manager in South African company shot dead
24 may 2021 - 12:11:53Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A senior manager of a multinational firm in South Africa, located in Richard’s Bay, [...] Full text...
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South African rocket sets height record
10 march 2021 - 15:54:20Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A rocket developed by the University of KwaZulu-Natal has set a new altitude record [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Growing calls for Zuma to appear before anti-graft commission
03 march 2021 - 15:39:23Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The opposition Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP has urged former President Jacob Zuma to appear [...] Full text...
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Date set for former South African President Zuma's high-profile graft trial
23 february 2021 - 11:46:14Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Following more than 10 years of delays, the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg on [...] Full text...
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Former South African president Zuma faces arrest threat for defying top court
15 february 2021 - 13:56:42Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo on Monday said the State Capture Commission of Inquiry [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Case against Zuma and Thales cleared to proceed
09 february 2021 - 15:54:06Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – International arms company Thales which has been heavily implicated in South Africa’s multi-billion dollar [...] Full text...
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France to confer top award on South African advocate
05 february 2021 - 13:30:49Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Leading South African advocate Thuli Madonsela who helped draft the final Constitution, which was [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Zuma defies Constitutional Court ruling
01 february 2021 - 14:43:02Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African president Jacob Zuma on Monday served notice that he will defy [...] Full text...
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Many areas in Southern Africa at risk of further flooding from heavy rainfall
30 january 2021 - 06:57:34Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - More than 314,000 people in Mozambique have been affected by Tropical Cyclone Eloise, and this figure [...] Full text...
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South African Constitutional Court orders former President Zuma to appear at Zondo Commission
28 january 2021 - 11:08:12Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma was dealt a bitter blow on Thursday when [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Top South African lawyer dies from COVID-19 complications
27 january 2021 - 13:05:36Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Advocate Kemp J Kemp, who defended former President Jacob Zuma during his 2006 rape [...] Full text...
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Heavy rains caused by Cyclone Eloise recede in parts of southern Africa
27 january 2021 - 08:58:53Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The low pressure area caused by Tropical Cyclone Eloise has moved south-west and is close [...] Full text...
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Heavy rains pound southern Africa after Tropical Cyclone Eloise weakens
25 january 2021 - 07:21:33Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Since its landfall, the Tropical Cyclone Eloise weather system has weakened into an overland depression and [...] Full text...
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Tropical Cyclone Eloise moves inland, bringing heavy rains to southern Zimbabwe
24 january 2021 - 09:10:37Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Tropical Cyclone Eloise made landfall in central Mozambique on Saturday near the coastal city of Beira, [...] Full text...
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Tropical Cyclone Eloise expected to make landfall near Beira City in Mozambique
23 january 2021 - 08:42:51Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Tropical Cyclone Eloise has strengthened in the Mozambique Channel and is expected to make landfall near [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Zuma's graft trial inches closer after court bid rejected
22 january 2021 - 14:42:44Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg on Friday dismissed French arms company Thales' bid [...] Full text...
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Tropical Storm Eloise now in Mozambique Channel, likely to turn Tropical Cyclone on Friday
22 january 2021 - 08:54:46Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Latest forecasts indicate that Tropical Storm Eloise is likely to make landfall in central Mozambique, between [...] Full text...
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Tropical Storm Eloise affects over 1,000 people in Madagascar
21 january 2021 - 08:05:27Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) – Heavy rains, strong winds and flooding have directly affected more than 1,000 people and at least [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: South African president Ramaphosa salutes health care workers
01 january 2021 - 06:53:48Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared 2020 as the year of the health [...] Full text...
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South African health expert wins global award
15 december 2020 - 10:45:07Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African epidemiologist Salim Abdool Karim has been announced as the joint winner of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: South Africa enters its second wave of infections
09 december 2020 - 18:41:26Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Health Minister Zweli Mkhize on Wednesday announced that South Africa has entered its second [...] Full text...
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South African football star dies in car crash
23 november 2020 - 13:42:05Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's former football national defender Anele Ngcongca was killed in a car accident early Monday [...] Full text...
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Five arrested for murder of South Africa's national goalkeeper
26 october 2020 - 13:30:28Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Police Minister Bheki Cele on Monday announced that five people have been arrested in [...] Full text...
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Report recommends changes to laws discriminating against women in Gambia
25 september 2020 - 10:59:09London, UK (PANA) - Dozens of discriminatory gender laws should be repealed or revised in The Gambia to guarantee equal [...] Full text...
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Rights group flags widespread xenophobic violence in South Africa
18 september 2020 - 05:41:59Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Xenophobic harassment and violence against African and Asian foreigners living in South Africa are routine [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: South African scientist warns early coronavirus vaccines may lose potency
17 september 2020 - 22:29:41Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A South African scientist, studying the genetic charectaristics of the new coronavirus disease, has warned [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: South African virus outbreak spread from supermarket, stadium in January
17 september 2020 - 18:47:31Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Research into the type of the coronavirus pandemic spreading across South Africa has traced an [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic could reverse decades of progress toward eliminating preventable child deaths, UN agencies warn
09 september 2020 - 16:35:54New York, US (PANA) - The number of global under-five deaths dropped to its lowest point on record in 2019 [...] Full text...
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South Africa's top court rules against former President Zuma
07 august 2020 - 12:54:50Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Constitutional Court on Friday dismissed former President Jacob Zuma's appeal against a High [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO to send 'surge team' to South Africa to support pandemic response management
05 august 2020 - 14:55:54Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – The South African COVID-19 response will soon be bolstered by a "surge team of health experts" [...] Full text...
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Eswatini: SMS service helps women access family planning, food amid pandemic (A UNFPA feature)
31 july 2020 - 17:20:43Mbabane, Eswatini (PANA) - Once a month, Nolwazi Myeni receives a message on her mobile phone notifying her that family [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Zuma back in court for pre-trial hearing
23 june 2020 - 15:09:19Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South Africa President Jacob Zuma appeared in KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg for [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Zuma's team complains over trial delay
26 may 2020 - 17:10:24Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma's legal team on Tuesday accused the South African National Prosecuting [...] Full text...
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Former South African President Zuma loses another court battle
21 may 2020 - 14:07:04Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma has lost his appeal against a High Court ruling that [...] Full text...
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South African football legend passes on at 81
06 may 2020 - 16:09:35Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tributes are pouring in for South African football legend Sugar Ray Xulu who has [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Zuma's graft trial delayed over Covid-19
04 may 2020 - 19:47:53Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Judge President Mjabuliseni Madondo on Monday agreed to postpone the trial of former South [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Police search for suspect who defamed Ramaphosa
23 april 2020 - 15:58:16Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Police are trying to trace a KwaZulu-Natal woman who took to social media and [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: South Africa records 20th Covid-19 death
10 april 2020 - 15:31:53Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s coronavirus death toll on Friday hit the 20 mark with the number [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Major Covid-19 outbreak at Durban hospital, South Africa
08 april 2020 - 16:06:01Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Health authorities are investigating a major Covid-19 outbreak at St Augustine's Hospital [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO chief calls for global increase in protective equipment, medical supplies
31 march 2020 - 12:00:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for stepped-up production of medical equipment [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus spreads to South Africa’s Western Cape province
11 march 2020 - 19:23:28Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The coronavirus epidemic has spread to South Africa’s Western Cape province, as six more [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: South Africa’s first positive case of Covid-19 confirmed
05 march 2020 - 19:33:23Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has confirmed that South Africa's first suspected case of Covid-19 has [...] Full text...
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South Africa confirms first case of coronavirus
05 march 2020 - 13:10:30Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African government on Thursday announced that the country’s first suspected case of [...] Full text...
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Former South African president Zuma reportedly receives treatment in Cuba
09 december 2019 - 12:11:23Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There are unconfirmed reports that former President Jacob Zuma, is receiving medical treatment in [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Top court rules against Zuma
29 november 2019 - 13:11:31Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – KwaZulu-Natal High Court on Friday ruled that there is no compelling reason for former [...] Full text...
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Former South African president Zuma appears in court again
15 october 2019 - 11:54:38Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday appeared in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg [...] Full text...
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Former South African President Zuma to stand trial in major graft case
11 october 2019 - 10:10:28Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma is expected to stand trial next week on 18 charges [...] Full text...
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Former South African president Zuma loses bruising court battle
06 september 2019 - 10:51:58Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma has lost a bruising court battle. The KwaZulu-Natal High [...] Full text...
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Rights group calls for protection of foreign truck drivers in South Africa from xenophobic violence
26 august 2019 - 07:01:12Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – A human rights group on Monday asked the South African government to take urgent measures [...] Full text...
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Former South Africa president Zuma defends defamatory tweet ahead of court case
22 august 2019 - 10:36:59Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma has taken aim at his ex-Cabinet Minister Derek [...] Full text...
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Former South African president Jacob Zuma sued by ex-cabinet minister
13 august 2019 - 11:24:04Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma is being sued by one his ex-cabinet ministers Derek [...] Full text...
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Concerns over South Africa's growing mental health problems (Analysis by Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent)
05 june 2019 - 14:02:44Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Of all the post-Apartheid government scandals that have rocked South Africa over the past [...] Full text...
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The environmental organization 350Africa.org mobilizes against use of fossil fuels in Africa
25 may 2019 - 15:08:45Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The international environmental organization against climate change, 350Africa.org, initiated Saturday, on the occasion of Africa [...] Full text...
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Mauritian Ag. President lays emphasis on research in universities
14 may 2019 - 13:49:59Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Ag. President Paramasivum Pillay Vyapoory on Tuesday stressed that research should be the heartbeat of [...] Full text...
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South African commission to investigate claims of voter fraud
09 may 2019 - 13:16:06Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African police said on Thursday 19 people have been arrested in three KwaZulu-Natal [...] Full text...
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At least 51 killed in severe storm in South Africa
24 april 2019 - 10:43:12Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African authorities have confirmed that at least 51 people have been killed during [...] Full text...
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Report by rights groups urges South Africa to protect environment defenders
16 april 2019 - 10:06:20Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Community activists in mining areas in South Africa face harassment, intimidation, and violence, the Centre [...] Full text...
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Concerns over outbreak of xenophobic violence
01 april 2019 - 16:33:31Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A fresh wave of xenophobic violence has flared up in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province. President [...] Full text...
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Zambian government worries over xenophobic attacks in South Africa
28 march 2019 - 19:22:36Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The Zambian government has expressed worry over reported attacks on foreigners in South Africa. Zambia’s High Commissioner [...] Full text...
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HIV/AIDS prevalence rate declines by 25 percent in Cape Verde
21 february 2019 - 13:18:21Praia, Cape-Verde (PANA) – The HIV/AIDS prevalence rate in Cape Verde dropped from 0.8 percent in 2005 to 0.6 percent [...] Full text...
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South Africa continues to grapple with post-apartheid education
09 february 2019 - 08:44:48Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Nearly 42 years ago, South Africa was in the international spotlight for all the [...] Full text...
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Ramaphosa salutes fallen South African liberation hero
18 january 2019 - 13:50:57Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday paid tribute to acclaimed journalist and anti-apartheid activist Hugh [...] Full text...
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World ‘not yet on track’ to ensure children a better future: UN rights chief
14 january 2019 - 20:12:12Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Some Member States have fallen short of offering a better future to children who continue to [...] Full text...
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Daughter of Africa’s first Nobel Laureate dead at 79
17 december 2018 - 07:33:49Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The youngest daughter of the Chief Albert Luthuli – Africa’s first Nobel Laureate – [...] Full text...
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Ex-president Zuma seeks permanent stay of prosecution in graft case
16 november 2018 - 15:06:33Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – After a 17-year legal battle which dramatically changed the course of South African history, [...] Full text...
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South African political party accused of fuelling xenophobia
24 october 2018 - 09:49:00Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – An opposition party is under fire for allegedly using language that provokes violence and [...] Full text...
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TIME salutes South African product
11 october 2018 - 08:36:17Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A South African company has been included in TIME magazine’s list of 50 of [...] Full text...
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Eskom SA to expand transmission network with US$218 loan from AfDB
27 september 2018 - 13:05:10Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US$ 217.9 million loan to South Africa’s [...] Full text...
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Former South Africa president De Klerk issues warning over land grabs
23 july 2018 - 12:31:13Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The FW de Klerk Foundation fears that amending the Constitution to allow expropriation without [...] Full text...
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Rights group says Chadians forced to pay heavy price for harsh austerity measures
16 july 2018 - 06:46:17N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - Human rights group Amnesty International on Monday published a report that criticises the Chadian authorities for [...] Full text...
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Top South African school rocked by abuse scandal
15 june 2018 - 09:33:08Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education in South Africa has launched an investigation into allegations [...] Full text...
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Two Killed in latest South Africa mosque attack
14 june 2018 - 09:59:46Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Two worshippers have been killed and several others wounded in a pre-dawn attack on [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International names next Secretary General
22 december 2017 - 07:04:18London, UK (PANA) - Amnesty International, a human rights organisation, has appointed Kumi Naidoo as the next Secretary General of [...] Full text...
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Women are looking for opportunities in business, UN forum told
01 november 2017 - 22:50:02New York, US (PANA) – Despite overwhelming challenges women face at the workplace, “they are not helpless,” they will follow [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Former AU chair sworn in as an MP
21 september 2017 - 11:58:48Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – In a day of high political drama presidential hopeful Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma was sworn in [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigerian govt condemns killing of another Nigerian in South Africa
02 september 2017 - 15:01:37Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria on Saturday condemned what it tagged “the incessant extrajudicial killings of Nigerians in South Africa,” [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Politician sparks fresh race row by targeting Indians
01 august 2017 - 14:10:34Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Firebrand politician Julius Malema, has sparked a fresh race row – this time targeting [...] Full text...
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Belgium: Belgian Cooperation minister visits Benin
25 april 2017 - 17:12:02Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The Belgian minister of Cooperation to Development, Alexander de Croo, on Tuesday began a working visit [...] Full text...
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South Africa: South Africa gears for severe weather warning
17 february 2017 - 13:43:21Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa is bracing up for a tropical cyclone that has left seven people [...] Full text...
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South Africa: South African golfing legend commits suicide
04 january 2017 - 19:09:46Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African golfing legend Wayne Westner died following a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Wednesday [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Former Public Protector wins prestigious award
21 november 2016 - 11:47:11Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela who rocked the Zuma administration with a series of [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Mbeki denies leaking Zuma's letter
08 november 2016 - 17:30:20Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The lengthy rift between former South African president Thabo Mbeki and President Jacob Zuma [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Opposition calls for no confidence vote on President Zuma
20 october 2016 - 12:20:03Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Thursday announced that it will present a [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Zuma gets temporary reprieve as court blocks damning report
14 october 2016 - 11:54:24Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Following a week of high drama, the North Gauteng High Court on Friday approved [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Public Protector expected to release final damning report on Zuma
13 october 2016 - 10:51:44Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Outgoing Public Protector Thuli Madonsela is expected to release her final report on Friday [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Public Protector to interview Zuma again over Gupta family influence
05 october 2016 - 14:35:52Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Outgoing Protector Thuli Madonsela, is expected to interview South African President Jacob Zuma on [...] Full text...
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UN: UN report says 385 million children live in extreme poverty
04 october 2016 - 17:56:45New York, US (PANA) - Children are more than twice as likely as adults to live in extreme poverty, with [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Zulu king cleared in hate speech case
30 september 2016 - 11:41:54Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) on Friday ruled that Zulu King Goodwill [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Mauritian population urged to support breastfeeding mothers
04 august 2016 - 17:39:51Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Health Minister Anil Gayan on Thursday urged fathers, relatives, neighbours and health care professionals to [...] Full text...
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South Africa: South Africans vote in hotly-contested local govt. elections
03 august 2016 - 15:11:55Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Millions of South Africans on Wednesday voted in this year's local government elections, the [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Major youth football tournament kicks off in Durban
27 july 2016 - 16:45:58Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A major international youth football tournament kicks off in Durban on Thursday with some [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Guesthouse owner defends Apartheid following racial spat
29 june 2016 - 18:13:48Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa has been rocked by yet another high-profile racial incident and the government [...] Full text...
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Kenya: CGF, local officials alley fears over Durban Commonwealth Games
03 june 2016 - 11:41:23Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) and local officials have denied reports that hosting rights for the [...] Full text...
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Zambia: ECA launches African Social Development Index
04 may 2016 - 16:40:21Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on Wednesday launched the African Social Development Index (ASDI) [...] Full text...
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US: South Africa honours UNAIDS chief for global AIDS response
19 april 2016 - 15:14:50New York, US (PANA) - The University of Kwazulu-Natal, in Durban, South Africa, has conferred an honourary degree on the Executive [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Universities rocked by fresh wave of violence
17 february 2016 - 07:47:18Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tensions remain high at the University of Cape Town after riot police were deployed [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Zuma battered by Constitutional Court hearing
10 february 2016 - 08:06:29Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Following two years of ducking and diving in the wake of Public Protector Thuli [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Lassa fever outbreak dominates front pages in Nigeria
09 january 2016 - 07:20:37Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The outbreak of Lassa fever, an acute viral hemorrhagic fever caused by the Lassa virus that [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Apartheid-era golf tournament strikes gold in South Africa (Feature by Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent)
12 december 2015 - 06:06:56Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - During the darkest days of isolation, when the United Nations had labelled Apartheid a [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Freshwater resources under threat in South Africa
11 november 2015 - 10:49:25Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's freshwater resources are currently under serious threat due to the prevailing drought conditions [...] Full text...
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UN: UN launches US$25 billion strategy to end preventable deaths of mothers, children
26 september 2015 - 18:33:53New York, US (PANA) - The UN on Saturday launched an ambitious public-private strategy to end preventable deaths of women, [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Plight of South African golfing legend addressed in new book (Feature by Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent)
20 september 2015 - 07:25:41Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Fifty years after a young South African golfer defied the apartheid authorities to win [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: African climate negotiators urged to employ WTO Seattle strategy
05 september 2015 - 06:58:33Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – African negotiators at the forthcoming UN Climate Change Conference have been urged to garner [...] Full text...
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South Africa: African pioneers reach for the stars (Feature by Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent)
30 august 2015 - 07:58:32Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A young Durban man has become the latest in the long line of Africans [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Zuma, Malema expected to spat in Parliament again
05 august 2015 - 12:37:20Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's President Jacob Zuma and his friend-turned-foe Julius Malema are gearing for another [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Tensions high following death of Congolese student
10 july 2015 - 13:40:58Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tensions are running high in the Cape Town informal settlement of Mandela Park following [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Zambian woman gives birth to tufts of hair
08 july 2015 - 13:40:26Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – A 26-year-old woman in Zambia's Luwingu district has given birth to tufts of hair, according to [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Black Stars' captain Asamoah Gyan in rape, sodomy allegations
26 june 2015 - 09:59:41Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Captain of Ghana's senior national football team Asamoah Gyan is at the centre of rape and [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Xenophobia under the spotlight at AU summit
12 june 2015 - 07:44:19Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Xenophobia is likely to be a hot topic at the African Union (AU) Summit [...] Full text...
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South Africa: King's advisers study hate-speech allegations
20 may 2015 - 15:13:49Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – King Goodwill Zwelithini’s advisers on Wednesday confirmed that they are studying complaints made against [...] Full text...
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UN: UN chief urges boosting women, children health for sustainable development
15 may 2015 - 05:38:30New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has stressed the need to improve women’s and children’s health, in [...] Full text...
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