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Russian President Vladimir Putin once again, this week, brought up that awkward question of whether South Africa was now ready to buy a very expensive fleet of nuclear power plants from his country..... Read more via Daily Maverick – https://ift.tt/31NZEQW Get more World News

Sihle* did not report to police an attempt to rape her for three days because she could not afford to get to the nearest police station, 120km away. Here's is one of many rape cases left uninvestigated because of a shortage of police in the Eastern Cape district where she lives... Read...

The ratification of the African Continental Free Trade agreement in May is the biggest thing to happen in Africa post colonialism, says Finance Minister Tito Mboweni. Mboweni was addressing delegates at the World Economic Forum for Africa in Cape Town, standing in.... Read more via “nigeria”...

The president, ministers, politicians, public representatives as well as the SAPS have seriously misread the seething rage of the women of South Africa. Protecting Parliament and the political elite attending the World Economic Forum in Cape Town, they turned on mourners and protesters...

In September, the country will switch to a new way of treating HIV that is expected to save the country billions and result in more than 600,000 fewer infections. South African researchers are changing the way we treat the virus here and abroad. But what does it mean … Read more via Daily...

Fears that companies will shelve investment, consumers will cut spending and stocks will slide have been revived after Donald Trump and Xi Jinping’s fragile trade truce was shattered with both sides slapping.... Read more via Daily Maverick – http://bit.ly/2HxSgRt Get more World News

Arguments that decriminalising sex work will be to the benefit of those engaged in the trade are spurious and will only increase their misery. It will work in favour of human traffickers, ‘blessers’ and criminal syndicates. For the past 17 years, I have had an insider’s perspective on … Read...

The African National Congress President, Comrade Cyril Ramaphosa, on Tuesday, 8 April 2019, engaged with the farm owners, Agri Weskaap, business and academics in Stellenbosch on the Beyerskloof wine farm just outside Stellenbosch. The discussions premised on the future trajectory of the...

International Relations Minister Lindiwe Sisulu says withdrawing SA ambassador is just ‘stage one’ in downgrading relations with Tel Aviv. The South African government has implemented what International Relations Minister... Read more via Daily Maverick – http://bit.ly/2WFXrVE Get more...

Croatian World Cup hero and star striker Mario Mandzukic has announced his retirement from international football at the age of 32, the country’s national soccer federation said Tuesday. “I think the time has come for me now. I gave my best for Croatia and I have contributed to … read more...

The state will carry on covering former president Jacob Zuma’s legal fees until a court decides otherwise, the Presidency confirmed on Wednesday. “You guys have not been listening.... Read more via Daily Maverick – https://ift.tt/2lk2fzl Get more World News

First things first, let’s deal with how these things are decided. At the top of the list? You guessed it: goals. That’s followed by assists in the event that players are tied. If things are still all square after that, the player who was on the pitch for … read more via Daily Maverick –...

There are enormous practical benefits to having women in spaces of power where their voices are heard in policy and planning and, academic and civil society, media and the arts and every other field. It was exciting to read that Merriam-Webster had declared “feminism” the 2017 word of … Read...