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South Africa Food Insecurity Deepened Last Year as Inflation Bit

16 أكتوبر 2024 07:26 م

The number of people in South Africa able to meet their minimum nutritional needs slipped last year, as a weak economy and inflationary pressures hit households and deepened food insecurity.

South Africa SOEs: 200 Days Without Power Outages; Truck Times

13 أكتوبر 2024 08:33 م

South Africa recorded the 200th day of constant electricity supply since state power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. halted rolling outages known as load shedding on March 26.

South Africa Marks 150 Days of Uninterrupted Power Supply

24 أغسطس 2024 08:02 م

South Africa has gone 150 consecutive days without any planned power outages, Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. said Saturday.

South Africa’s Eskom May Post $825 Million Annual Loss، FT Says

07 يوليو 2024 08:22 م

South Africa’s state-owned electricity firm Eskom SOC Ltd. may post an annual loss as high as 15 billion rand ($825 million) in the latest year, the Financial Times reported, without saying where it got the information.

UN Court Orders Israel to Halt Its Military Operations in Rafah

24 مايو 2024 07:28 م

The United Nations’ top court ordered Israel to immediately halt its military operations in the Rafah region of the Gaza Strip, partially granting a request by South Africa in a case over genocide allegations.

Johannesburg، Africa's richest city، suffers housing crisis، dangerous conditions in abandoned buildings

10 يناير 2024 11:27 م

Johannesburg, Africa's richest city, is facing an unprecedented housing shortage, with 400 thousand families on a waiting list that spans decades as the city’s inability to provide low income housing has forced tens of thousands into the more than 600 so called hijacked buildings that populate the city’s once thriving downtown, everything from abandoned high rises to derelict office buildings

Brazil's Lula:BRICS bloc isn't a counterpoint to the G7، G20 or USA

23 أغسطس 2023 03:43 م

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva stated, on the BRICS summit being held in Johannesburg Aug 22-24, that the bloc of nations- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - does not want to be a counterpoint to the G7, G20 or the United States, but aims to organise the developing Global South and to expand the group members as Brazilian's Lula in favor of Argentina joining the bloc

Africa seeing uptick in COVID cases driven by S.Africa, WHO says

28 أبريل 2022 10:16 م

Africa is seeing an uptick in COVID-19 infections, largely driven by a doubling in cases reported in South Africa, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, urging people across the continent to continue to get vaccinated