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President Ramaphosa to host Chinese President

President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Tuesday host President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China on a State Visit to South Africa.The welcome ceremony will take place on Tuesday morning at the Union Buildings in Pretoria ahead of the 15th BRICS Su…

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SA participates in World Water Week

South Africa is set to participate in the World Water Week Conference in Stockholm, Sweden, which gets underway on Sunday.Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister, Judith Tshabalala, will lead a South African delegation to the conference, which wraps up ne…

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World-first mining technology unveiled in Zimbabwe

from SAVIOUS KWINIKA recently in Harare, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Bureau JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) AN investment of R800 million (US$42 million) on a mineral beneficiation plant by African Chrome Fields (ACF) has placed the company and Zimbabwe at the forefro…

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SA restricts airspace for the BRICS Summit

by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) SOUTH Africa will restrict its airspace around the venue of the BRICS Summit to be attended by leaders from various countries the world.BRICS is the acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa,…

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China negotiating with Niger on safety of citizens

from EMEKA OKONKWO in Abuja, Nigeria Nigeria Bureau ABUJA, (CAJ News) IN addition to a recent call for its citizens to evacuate, China has warned its nationals in Niger against travelling to areas prone to terror attacks in the West African country.Th…

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Hundreds dead in worst DRC cholera crisis in years

from JEAN KASSONGO in Kinshasa, DRC DRC Bureau KINSHASA, (CAJ News) SOME 230 people, most of them children, have died this year as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) suffers its worst cholera outbreak in six years.The scourge, reported from 31…

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Tourism runs in the family for Msimango

from FUTHI MBHELE in Durban KwaZulu NatalBureau DURBAN, (CAJ News) MAKHOSI Msimango grew up in family that was passionate about travelling.They would make the most of the holidays to visit game reserves and tourism heritage sites in South Africa.It is…

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Troubled neighbouring countries aggravate CAR crisis

from OMAN MBIKO in Bangui, Central African Republic CAR Bureau BANGUI, (CAJ News) THE civil war in Sudan and the influx of asylum seekers and returnees from Chad are worsening the humanitarian crisis in the volatile Central African Republic (CAR).The …

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