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  2. The Sowetan - Wikipedia

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    The Sowetan never was a free sheet as it was never published before this date. The name was registered at the time with the intention to publish at a rather huge cost. It was one of more titles registered as a backup at the time. Initial sales were slow because people wrongly assumed that The Sowetan had only news from Soweto.

  3. COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    Testing. A COVID-19 testing tent at the Paarl Provincial Hospital. The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) started testing people in South Africa for SARS-CoV-2 on 28 January 2020, [47] and by 7 February had conducted 42 such tests. [48] By mid-March, state hospitals were offering free COVID-19 testing.

  4. The Witness (newspaper) - Wikipedia

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    www .witness .co .za. The Witness (previously The Natal Witness) is a daily newspaper published in Pietermaritzburg. It mainly serves readers in Pietermaritzburg, Durban and the inland areas of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is the oldest continuously published newspaper in South Africa, having first been published on 27 February 1846.

  5. Aggrey Klaaste - Wikipedia

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    Aggrey Zola Klaaste OMSG (6 January 1940 – 19 June 2004) was a South African newspaper journalist and editor. He was best known for being editor of the Soweto -based newspaper, the Sowetan, from 1988 to 2002. He introduced the concept of "nation building" while editor of the Sowetan and spent much of his time and energy promoting the idea.

  6. Nwabisa Makunga - Wikipedia

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    Makunga was born in Uitenhage. Her mother was a high school pupil at the time, and she was raised by her paternal grandparents, a school principal and a blue collar worker in car manufacturing. As a child, she was inspired to want to become a journalist by the news presenter Noxolo Grootboom 's narration of the 1993 funeral of Chris Hani.

  7. Flood and landslide hit Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing 14

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    A flood and a landslide hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing 14 people, officials said Saturday. Torrential rain pounding the area since Thursday triggered a landslide in Luwu district in ...

  8. Soweto - Wikipedia

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    Soweto TV programming is mostly Sowetan content as per ICASA's regulations of over 60% local content. The Sowetan newspaper has a readership of around 1.6 million. Kasibiz Mahala is a free community magazine that promotes local small businesses established in 2012. Nelson Mandela National Museum Museums, monuments and memorials

  9. Soweto uprising - Wikipedia

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    Apartheid. The Soweto uprising (or Soweto riots) was a series of demonstrations and protests led by black school children in South Africa during apartheid that began on the morning of 16 June 1976. [1] Students from various schools began to protest in the streets of the Soweto township in response to the introduction of Afrikaans, considered by ...