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Tensions rise in Hong Kong as pro-democracy candidates disqualified

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High-profile activists are among 12 pro-democracy candidates disqualified by the Hong Kong authorities from elections in September. The BBC reported that the disqualified were ‘deepening

Prosecution threat for BEE violations

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Companies that fail to meet black empowerment requirements could be prosecuted. So said Zodwa Ntuli, head of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) Commission, at

WC seeks earlier lockdown easing to limit job losses, hunger

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Western Cape Premier Alan Winde said the province was seeking an urgent meeting with Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and Health Minister

Musician banned from Twitter over anti-Semitic posts

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Grime artist Wiley (Grime is a genre of electronic music that emerged in London in the early 2000s) has been permanently banned from Twitter, five

R34 billion loss for eThekwini economy

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The eThekwini economy has taken a hit of some R34bn, and lost over 300 000 jobs, in the two months since the Level 3 lockdown was

IMF requirements show ANC corruption is a global concern – DA

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The Democratic Alliance (DA), which described the International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan to South Africa as a ‘watershed moment’, said the global organisation’s statement was

German worries over far right in security forces

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Concern has been raised Germany over the infiltration of the country’s security forces by the far right, according to a report in the Financial Times.

IRR welcomes IMF’s emphasis on ‘growth-enhancing’ reforms

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South Africa’s Covid-19 fight has been given a $4.3bn boost by the International Monetary Fund – but the help comes with what the Institute of

Protests rock Cape Town

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Protesters blocked roads in Cape Town early yesterday as pressure groups Cape Coloured Congress and Gatvol Capetonian came out to air their grievances. The organisers

Rights coalition calls for boycott of Xinjiang cotton

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A worldwide coalition of civil society organisations has called on businesses not to purchase cotton or yarn produced in the Xinjiang region of China, in