44 years after the Soweto uprising: We speak to those who were there: News24 spoke to, among others, Hector Pieterson’s sister about why she keeps hope alive 44 years later. ……
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IOL’s Youth Day Mini Film Festival: Watch Our Sand ‘Santa Ya Rena’: Keletso, a young geologist, is very passionate about the protection of the beautiful environment she grew up in. Concerned about the devastating effects of sand mining she is witnessing throughout the Kruger to Canyons (K2C) biosphere, Keletso visits sand mining sites. In the documentary Our Sand “Santa Ya Rena” Keletso interviews different role players…
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Youth Day: Consciousness of young people has been awakened to systemic oppression: On Tuesday, June 2, learner after learner took to social media to share stories of absolute disgrace about their experiences at a significant number of high schools in Cape Town’s southern suburbs. What started as a global Instagram trend – “black lives matter so let’s #blackouttuesday with a black square” – with schools posting supportive messages, quickly ascended into disturbing accounts of racism, discrimination, humiliation and exclusion by learners from the schools. As my eyes scanned one post after another, the experiences of learners’ humiliation, exclusion and dehumanisation compounded, made me doubt what I had done to my children by sending them to the schools being dragged across…
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Another big jump in recorded COVID-19 infections: South Africa has recorded 73,533 cases of the virus over the past three months, with more than 3,000 new infections in the last 24-hour cycle. ……
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Western Cape police investigating the murder of a man and his 3-year-old daughter: Western Cape police are investigating the murder of a 35-year-old man and his three-year-old daughter in Ravensmead, Cape Town. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Covid-19: Re-testing previously diagnosed people before returning to work is ‘nonsense’ – scientist: Anyone who does not fit the criteria for targeted testing should not be tested, one of the country’s top pathologists says. ……
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South Africa’s Covid-19 cases now at 73 533, with another 88 deaths reported: Cape Town – South Africa’s confirmed Covid-19 cases have increased by 3495 to 70 038 over the past 24 hours, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said on Monday. The country also recorded a further 88 Covid-19-related deaths. The total number of people who have died from Covid-19 since the first patient was identified 101 days ago now stands at 1568, which represents a mortality rate of 2.1%, Mkhize said. The Western Cape continues to have the highest…
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Ventilator boost for Western Cape as Covid-19 deaths increase: Cape Town – The Western Cape has recorded an additional 63 deaths, bringing the total number of Covid-19-related deaths in the province to 1 111, Premier Alan Winde announced on Monday. The Western Cape has 13 166 active cases of Covid-19 (yesterday 11 657), with a total of 42 892 (40 232) confirmed cases and 28 615 recoveries (27 527) as of 1pm on 15 June. The province has conducted 245 536 coronavirus tests. The national Department of Health figures for the Western Cape differ from those announced by Winde daily because the national figures are compiled from data supplied before the…
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Ramaphosa refers Liquor Products Amendment Bill back to Parliament: The president said the bill could impact the making of traditional beer and in so doing affect rural communities. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Eskom security guards shot dead in Cape town: Two security guards were shot dead in Philippi East, Cape Town, while escorting Eskom technicians out of the area. ……
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