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South Africa suspends parcel posts to US
Cape Town ETC
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August 30, 2025
The South African Post Office has announced an indefinite suspension of all parcel services to the United States, citing complex new regulatory requirements after President Donald Trump revoked duty-free access for international shipments. The...
Impersonation scams surge in South Africa
Cape Town ETC
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August 30, 2025
South African financial institutions and municipalities are reporting a sharp increase in sophisticated impersonation scams, with fraudsters using manipulated caller IDs, AI-generated voices, and deceptive messaging to trick individuals into divul...
In centennial birth year, Kippie Moeketsi stands tall as a jazz genius of apartheid-era South Africa
Scroll.in
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August 30, 2025
The cultural icon, active from the 1940s to the 1970s, was born in July 1925. One of the most influential artists in South Africa’s rich history of jazz is Kippie Moeketsi. He was born on July 27, 1925 and passed away at only 57. Like Moeketsi,...
"I didn't retire": Dr Easy Matjila sets record straight on SABC departure in video, South Africa
Briefly
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August 30, 2025
Dr Easy Matjila opened up about the ups and downs of his long career in the broadcasting space The iconic newsreader appeared on King David's Studios, opening up to radio personality and podcaster David Mashabela South Africans were touched by the...
Salga says South Africans can’t continue to bail out government’s inefficiencies after Nersa error
The Citizen (South Africa)
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August 30, 2025
Salga said it is concerned that consumers are expected to pay billions more due to Nersa's mistake. The organisation that oversees local government in South Africa has criticised Nersa’s secret R54 billion settlement with Eskom, saying the...
Hitachi Energy India Ltd expands Mysuru facility to boost global supply of transformer-grade pressboard with world's first fossil-free production line
Equity Bulls
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Hitachi Energy India Ltd., (Hitachi Energy India) today announced an investment of INR 300 crores in its insulation and components business in India by expanding its manufacturing facility in Mysuru, Karnataka. The expansion will double the...
Sasol extends gas production timeline to support South Africa's LNG transition
IOL
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August 29, 2025
Sasol, a leader in the energy and chemicals sectors, has announced an important expansion in its Mozambique operations and locally, extending the timeline for South Africa's transition to liquid natural gas (LNG). The company's President and CEO,...
South Africa concentrates on economic diplomacy
MENAFN
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August 30, 2025
(MENAFN) South Africa remains focused on advancing its national interests through strategic economic diplomacy, despite rising tariff pressures from the United States and global trade disruptions, President Cyril Ramaphosa stated. In his weekly...
Nigeria's Energy Deficit Offers $1020 Billion Off-Grid Opportunity
MENAFN
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August 30, 2025
(MENAFN- The Arabian Post) Nigeria's energy shortfall continues to constrict economic potential, affecting millions of homes and businesses, prompting a call from Ronald Adams-Chairman of the off‐grid impact fund All On and Managing Director of...
South Africans weigh in on Santaco's end of taxi strike and resumption of services
Briefly
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August 30, 2025
The South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) confirmed that the two-day taxi strike is over Santaco said that it will continue to engage with the government over the issue of the impounding of their taxi vehicles Santaco extended its sincere...
When trade wars hit home: How US tariffs could hurt ordinary South Africans
Polokwane Review & Polokwane Observer
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By June 2025, inflation had crept up to 3% from 2.8% in May. At the reserve bank’s annual meeting of shareholders on 8 August, governor Kganyago said it was ‘now increasingly clear that tariffs will settle at high rates’. He cited research from...
Meet Rural Futurisms, 'agents for catalytic change' in South Africa's landscape design field
Wallpaper*
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August 30, 2025
Lesego Bantsheng and her practice, Rural Futurisms NPC, hope to shake up the notion of landscape – and that, they do. Founded in 2023 and working in Southern Africa, in particular rural northern South Africa, the studio is a collective of...
Lessons from Brazil and South Africa, by Abiodun Komolafe
Eagle Online
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August 30, 2025
The best way to view the Nigerian nation is that it stands at a critical juncture. The central question is how to transform it from its current state into the country it ought to be: one of the world’s top 12 economies, with a low poverty rate and...
Lessons From Brazil And South Africa
Lagos Post Online
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August 30, 2025
By abiodun KOMOLAFE The best way to view the Nigerian nation is that it stands at a critical juncture. The central question is how to transform it from its current state into the country it ought to be: one of the world’s top 12 economies, with a...
Is South Africa descending into a state of lawlessness?
IOL
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Tracy-Lynn Ruiters|Published 1 hour ago 5min Experts warn that South Africa might have lost its grip on law and order and may even have entered a state of lawlessness, with violent crime levels reaching alarming heights. Many cases brought before...
African Energy Chamber opens int'l office in China's Shanghai
Global Times
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The African Energy Chamber (AEC) has officially opened an international office in Shanghai, China, aimed at strengthening cooperation between African governments, energy companies, and their counterparts in the Asian country. According to a...
Blackstar Experience forges historic cultural partnership with South Africa's National Arts Council
Graphic
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August 29, 2025
To deepen the cultural significance of Blackstar Experience, the secretariat, led by Chief Executive Officer, Rex Owusu Marfo, popularly known as Rex Omar, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Arts Council of South...
Union Sports Minister Mandaviya pitches for ‘Garv Se Swadeshi’ at first-ever Sports Goods Manufacturing Conclave
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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August 30, 2025
New Delhi [India], August 30 (ANI): India reaffirmed its commitment to building an Atmanirbhar Bharat in the sports sector as Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Mansukh Mandaviya, chaired the first-ever Sports Goods Manufacturing Conclave...
South African minister calls for concrete action, systems that work for women
Xinhua News Agency
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JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- South Africa's Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Sindisiwe Chikunga on Friday urged governments, business, and civil society to build systems that work for women, calling...
If only land were expropriated in South Africa…
International Viewpoint
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Trump’s disinformation was used to justify granting special refugee status to white South Africans—an absurd reversal of the historical truth of South Africa’s land dispossession. Yet this grotesque piece of theatre has served a purpose. It has...