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An explosion targeting a tourist bus injured at least 16 people, mostly South Africans, close to the Giza pyramids in Egypt. https.//www.independent.ie/world-news/africa/bomb-injures-16-in-attack-on-tourist-bus-at-pyramids-38127818.html ... The bus was carrying 25 South African tourists from the airport to the pyramids area....

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Blast injures tourists near Giza pyramids

Joy Online 19 May 2019

South African tourists are among the injured ... According to state-run broadcaster Nile News TV, the bus was carrying 25 South African tourists and a security source confirmed for Reuters that South Africans had been aboard. Seven South African tourists and 10 Egyptian civilians were injured, Nile News TV says....

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Afrikanerbond calls for permanent ministry for minorities

Independent online (SA) 19 May 2019

JOHANNESBURG - The Afrikanerbond on Sunday proposed that a permanent ministry of South African minorities/communities be established ... - A permanent ministry of South African minorities/communities;. - An ombudsman for South African minorities/communities; or ... African News Agency (ANA) ....

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UPDATE: Seven South Africans among 17 injured in Cairo explosion

Independent online (SA) 19 May 2019

JERUSALEM - At least seven South Africans are among at least 17 tourists wounded late Sunday when their bus ... According to initial reports from Egyptian state media, it is believed that 10 of those wounded are Egyptians and seven South Africans ... AFP and African News Agency (ANA) ....

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Foreign tourist presumed drowned north of Umhlanga

Independent online (SA) 19 May 2019

Netcare 911, Umhlanga Lifeguards, Durban Metro Police Search and Rescue, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) Station 41 at Balito, and the South African Police Service (SAPS) ... African News Agency (ANA) ....

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SABC's Radio Park building declared safe after recent diesel spillage

Independent online (SA) 19 May 2019

Johannesburg - The South African Broadcasting Corporation's (SABC) Radio Park building in Auckland Park, Johannesburg has been cleared and declared safe for occupation, and handed back to the SABC following a final air ... African News Agency (ANA) ....

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Civil Aviation Authority probing Pretoria plane crash

Independent online (SA) 19 May 2019

PRETORIA - The South African Civil Aviation Authority's (SACAA) Accident and Incident Investigations Division (AIID) is probing the Raven light aircraft crash soon after take-off from Rhino Park Airfield near Cullinan, northeast of Pretoria on Sunday morning. "The accident happened on Sunday, at around 11.45am ... African News Agency (ANA) ....

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#ZumaCharges: Arms firm Thales doubtful it will 'obtain a fair trial'

Independent online (SA) 19 May 2019

"Bearing in mind the very long delay of this procedure – through no fault of Thales at all – together with a range of factors beyond its control, Thales believes it cannot obtain a fair trial as it is entitled to under the South African Constitution and international law ... African News Agency (ANA) ....

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The good, the bad, the ugly of #Elections2019

Independent online (SA) 19 May 2019

But, from Andries Tlouamma of Agang SA, who says his party’s departure from Parliament is “a painful blessing”, to Mzwanele Manyi’s new entrants, the African Transformation Movement (ATM), the story of who comes in and who goes out of the sixth Parliament is one made for pay TV ... Bongiwe Mchunu/African News Agency (ANA)....

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Medscheme welcomes probe into alleged racial profiling

Independent online (SA) 19 May 2019

Other attendees included the NHCPA, Discovery, Sizwe Medical Scheme, Medshield, GEMS, South African Medical Association (SAMA), Health Funders' Association (HFA), Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF), and Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) ... African News Agency (ANA) ....

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Eastern Cape cops arrest alleged Dutywa murderer

Independent online (SA) 19 May 2019

DUTYWA - Police in Dutywa have arrested a 32-year-old man for allegedly murdering a 40-year-old man, Eastern Cape police said on Sunday. It was alleged that the suspect fatally stabbed the 40-year-old man at about 8.30pm on Saturday night at Timane locality, Nkungwana village, Dutywa, Captain Jackson Manatha said ... African News Agency (ANA) ... ....

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PICS: Four dead, 22 injured in N1 pile-up near Joburg

Independent online (SA) 19 May 2019

According to reports from the scene, multiple vehicles, including trucks, cars, minibus taxis, bakkies, and a bus were involved in a pile-up ... All necessary authorities were on the scene, Herbst said. African News Agency (ANA) ....

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Two people dead, eight injured as bakkie rolls in West Rand

Independent online (SA) 19 May 2019

FOCHVILLE - Two people were killed and eight others were injured, some critically, when a bakkie veered out of control and rolled on the N12 between Westonaria and Fochville in Gauteng on Sunday, paramedics said ... African News Agency (ANA) ....