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GoldAlfred Stimela waited outside the entrance to the Gold One mine in Springs, South Africa. His son Thabiso is one of 500-odd miners being held hostage underground in a dispute between the mine and the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union. The union is not calling it a hostage situation; they are saying it is a voluntary sit-in.See the Story
Gold One ‘hostage’ situation — tension mounts at Springs mine after police mobilise
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Rolls Royce · PretoriaA R6.3-million Rolls Royce Phantom and a R1-million property in an office park linked to former National Lotteries Commission (NLC) board chairperson Alfred Nevhutanda have been frozen. Both were bought using Lottery grant money. The car and the property are included in a preservation order granted by the court against several people on 28 September.See the Story
How former Lottery board chair payed for R6.3-million Rolls Royce
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Africa · South AfricaSeveral hundred people held a protest outside the offices of the Zionist Federation in Cape Town in solidarity with Palestinians on Wednesday. Protesters held posters that read Resistance is not Terrorism, Boycott Apartheid Israel and Palestine will be free. Hamas militants entered Israel on 7 October killing over 1,200 Israeli civilians and soldiers and kidnapping about 100 people.See the Story
Protests in Cape Town in Solidarity With Palestinians
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Africa · South AfricaSouth Africa's older population is expected to grow to over 15% of the total population by 2050. 40% of older people have a significant need for care. Government funding for community-based elder care services is not increasing to meet the demand. Family Caregiving is calling on the departments of social development and health to expand the implementation of the Older Persons Act.See the Story
South Africa: Old Age Funding Is Not Keeping Pace With Our Ageing Population, Report Finds
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Africa · South AfricaSolitary confinement and prolonged solitary confinement are practiced in South African correctional centres, particularly in Ebongweni and C-Max. Both practices are banned in South Africa by a 2008 amendment to the Correctional Services Act. But segregation, a form of isolation which is not allowed to exceed seven days, is permitted.See the Story
SA prisoners being held for years in prolonged solitary confinement
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