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Multinational ArcelorMittal has announced that it would close two South African steel manufacturing sites and a rail production plant, affecting some 3,500 jobs.

The decision involves key products used in construction and public works such as wires, beams, joists, concrete bars and railway tracks businesses.

The start of the school year marked the ringing of the bell… for an investment barrage from domestic and international players alike, who are rushing to position themselves in one space after another.

Ukraine has expressed strong criticism toward Mongolia for failing to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin during his visit. Putin, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) under an arrest warrant issued last year, arrived in Mongolia for discussions expected to focus primarily on a new gas pipeline between Russia and China.

The Black Panther actress, Connie Chiume, has passed away at the age of 72.

The South African actress took her last breath in a hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Tuesday, August 6th.

The news was made known by her family via social media, specifically through a post shared on her personal Instagram account.

The Treasure and Finance Ministry has initiated the printing of a commemorative coin in memory of Lefter Küçükandonyadis, one of the legendary players of Turkish football giant Fenerbahçe, marking the first such incident for a football player.

Forty-eight years ago, on June 16, 1976, the Soweto Uprising broke out. Thousands of schoolchildren poured onto the streets of the Black township outside Johannesburg, protesting against the apartheid regime's demand that they be taught in Afrikaans - the "language of the oppressor," as they put it - instead of English.

Patra ranks as the second least walkable city in the world, trailing only behind Johannesburg, South Africa, a recent study has found.

Situated on the west coast of the Peloponnese, Patra is Greece's third-largest city, boasting a population of 211,593 as per the 2021 census.

Staff at the airport in Johannesburg realised that something was wrong and therefore asked the aircraft to make an emergency landing

At least 50 people have died in a fire that broke out in a high-rise building in Johannesburg, South Africa's largest city, emergency services said, as quoted by Reuters.

43 were injured in the fire, which broke out before dawn.

A search operation is underway for survivors, with firefighters believing more people may be trapped inside.

A fire that engulfed a five-storey building taken over for illegal housing killed more than 70 people including children in central Johannesburg on Thursday, the South African city's emergency services said.

Another 52 were injured in what is on track to become one of the deadliest fires worldwide in recent years.