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Monkeypox

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SA identifies first case of monkeypox

Monkeypox

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) says it has identified the first case of monkeypox in South Africa. Read more…

Kenya’s deputy president William Ruto vows to deport Chinese traders if elected

Kenya
Kenya’s deputy president William Ruto has said he would deport Chinese nationals in jobs that could be done by locals if he wins elections in August, sparking a mixed reaction online. Read more…
Maasai
Tanzania on Wednesday said it would tackle “illegal immigrants” in the northeastern area of Loliondo, where it has alleged Kenyan Maasai pastoralists are supporting opponents to a planned wildlife protection area. Read more…
Parliament
The South African government has come under fire after it announced salary increases for politicians and other government officials. Read more…
Covid-19
National Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla on Wednesday published the latest amendments in the Government Gazette repealing three Covid-19 regulations including the mandatory use of masks indoors as well as a regulation on the numbers permitted at a gathering and rules around vaccinations for people entering South Africa. Read more…
DRC

At least 13 civilians, including four children, were killed in fresh clashes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo this week, the UN said, amid increased fighting between the army and rebels. Read more…

Rwanda scrubs up for Commonwealth leaders, but not all celebrating

Rwanda

The streets of Kigali are strikingly quiet for a city hosting British royalty, dozens of world leaders and thousands of delegates at a much-anticipated Commonwealth summit this week, but the clean-up has come at a cost for the less fortunate. Read more…

R1m offered for info on criminals who shot and killed guard during cash-in-transit heist

Cash-in-transit

A security company, G4S Cash Solutions, is reportedly offering a R1 million reward to anyone with information leading to the arrest, prosecution and conviction of criminals who shot and killed one of its guards during a cash-in-transit heist at the Engen Middlevlei station, Gauteng on Monday. Read more…

Supersport has run out of ideas!’ – Social media reacts to Anele Mdoda’s new New TV presenting gig

Anele Mdoda

South African media personality Anele Mdoda has received backlash from Twitter users following the announcement that she will be one of the co-hosts on SuperSport’s Super Saturday. Read more… 

Arrested SA soccer player Thulani Cele’s dad asks for donations to fund trip to Georgia to get his son freed – report

Thulani Cele

Following his son’s mysterious arrest in Georgia, former Amazulu football player Thulani Cele’s father, Bongani Shongwe, has reportedly pleaded with South Africans and the Department of International Relations to assist with the donation of funds towards his flight tickets to Georgia where he hopes he will be able to free his son. Read more…

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