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Children may benefit when parents share their digital gaming space

January 16, 2021

As the pandemic forced many Americans to hunker down at home, the video game industry experienced record spending and profits...
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Covid-overflow hospital in ruins as SIU investigates

January 16, 2021

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is probing a “wasted” R500-million that was meant to add 175 Covid-19 ICU beds to...
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Pay-TV inquiry probes the Multichoice monopoly

January 16, 2021

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) held public hearings as part of its investigation into competition in the...
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No apology or comfort as another Marikana mother dies without justice

January 16, 2021

Nomawethu Ma’Bhengu Sompeta was a fierce woman with opinions as strong as her will and as sharp as her tongue....
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Ma Rainey robbed of complexity on a ‘Negro’ path leading nowhere

January 16, 2021

“Contemporary films continue to place Black women in two categories: mammy or slut. And, occasionally a combination of the two.”...
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Violet Gwangwa: Natural class, nurturing brass

January 16, 2021

If a single image could sum up the life of the late Violet Molebatsi Gwangwa (1938-2021), who died on 6...
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Nompumelelo Ebronah Moholo: The first lady of jazz

January 16, 2021

It is often said that a beautiful soul shines through a person’s eyes. That was certainly true of Nompumelelo Ebronah...
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‘Joburg Noir’ extract: ‘Weep for Me, Willow’ by Fred Khumalo

January 16, 2021

Sunday, 10am. The sun hesitates behind the yellow mine dumps. It has a hangover, the sun. Just like me. Just...
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The Portfolio: Nocebo Bucibo

January 16, 2021

If a family tree falls in the middle of a township and no one is around to hear it, does...
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News24.com | Nigeria warns against ‘fake vaccines’ as 10 million doses expected in March

January 16, 2021

10 million doses of the vaccine are only expected in March, accoridng to the Nigerian governement. However, duplicitous individuals are apparently...
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News24.com | Uganda’s Bobi Wine rejects poll results, claims victory

January 16, 2021

Bobi Wine has rejected early results giving Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni a lead. The full election results are expected by...
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News24.com | Mayor of Zimbabwe capital bailed in graft case

January 16, 2021

Jacob Mafume was released on bail after spending a month behind bars. Mafume was arrested after allegedly distributing plots of...
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News24.com | Mozambique replaces army chief as jihadist attacks intensify

January 16, 2021

Soldiers from the Mozambican army patrol the streets on 7 March 2018 in Mocimboa da Praia, Mozambique, after security in...
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News24.com | 46 Pygmies killed in militia attack in eastern DR Congo

January 16, 2021

A soldier of the FARDC (Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo) takes cover during exchanges of fire...
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News24.com | UN peacekeeper killed in Central African Republic

January 16, 2021

A Burundian peacekeeper has been killed during an ambush in the Central African Republic. United Nations says this is the...