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Parliament relaunches SA TB Caucus to combat deadly disease

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi speaking at a government engagement. Parliament, in partnership with the Department of Health and the South African National AIDS Council, hosted the relaunch of the South African Tuberculosis (TB) Caucus this past week. Tuberculosis remains one of the world’s deadliest yet most preventable and curable diseases. Over the past year, South…

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Mbeki sounds alarm on SA’s deepening economic crisis

Former President Thabo Mbeki at Nelson Mandela University in Gqeberha Former President Thabo Mbeki has sounded the alarm over South Africa’s deepening economic crisis. Speaking at the launch of the Eastern Cape Higher Education Sector National Dialogue at Nelson Mandela University in Gqeberha on Saturday, Mbeki highlights rising unemployment, poverty, and failing infrastructure, blaming weak…

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Kenya sweep men’s and women’s podiums at NYC Marathon

Kenya’s Hellen Obiri after winning the women’s elite race Kenya swept the men’s and women’s podiums at the New York City Marathon on Sunday, as Benson Kipruto survived a thrilling sprint finish in two hours eight minutes and nine seconds and Hellen Obiri won the women’s race in a course record 2:19:51. Kipruto ran flat…

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Reiger Park community reels after deadly drive-by shooting

murder investigation  The Reiger Park community in the Ekurhuleni metro has been left reeling after a drive-by shooting on Saturday night claimed six lives and left three others injured. Police say the suspects, travelling in two vehicles, opened fire indiscriminately before fleeing the scene. Community members are demanding increased police visibility, saying this is but…

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General Fannie Masemola to visit Reiger Park on Sunday

National Commissioner of the SAPS, General Fannie Masemola. National Police Commissioner General Fanie Masemola is expected to visit Reiger Park, East of Johannesburg, on Sunday afternoon. This after six people were fatally shot and three others were injured on Saturday. Police say the suspects, travelling in two vehicles, opened fire indiscriminately before fleeing the scene….

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