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LIVE: SABC News launches Democracy 30 project

SABC News launches its official 30 Years of Democracy project at Constitutional Hill in Johannesburg

26 Apr 2024, 06:01 [SAST]
South Africa, Elections 2024

Transportation not accessible to people with disabilities: Ramaphosa

26 Apr 2024, 08:15 [SAST]
South Africa

MK Party will ensure Africans are emancipated: Zuma

26 Apr 2024, 06:28 [SAST]
Elections 2024, Elections 2024 Blogs, Politics

LATEST NEWS

Manchester City's Phil Foden

Foden enjoying being front and centre at Man City

26 April 2024, 8:28 AM

President Ramaphosa stands next to a person in a wheelchair at the Transport Summit

Transportation not accessible to people with disabilities: Ramaphosa

26 April 2024, 8:15 AM

Anglo American mine Thabazimbi

BHP, Anglo American merger could reshape global mining: Economists

26 April 2024, 6:05 AM

Cogta to launch Ikageng Light Industrial Park project

26 April 2024, 6:03 AM

LIVE: SABC News launches Democracy 30 project

26 April 2024, 6:01 AM

Phala Phala farm theft accused back in court

26 April 2024, 5:46 AM

Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone launch malaria vaccination

25 April 2024, 10:41 PM

State to submit additional bank records for Accused 1 in Meyiwa case

25 April 2024, 10:00 PM

The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues at the High Court in Pretoria.

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It's not a story you hear very often, but Tanzania is cutting back on its sources of electricity as the power grid is being overloaded.

Tanzania's government is temporarily shutting down five hydroelectric facilities in a bid to manage an electricity overflow - thanks mainly to the success of a new hydroelectric mega-station.

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Constitution Hill, where our launch is taking place, is a former apartheid prison that is a testament to our country's turbulent past.

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The world views South Africa as a miracle country.

That's because despite tumultuous events that preceded the transitional period, the country managed to usher in a new era of constitutional democracy.

Let's watch this insert to remind ourselves as we look back at that difficult road we traversed.

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SOUTH AFRICA

President Ramaphosa stands next to a person in a wheelchair at the Transport Summit

Transportation not accessible to people with disabilities: Ramaphosa

26 April 2024, 8:15 AM

President Ramaphosa says a standardisation process for transportation is under way.

Cogta to launch Ikageng Light Industrial Park project

26 April 2024, 6:03 AM

Cogta Minister Thembi Nkadimeng to hand over the Ikageng Light Industrial Park project.

LIVE: SABC News launches Democracy 30 project

26 April 2024, 6:01 AM

SABC News launches its official 30 Years of Democracy project at Constitutional Hill in Johannesburg

WEATHER

POLITICS

IFP concerned over removal of election posters in North West

26 April 2024, 7:35 AM

MK Party will ensure Africans are emancipated: Zuma

26 April 2024, 6:28 AM

ConCourt extends deadline for respondents in Zuma candidacy appeal

25 April 2024, 8:12 PM

IFP concerned over removal of posters in North West

25 April 2024, 8:05 PM

BUSINESS

Anglo American mine Thabazimbi

BHP, Anglo American merger could reshape global mining: Economists

26 April 2024, 6:05 AM

Minister Godongwana stresses quality rather than size of SA economy

25 April 2024, 5:25 PM

Anglo American

BHP makes $39 billion bid for Anglo American in mining shake-up

25 April 2024, 11:54 AM

SPORT

Manchester City's Phil Foden

Foden enjoying being front and centre at Man City

26 April 2024, 8:28 AM

Luke Fleurs

Luke Fleurs murder accused to apply for bail

25 April 2024, 10:20 AM

Klopp apologises to supporters after huge blow to title hopes

25 April 2024, 6:57 AM

AFRICA

Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone launch malaria vaccination

25 April 2024, 10:41 PM

Burkina Faso army executed over 220 villagers: HRW

25 April 2024, 8:00 PM

US pullout from Niger driven by discord over democratic transition

25 April 2024, 10:06 AM

A Tunisian national coast guard helps migrants to get off a rescue boat in Jbeniana, Safx, Tunisia April 23, 2022.

Migrants drown in English Channel hours after UK passes Rwanda policy

24 April 2024, 7:56 AM

WORLD NEWS

New UK sanctions target Iranian drone industry

25 April 2024, 7:03 PM

Israel intensifies airstrikes on Gaza’s Rafah

25 April 2024, 5:35 PM

US House Speaker heckled, booed at Columbia, centre of Gaza protests

25 April 2024, 6:30 AM

UN’s role in SA’s democratic transition hailed as milestone

24 April 2024, 9:40 PM

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