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Thursday, 21 January 2021

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Zuri Hall chats about expanding her brand in SA

Independent online (SA) 21 Jan 2021

Emmy award-winning TV host, actress and content producer Zuri Hall says she’s thrilled to have an opportunity to grow her brand in the African continent. The former E! News correspondent first came to South Africa in 2017 and immediately fell in love with the country and its people ... As for her favourite South African food, she revealed....

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SA lecturer becomes youngest recipient of prestigious Dutch literary award

Independent online (SA) 21 Jan 2021

Afrikaans poet Elisabeth Eybers also won the PC Hooft award in 1991, the last South African to do so ... According to SU, Schaffer has made important contributions to South African literature over the years by bringing local poetry to a broader audience through translation into Dutch ... African News Agency (ANA) ....

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Gauteng police, business leaders join forces to counter crime

Independent online (SA) 21 Jan 2021

Gauteng police commissioner lieutenant-general Elias Mawela held a meeting with BACSA which assessed the milestones reached towards establishing a state-of-the-art integrated command centre which will co-ordinate the joint effort, South African Police Service (SAPS) provincial spokeswoman Brigadier Mathapelo Peters said ... African News Agency (ANA) ....

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Man admits he killed mother of his child, dumped body and sold her car

Independent online (SA) 21 Jan 2021

Pretoria – The South African Police Service (SAPS) in Gauteng has arrested a man believed to have killed his girlfriend, the mother of his two-year-old child, and sold her car after dumping her body in an open space in Heidelberg ... Police investigations led them to the missing woman’s car in Alberton ... African News Agency (ANA) ....

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NUM unhappy with load shedding criticises Eskom under André de Ruyter

Independent online (SA) 21 Jan 2021

This management team is taking Eskom to the same road that SAA (South African Airways) took,” said Baloyi ... “This is a serious attack on the masses of our people ... Earlier this week, energy analyst Ted Blom warned South Africans to brace for what could be the worst bout of load shedding in Eskom’s 97-year history in 2021 ... African News Agency (ANA) ....

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Mobile labs take vaccine studies to diverse neighborhoods

Federal News Radio 21 Jan 2021

“The legacy of African Americans in science in these sort of trials hasn’t been great and we haven’t forgotten,” said Muller, 49, a Columbia University employee whose participation in some prior research projects made her willing to get a test injection earlier this month ... Read more Health News news....

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How UAE-based artist Stephanie Neville uses textile art to process loneliness

Arab News 21 Jan 2021

The 47-year-old UAE-based South African artist has created several such artworks of relatives, highlighting her loss of connection with loved ones ... Through textile art, done mostly by hand, I found (a way) to capture the (passing) of time, emotions, missed opportunities, loneliness and boredom,” she tells Arab News....

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Metro police make drug bust worth more than R1 million in Parklands

Independent online (SA) 21 Jan 2021

Cape Town – Metro police have busted a man with drugs worth more than R1 million in his Cape Town residence ... Solomons said the residence was searched and drugs weighing between 6kg and 8kg were discovered in one room ... She said officers also found R224 280 in cash ... Photo. Metro Police ... African News Agency (ANA) ....

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Biden puts forth virus strategy, requires mask use to travel

Rapid City Journal 21 Jan 2021

Dcc Wire Government And Politics Health Business Lifestyle 2019-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic Disease Outbreaks General News Public Health African-americans Race And Ethnicity Social Issues Social Affairs Train Travel Travel Coronavirus Infectious Diseases Diseases And Conditions ......

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Biden to sign virus measures, requires mask use to travel

Rapid City Journal 21 Jan 2021

Wire Dcc Government And Politics Health Business Lifestyle 2019-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic Disease Outbreaks General News Public Health African-americans Race And Ethnicity Social Issues Social Affairs Train Travel Travel Coronavirus Infectious Diseases Diseases And Conditions ......

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Biden repudiates white supremacy, calls for racial justice

Federal News Radio 21 Jan 2021

Insight by Zendesk ... history ... Unity .” ... Read more World News news ... In his speech, Biden invoked Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation committing to freeing enslaved Africans during the Civil War. Want to stay up to date with the latest federal news and information from all your devices? Download the revamped Federal News Network app ... ____ ... ____ ... ....

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Victoria & Albert Museum: Check attics for Africa Fashion exhibition

Belfast Telegraph 20 Jan 2021

It will span “the African independence and liberation years” to “the new generation of ground-breaking designers, collectives, stylists and fashion photographers working in Africa today” ... Christine Checinska, curator of African and African diaspora fashion at the V&A, asked people to “check attics, trunks, family photo albums and home movies”....

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Gender of Justice Mogoeng’s Covid-19 vaccine complainant queried

Independent online (SA) 20 Jan 2021

His utterances were widely condemned and prompted the founder of non-profit organisation the African Alliance, Tian Johnson, to file a complaint with the JSC ... However, the African Alliance’s complaint may have hit a snag after pressure group Liberty Fighters Network (LFN) filed an objection to its complaint with the JSC....