The Western Cape mobility department has expressed concern about the “significant and persistent challenge” of pedestrian deaths after 12 pedestrians were killed in 21 incidents on Western Cape roads in the first week of December.
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SACP General Secretary Solly Mapaila has notably chosen not to attend the ANC’s National General Council, which began this week at the Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg.
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Wet conditions contitue to dominate with a warning of thunderstorms and heavy rain, hail and excessive lightning issued by the South African Weather Service for at least five provinces.
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ANC spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu believes the party’s money troubles, which played out publicly when staff members held a picket at the start of its 5th national general council (NGC), show that the organisation is “poor” - not corrupt.
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Adobe and IBM said they are teaming up to make marketing software easier to use for banks that face controls on how customer data must be handled.
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The cover lot of Strauss & Co’s winter Live Virtual auction, due to be held over three days from 26 to 28 July, is a monumental bushveld scene by JH Pierneef.
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[Nile Post] Uganda has moved to intensify its national cyber-defense capabilities with the launch of Operation Cyber Digital Shield, a countrywide recruitment drive aimed at building a formal force of trained Cyber War Fighters.
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[Premium Times] Mr Soyinka said he counted at least "15 or so heavily armed to the teeth" security officials who accompanied the president's son at a hotel in Ikoyi, Lagos.
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[allAfrica] The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo accused Rwanda of breaking a new peace agreement days after both countries signed it.
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England coach Eddie Jones is braced for a gruelling encounter when his side go in search of Autumn Nations Cup glory at Twickenham even though they will arguably be up against something less than a France 2nd XV.
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New Zealand won the toss and elected to bowl as they chase a series clean-sweep against the West Indies in the third Twenty20 international at Mount Maunganui on Monday.
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In the dusty alleys of Nima, a shanty town in the heart of Ghana's capital, a 17-year-old called Ghost reclines on a faded plastic chair inside a dimly lit internet cafe.
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Meta on Saturday vowed to fight Nigerian fines for various consumer data violations as the US tech giant reportedly threatened to cut off Facebook and Instagram in Africa's most populous country.
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The EU on Wednesday slapped Apple and Meta with 700 million euros in fines for breaking digital competition rules, risking the wrath of US President Donald Trump.
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Ferrari will sell a handful of customers what is essentially a GT3 car. It's powered by a 3.9-litre twin-turbo V8 engine and Ferrari claims it has 1000kg of downforce at 230km/h.
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