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Huawei users worried over Google ban

On today’s episode of SciTech, we explore how tech is powering democracy in South Africa, plus the latests breakthroughs in wildlife photography and explain why the Android system will no longer be available for Huawei smartphones. Tackling voter apathy using WhatsApp The Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh Xperience or simply #SMWX, the team produces a live-stream show on WhatsApp that focuses on the ...

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Kenya block entry of Somali lawmakers amid diplomatic spat

Somali news outlets reported late Monday that Kenya had denied a number of lawmakers access into the country, the latest round of a diplomatic standoff between the two neighbours. Radio Dalsan said Somalia’s deputy minister of Water and Energy, Osman Libah as well as Senators Ilyas Ali Hassan and Zamzam Dahir had been left stranded at the Jomo Kenyatta International ...

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Madagascar legislators indicted in bribery scandal

Madagascar’s anti-corruption agency has begun legal action against more than half of the country’s parliamentary deputies who are suspected of taking bribes. After a year-long inquiry, a dossier on 79 MPs was sent to the prosecutor’s office “to begin legal action against the accused”. So what are they are really accused of? And what does their indictment mean? Source:www.africanews.com Share ...

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Niki Lauda, Austrian Formula 1 legend, dies at 70

Three-time Formula 1 world champion Niki Lauda has died at the age of 70. Lauda, who underwent a lung transplant in August, “passed away peacefully” on Monday, his family said. The legendary Austrian, one of the best-known figures in motor racing, took the title for Ferrari in 1975 and 1977 and McLaren in 1984. For many, he will be remembered ...

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Not one Real Madrid player in La Liga Team of the Season

Despite the best efforts of Karim Benzema, there is not a single Blanco in our selection of the best players of the 2018-19 campaign in Spain #1 Jan Oblak | Atletico Madrid The best goalkeeper in La Liga, and arguably the best goalkeeper in the world. Atletico Madrid boast the meanest defence in Spain, shipping just 29 goals this season, ...

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Schwarzenegger ‘will not press charges’ over SA attack

Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger has said he will not press charges after being attacked at an event in South Africa. The 71-year-old was talking to fans at his Arnold Classic Africa sporting event on Saturday when a man drop-kicked him from behind. The attacker was restrained following the incident in Johannesburg. However on Sunday, Schwarzenegger said he would not be ...

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‘Quality not enough’ to win Afcon – Thomas Partey

Atletico Madrid’s Thomas Partey says Ghana will have to be united if they are to win the Africa Cup of Nations. The 25-year-old midfielder was not even born when Ghana last won the competition in Libya 1982. Since then they have been to three finals and this year in Egypt they are in a group alongside holders Cameroon, Guinea-Bissau and ...

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