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Amazon South Africa has launched
Amazon’s South African marketplace has gone live, offering shoppers free delivery on their first purchase. In addition to direct delivery,…
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SA opens Africa’s first military-focused AI hub
South Africa now has an artificial intelligence (AI) institute dedicated to the defence and military sector, as part of the…
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Crocodile hunting wanes but legends live on in DRC
The fearsome slender-snouted crocodile can make torch lights explode just with its eyes — so the legend goes in the…
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Botswana pumps water into drying channels to aid stranded hippos
Herds of endangered hippos are stuck in drying ponds in Botswana’s northwest as the El Nino-induced drought takes its toll…
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‘I will kill myself on arrival’: Syrian asylum seeker fears Rwanda will not be safe
A Syrian asylum seeker who is locked up in a detention centre awaiting deportation to Rwanda says he will kill himself…
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Migrants hit by high fees to send money home
Jerry Mbokani regularly sends money from Uganda to the Democratic Republic of Congo Jerry Lukendo Mbokani has to make several…
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SA: Government opens criminal cases against 26 municipalities over sewage pollution crisis
The national Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has opened 36 criminal cases against 26 municipalities as part of its…
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Is Zimbabwe zigzagging into further currency chaos?
Sylvia Dhliwayo, an expert at scaling the hurdles of Zimbabwe’s crisis-ridden economy and negotiating the many currencies at play, is…
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French banks exit from Africa will create opportunities for local banks ?
Fitch Solutions, an international rating agency, says the exit of French banks from Africa will create more opportunities for local…
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IMF praises SA focus on Eskom and logistics
IMF MD Kristalina Georgieva says South Africa should clear obstacles to growth if it is to realise its potential. …
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