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Download logoNational Treasury and Financial Sector conduct authority launch Money Smart Week South Africa 2022 The National Treasury and Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) launched the 2022 edition of Money Smart Week South Africa (MSWSA2022) on Thursday, 18 August. MSWSA is an initiative of the National Consumer Financial Education Committee (NCFEC), a committee established to secure…
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Download logo8.2% drop in murder in LEAP deployment areas shows more devolved police powers is working. Today’s Crime Stats release for the 1st Quarter 2022 show that murder continues to come down in those areas where the Provincial Government and the City of Cape Town are deploying LEAP officers, while murder continues to climb alarmingly…
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Download logoUnited Nations humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths has released US$10 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to ramp up emergency aid in Somalia, which is looking into the abyss after its worst drought in 40 years. Catastrophic levels of food insecurity have been declared for the first time since 2017, with 213,000 people…
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Download logoLe Président du Conseil Militaire de Transition, Président de la République, Chef de l’Etat, Général MAHAMAT IDRISS DEBY ITNO a reçu ce midi les lettres de créance de deux nouveaux Ambassadeurs extraordinaires et plénipotentiaires. Il s’agit de leurs Excellences Alexander Laskaris des Etats Unis d’Amérique et Muzikayifani Khehla Joseph Nkosi de l’Afrique du Sud. Alexander Laskaris, l’homme sur qui le…
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The dawn of November 21, 1948, as authentic records heralded some significant luminous foreboding for the family of Chief Ugwuoke and Lolo Nwakaego Dinwoke (both of blessed memory) as it marked the birth of a vibrant neonate with an uncanny destiny. As custom demanded, that child was soon named Nnadi by his paternal uncle, Ihe…
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Apart from the Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) which holds from 19th to 26th August in Lagos, Nigeria’s bustling commercial capital, perhaps the next biggest news coming from the Bar at this time is the suspension of Mrs. Joyce Oduah as the NBA General Secretary. Mrs Oduah’s suspension came days ahead…