South Africa News API

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            "title": "Inside Eskom’s tainted R21bn diesel contract",
            "description": "From R3-billion in alleged prepayments, to a contract awarded to a group under investigation for bribing Transnet officials, is this Eskom’s most dubious deal ever?",
            "content": "In 2024, Minenhle Mavuso (24) was living two separate lives.\nIn one, the BA psychology graduate ran an online wig store – “Milo Hair Beauté” – where a super double drawn bob would set you back R1,180. In the other, she ran Severino Industries, a comp... [33076 chars]",
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            "content": "A brazen takeover by a cybercrime syndicate saw Ekurhuleni’s IT billing system effectively seized, former municipal manager Imogen Mashazi’s laptop hacked, and a covert spy device deployed — fuelling a shadowy operation investigators say enabled a st... [634 chars]",
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            "title": "Filter: Tobacco harm reduction should be part of HIV care",
            "description": "A recent briefing paper highlights the acute need to maximize health for people with HIV by helping them quit smoking.",
            "content": "Filter analysis\nGlobally, around 41 million people are living with HIV. And just about everywhere, smoking rates for this population are far higher — anywhere up to four times higher — than national averages.\nA recent briefing paper from Global State... [473 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.eatg.org/hiv-news/filter-tobacco-harm-reduction-should-be-part-of-hiv-care/",
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