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South Africa: Scholar Transport Crisis Leaves Eastern Cape Students Stranded – South African News Briefs – January 24, 2023

[ad_1]   Scholar Transport Crisis Leaves Eastern Cape Students Stranded In the Eastern Cape, hundreds of primary and secondary school students have been left stranded without scholar transport since the new school year began a week ago, reports News24. Despite the recent launch of the Learner Transport Management System, aimed at improving the efficiency of scholar transport services, students in Kuyga, Humansdorp, and St Francis Bay continue to face disruptions, with some waiting in vain for hours daily. The failure […]

todayJanuary 24, 2024

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Namibia/South Africa: Namibia Stung By Bafana Bafana

[ad_1] Namibia's missed opportunities cost them dearly, as Bafana Bafana capitalised on the Brave Warriors' misfortune to trounce their rivals by a convincing 4-0 at the Amadou Gon Coulibaly Stadium on Sunday. The Brave Warriors' loss downgraded the team to third place in Group E with three points, while South Africa moved to second place on three as Mali is top of the group on four points and Tunisia, bottom of the group with a mere one point. Namibia's Brave […]

todayJanuary 24, 2024

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Africa: Ruthless Bafana run riot over Namibia

[ad_1] The Bafana Bafana of South Africa were unstoppable as they defeated Namibia 4-0 in their second group game of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Côte d'Ivoire 2023 against Namibia at Amadou Gon Coulibaly Stadium in Korhogo. South Africa started pilling up pressure from the start of the game and created chances in the early stages of the game. The pressure yielded result with just 9 minutes into the game as the ball hit the hands of a […]

todayJanuary 22, 2024

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South Africa: Dricus Du Plessis – New UFC Middleweight Champion

[ad_1] Dricus Du Plessis has made history as the first South African to win at the World UFC Championship. Du Plessis defeated Sean Strickland in a fierce main event at UFC 297 at the Scotiabank Arena in Ontario, Canada, on Sunday. "Stillknocks" won by a split decision, with two of the score cards (48 -47) in his favour. His resilience proved just enough to unseat Strickland, who put up an impressive performance but still failed to prevent Du Plessis from […]

todayJanuary 22, 2024

Entertainment

South Africa Looking to Halt Auction of Mandela Memorabilia

[ad_1] Over 70 items belonging to Nelson Mandela are due to go on auction in New York in February, but the South African government is trying to block the sale. The South African government on Friday said it was backing a legal bid which seeks to halt the sale of personal items belonging to former president and anti-apartheid hero, Nelson Mandela. Over 70 items belonging to Mandela are set to be auctioned later in February in New York. Heritage agency's […]

todayJanuary 22, 2024

Entertainment

South Africa: Soul Brothers – the Story of a Band That Revolutionised South African Music

[ad_1] Biographies of important South African musicians often fall into two categories: they either emerge from PhD or other university-based research, or are the fruit of dedicated digging by a fan or family member. The first kind benefit from institutional resources and support; the second from community knowledge of personal details that may be documented nowhere else. Because of that very scarcity of a public record, the first kind might miss many parts of the story that can't be checked […]

todayJanuary 20, 2024

Africa

Africa: Cash-Strapped Conservationists in South Africa Are Struggling to Collect Biodiversity Data – How to Change That

[ad_1] South Africa's government conservation organisations have experienced substantial budget cuts. Even after steps to cut costs, South African National Parks reported a big shortfall (R223 million or about US$11.92 million) for 2021/22. So did the provincial body KZN Ezemvelo Wildlife (R89 million; about US$4.77 million). South African conservation authorities manage millions of hectares of protected areas. However, recruitment freezes and insufficient funds have reduced their ability to conduct basic operations. One of these is biodiversity monitoring. Knowing which plants […]

todayJanuary 19, 2024

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South Africa: Springboks Rally Behind Dricus Du Plessis As Middleweight History Beckons for Undefeated UFC Star

[ad_1] Siya Kolisi, Willie le Roux and Ox Nche get behind Dricus du Plessis as he prepares to take on Sean Strickland for the middleweight belt at UFC 297 this weekend. South Africa's Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) superstar Dricus du Plessis has a date with destiny early on Sunday morning (South African time) when he faces the US's Sean Strickland at UFC 297 in Toronto, Canada, for the middleweight title. Du Plessis is undefeated since he stepped into the octagon […]

todayJanuary 17, 2024

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Africa: Dreadful Afcon Start for Bafana

[ad_1] Percy Tau missed a penalty as Bafana Bafana went down 2-0 to Mali in their Africa Cup of Nations Group E opener at Stade Amadou Gon Coulibaly on Tuesday. Mali broke the deadlock through Hamari Traore on the hour mark before Lassine Sinayoko doubled their advantage six minutes later to shoot straight to the top of the group. Bafana now anchor the pool after Namibia stunned Tunisia 1-0 earlier on in the evening. Tuesday's result now leave South Africa […]

todayJanuary 17, 2024

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