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Swaziland secrets gets leaked

By Kouthar Sambo Open Secrets has published the first two articles in a series on the new leak entitled the Swazi Secrets Leak, exposing the vulnerability of Swaziland’s (Eswatini) financial institutions to predatory behaviour by politicians and corporations alike. Speaking on VOC’s Drive Time on Tuesday, an investigator at Open[…]

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SA’s ConCourt: 30 years since its inception

By Ragheema Mclean Three decades since the dawn of democracy in South Africa, the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) the highest court in the land, which deals with the application and enforcing constitutional matters has performed well in the first 15 years since democracy, but cracks started showing in the second part[…]

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South African’s inflation eases to 5.3% in March

By Lee-Yandra Paulsen Data from Statistics South Africa has revealed that the country’s headline inflation rate moderated to 5.3% in March, down from 5.6% in February. This decline comes after two consecutive months of climbing inflation. Since September 2023, inflation has remained within a range of 5% to 6%. Among[…]

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UN: More than 10,000 women killed in Gaza

United Nations (UN) Women on Tuesday announced the deaths of more than 10,000 women in the Gaza Strip, which has been suffering a devastating Israeli war for more than six months. The authority conveyed in a statement: “Six months into the war, 10,000 Palestinian women in Gaza have been killed. Women[…]

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WCED sees increase in applications for 2025 school

By Lee-Yandra Paulsen The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has reported a significant surge in admissions applications for the academic year 2025, marking a new record. With the admissions deadline closing on April 12, 2024, the department disclosed an influx of over 102,600 applications, a notable increase of more than[…]

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Elections 2024: Voters navigate uncertainty

By Loushe Jordaan Gilbert With numerous political parties making various promises from bettering service delivery to ensuring job creation for the thousands of unemployed on the Cape Flats, many people find themselves unsure of who to support during the general elections set to take place on the 29th of May[…]

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South Africa’s rare 19-day streak: No load shedding

By Lee-Yandra Paulsen South Africans have recently enjoyed an unprecedented run of almost 20 days without load shedding, a rare period of uninterrupted power supply. The national power utility, Eskom, has attributed this achievement to the sustained availability of generation capacity and emergency reserves at its power stations. Energy Analyst,[…]

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UCT4Palestine launches a teach-in academic boycott regarding UCT’s alleged complicity in the Israeli aggression in Gaza

By Kouthar Sambo The University of Cape Town (UCT)4Palestine launched a teach-in academic boycott on Monday regarding UCT’s alleged complicity in the Israeli aggression in Gaza. Speaking on VOC’s News Beat show on Tuesday, a member of the UCT Palestinian Solidarity Forum (PSF) Malaika Khan said listening to the Palestinian[…]

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