Home affairs pulls the plug on the green ID book

Home affairs pulls the plug on the green ID book

Home affairs minister Leon Schreiber South Africa’s green ID book will cease to be a valid form of identification on 31 March 2028, home affairs minister Leon Schreiber said on Thursday, with the department set to stop producing the booklet a year earlier. Production will end on 31 March 2027, when “the machines that produce…

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Florida mom left infant, toddler and 2 other kids home alone while she went on 3-day cruise, officials say

Florida mom left infant, toddler and 2 other kids home alone while she went on 3-day cruise, officials say

A Florida woman was arrested and accused of leaving her four minor children, including an infant, alone while she went on a weekend cruise, according to police. The suspect, 29-year-old Nathalie Belizaire, of North Miami Beach, is accused of four counts of child neglect without great bodily harm. Belizaire’s attorney denied the allegations. According to…

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Africa: South Africa Retain Cosafa U20 Title As Mozambique Finish Runners-Up On Home Soil

Africa: South Africa Retain Cosafa U20 Title As Mozambique Finish Runners-Up On Home Soil

South Africa retained their TotalEnergies CAF Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations | COSAFA Qualifier title with a 2-1 victory over hosts Mozambique in Sunday’s final, completing a perfect tournament with five wins from five matches. Oarabile Booysen and Steven Mendes scored the goals for Amajita, who successfully defended their regional crown for a second successive…

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Nicolás Maduro’s wife seeks home detention ahead of trial citing ‘serious’ heart condition

Nicolás Maduro’s wife seeks home detention ahead of trial citing ‘serious’ heart condition

The wife of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Cilia Flores, asked a federal judge late Wednesday to release her from jail pending trial, citing a “serious” heart condition. In the filing, Flores’ attorney Mark Donnelly said she “deserves the opportunity to await her trial while on home confinement” in order to recover from a recommended…

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Solar emerges as growing source of home fires

Solar emerges as growing source of home fires

Fire Force and Discovery Insure urge homeowners to maintain solar systems. Fires related to solar power installations now make up a quarter of all structural fires attended by Fire Force, reflecting the growing fire risk associated with the rapid expansion of residential solar systems in South Africa. This is according to recent response data collected…

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Africa: South Africa Retain Cosafa U20 Title As Mozambique Finish Runners-Up On Home Soil

Africa: No Place to Call Home – Increasing Homophobic & Transphobic Laws in the U.S. & Africa

A network of Christian evangelical organizations has spent nearly two decades and tens of millions of dollars fueling a storm of anti-LGBTI+ legislation across Africa. That same network now drafts and bankrolls a parallel wave of anti-LGBTI legislation including anti-trans bills sweeping through American statehouses. Meanwhile, new and expanding U.S. immigration laws increasingly restrict access…

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