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@africanews Thu, 15 Oct 2026 14:12:08
UK: Frieze London blurs the lines between art, gaming and reality
Visitors to Frieze London in the UK are becoming part of the artworks themselves, climbing a giant interactive spider, entering virtual worlds and taking part in installations that turn spectators into participants.
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@heraldlive Thu, 15 Oct 2026 14:07:34
Churches unite for Timothy Valley prayer walk against violent crime
Pastors from two ministries have joined forces to organise a prayer walk in Timothy Valley in Gqeberha's northern areas, a suburb plagued by violent crime and a recent spate of murders. Pastor Shirley de Bruin said the initiative was prompted by a strong conviction that something needed to be done to address the violence â and at the same time bring hope to the community.
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@dispatchlive Thu, 15 Oct 2026 11:04:46
ANC wins Constitutional Court battle over election candidate lists
The ANC has scored a major victory ahead of the November 4 local government elections after the Constitutional Court ordered the Electoral Commission (IEC) to accept candidate lists it had previously rejected. The party approached the court after the IEC excluded its proportional representation lists and ward candidate nominations in several municipalities, including four in the Eastern Cape.
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@africanews Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:45:12
Vaccines, antibiotics: Africa's push for pharma independence [Business Africa]
Africa imports 70-80% of the medicines it consumes, and up to 95% of the active pharmaceutical ingredients needed to make them. That dependency leaves the continent exposed to every global supply chain shock, from Covid-19 to the war in Ukraine to instability in the Gulf
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@africanews Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:59:50
Somalia announces parliamentary and presidential elections for 2027
Somalia announced on Thursday that parliamentary and presidential elections would be held next year, despite an increasingly fractured political landscape and worries over mounting instability.
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@africanews Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:03:26
Pakistan: Classrooms reduced to rubble in deadly school disaster, at leat 32 pupils killed
A school roof collapsed in Peshawar, northwestern Pakistan, on Thursday 15 October, killing at least 32 pupils and a teacher. Officials said the roof was structurally weak and had been overloaded by construction work. The schoolâ s owner was arrested and an investigation launched.
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@heraldlive Wed, 14 Oct 2026 13:31:54
Fake booze warning after Qonce counterfeit liquor bust
The Eastern Cape Liquor Board has rung alarms over how the prevalent manufacturing and selling of fake and illegal alcohol has continued to be a health risk for the public. This comes as members of the Qonce Crime Prevention Unit were at hand on Tuesday evening to arrest a foreign national who was nabbed by police after he was found with two cases of Old Buck and Gordin's gin spirits.
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@heraldlive Thu, 15 Oct 2026 11:04:46
ANC wins Constitutional Court battle over election candidate lists
The ANC has scored a major victory ahead of the November 4 local government elections after the Constitutional Court ordered the Electoral Commission (IEC) to accept candidate lists it had previously rejected. The party approached the court after the IEC excluded its proportional representation lists and ward candidate nominations in several municipalities, including four in the Eastern Cape.
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