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Yamamay launches first retail store in South Africa

Independent online (SA) 20 Aug 2019

JOHANNESBURG –Trendy Italian underwear, clothing and swimwear brand, Yamamay on Monday said it had launched its first South African store at Menlyn Park Shopping Centre in Pretoria ... "We are thrilled to introduce Yamamay’s latest underwear and sleepwear collections to South African men and women, just in time for spring." ... African News Agency (ANA) ....

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African American Museum Founding Director to Launch Book Tour

The Washington Informer 20 Aug 2019

Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the Age of Bush, Obama, and Trump.” ... 24 – The National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, D.C. In conversation with Scott Pelley, correspondent for the CBS News’ “60 Minutes”....

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SA's deputy trade minister says govt must establish markets for SMEs

Independent online (SA) 20 Aug 2019

JOHANNESBURG - Deputy minister of trade and industry, Fikile Majola, has urged government to explore the idea of establishing markets for small business operators to trade their goods and products in South African townships, in a bid to revive the failing economy ... - African News Agency (ANA) ....

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Concern mounts over 'misinformed' opposition to Aarto

Independent online (SA) 20 Aug 2019

Zwane cautioned that activist groups should not play opposition to government’s efforts of improving the lives of South Africans ... South Africans should instead seek to make the constitutionally sound Aarto Act effective, and work to enhance it so that it benefited the broader society he added ... African News Agency (ANA) ....

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SABC goes to Labour Court to nullify 28 'irregular' job appointments

Independent online (SA) 20 Aug 2019

Johannesburg - The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) will on Tuesday file an application at the Labour Court, which seeks to have as many as 28 irregular ... African News Agency/ANA ....

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DA welcomes service delivery deal between city of Joburg, unions

Independent online (SA) 20 Aug 2019

The DA has run Johannesburg in an alliance with other opposition parties after unseating the national governing African National Congress (ANC) in 2016 ... - African News Agency (ANA) ....

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Tshwane must own up on Hammanskraal dirty water problem, says Deputy Minister Mahlobo

Independent online (SA) 20 Aug 2019

"The water that is abstracted from the Leekraal Dam and treated at Temba Water Treatment Works was on a number of occasions found to be non-compliant with the South African drinking water standards ... of the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC)." ... African News Agency/ANA ....

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Inspired by Fela, Nigeria's Burna Boy blazes trail in the US

The Oklahoman 20 Aug 2019

With a direct line to African musical royalty, it might seem serendipitous that Burna Boy was hand-picked to participate in the soundtrack for a film that happened to be set in his home continent....

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Urgency for vaccine grows as virus ravages China’s pigs

Federal News Radio 20 Aug 2019

This approach, however, isn’t consistently effective with all viruses, including the one that causes African swine fever ... With African swine fever, the puzzle has been figuring out exactly how to tweak the virus ... In the 1960s, for instance, Spain and Portugal tested such a vaccine after outbreaks of African swine fever....

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PICS: Rocklands Community Hall honoured as provincial heritage site

Independent online (SA) 20 Aug 2019

Erf 11553 ... Held at this important location, was the meeting in which the UDF was established in 1983. This was the start of the largest socio-political movement that united South Africans from diverse backgrounds to fight against apartheid ... Picture. Phando Jikelo/African News Agency(ANA) ... Picture. Phando Jikelo/African News Agency(ANA) ... Cape Argus . ....

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Collapse of eThekwini exco meeting won't affect service delivery - Fawzia Peer

Independent online (SA) 20 Aug 2019

This comes amid the announcement last week by the African National Congress (ANC) Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) to redeploy the party's executive committee members, including embattled former Mayor Zandile Gumede over poor performance ... "The Council and administration are still fully functional ... African News Agency (ANA) ....

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Sharenet

ZDNet 20 Aug 2019

Sharenet provides South African Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) share prices, graphs and news. International indicies and forex quotes... ....