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Petrol-price relief highlights path for Ramaphosa to follow – IRR

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Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s announcement of a temporary fuel levy reduction – and his granting temporary exemptions from race-based procurement at Eskom and Transnet –

DRC joins East African economic bloc

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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has officially joined the East African Community (EAC). The DRC’s membership bid was officially approved at a summit of

Sri Lanka lifts curfew in wake of violent protests

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Police in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo lifted a curfew yesterday after protests in which scores of people were injured, and arrested. Hundreds of

ActionSA and EFF to merge

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In a move that has sent shockwaves across South African politics, the EFF and ActionSA have announced that they are merging. According to Payola Oldsfir,

IRR launches campaign against making mask-wearing permanent

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The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) has launched a citizens’ petition, a public awareness campaign and legal correspondence with government officials to galvanise opposition against

Germany, Austria may ration gas if payment dispute with Russia worsens

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Germany and Austria have activated emergency plans to manage a gas supply outage arising from a payment dispute with Russia. Russia initially demanded that ‘unfriendly’

Presidential intervention could head off worsening unemployment – IRR

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President Cyril Ramaphosa could make a decisive contribution to curbing rising unemployment in South Africa by vetoing the Employment Equity Amendment Bill (EEB), according to

African finalists for football World Cup confirmed

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The five African countries that will be representing the continent at the Football World Cup later this year have been confirmed. As has been customary,

Five murdered in Tel Aviv terror attack

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Five people, including a police officer, were killed by a Palestinian gunman in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv on Tuesday. According to the BBC,

Employment equity law an ‘illuminating’ test for Ramaphosa – IRR

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President Cyril Ramaphosa will have to choose between siding with constitutionalism or with the ANC’s Radical Economic Transformation faction when he considers whether or not