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Former US President Bill Clinton is due to testify on Friday behind closed doors to a congressional panel about his ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in what could be a tense confrontation between the former Democratic leader and President Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans. Clinton’s testimony, scheduled for 11 am ET (1600 GMT), follows that of his wife, …

South Africa needs 28-million doses of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccine this year, in order to take a major step in breaking the back of the countrywide outbreak. That’s according to Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen who is visiting the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands to monitor the roll-out of a mass vaccination campaign to fight the disease. Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen says that …

The Mpumalanga Executive Council has issued a directive to all municipalities owing Eskom to repay their debt. Municipalities such as Govan Mbeki, Emalahleni and Thaba Chweu are owing millions of rands for electricity. Eskom has threatened to switch-off electricity for those municipalities failing to service their debt. Executive council spokesperson Thulasizwe Thomo says they are also encouraging communities to pay rates and taxes so that the municipalities can improve …

The Emmarentia Residents’ Association in Johannesburg has slammed City Power‘s move to make consumers pay for electricity cables leading from the grid into their homes if they’re damaged or stolen.The new policy shifts the cost of cables and installation to households and requires residents to meet strict standards before they can be reconnected. During the first inspection at a residential …

The Democratic Alliance (DA) says the window is open for party members to be nominated for positions ahead of the party’s elective congress on the 11th of April. DA Deputy leader in the Western Cape, Geordin Hill-Lewis, has been nominated as a candidate for the position of DA Federal Leader. The announcement was made in Elsies River on the Cape Flats earlier Friday. Hill-Lewis …

Ahsard Rab shares a light moment with Uganda Development Bank’s CEO, Patricia Ojangole Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One of the leading European sustainability experts, Arshad Rab, has stated that Uganda cannot follow the conventional “energy transition” path of developed nations. Rab, the CEO of the European Organization for Sustainable Development, argued that the global narrative of “transitioning from …

Sudan is at a “dangerous point” as a surge in killings threatens a fragile peace deal, the UN human rights chief said on Friday, a day after Western powers accused groups linked to the military of carrying out a massacre. At least 16 people were killed by “unruly elements from the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces soldiers” in the eastern …

The application in the Durban High Court for the provisional liquidation of sugar giant Tongaat Hulett has been postponed, after applicants and respondents could not agree on dates for the matter to be heard. The Durban High Court in Kwazulu Natal is set to hear an application for the provisional liquidation of Tongaat Hulett today.#MorningLive #SABCNews pic.twitter.com/PytWqaxPOQ — SABCNews_MorningLive (@MorningLiveSABC) …

The double murder trial of a Limpopo pig farmer has been postponed to July this year in the High Court in Polokwane. The trial within a trial over the admissibility of a confession statement by accused number one, Zachariah Olivier, is set to continue when the matter is back in court. Investigating officer Captain Phaladi Makola will resume on the stand. Olivier and his co-accused William …

By Kayiira Jackson  It was a goal-fest on day one of the Uganda Secondary Schools Sports Association (USSSA) Elite Games netball championship as giants Buddo Secondary School and St. Mary’s Boarding Secondary School Kitende cruised to commanding victories at Janan Secondary School in Bombo. Defending champions Buddo SS wasted no time asserting their dominance, running riot over hosts Janan SS …