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The leaked files show that 173 transactions that flowed to or from banks in SA, including Standard Bank, were flagged as potentially suspicious. File photo.Image: MIKE HUTCHINGS

Leaked FinCEN files show how banks, including SA institutions, enabled flow of dirty money

Several global banks moved large sums of allegedly illicit funds during nearly two decades, despite warnings about the organisations they were dealing with, BuzzFeed and other media reported on Sunday, citing documents submitted by banks…

Mamelodi Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane shares his thoughts at TV/virtual press conference in Johannesburg.Image: Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images

Pitso Mosimane strengthening his squad to push for the FIFA Club World Cup

Mamelodi Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane is strengthening his squad as part of his plan to qualify for the 2021 Fifa Club World Cup in China. The Club World Cup has been extended to 24 teams by governing body Fifa and where the two…

Australian policymakers are once looking to car manufacturing to generate some growth as they scramble to drive the economy through the coronavirus.Image: REUTERS

Australia turns to idle factories to pull it out of slump

In 2017, the last car Australia built rolled out of a General Motors’ plant in the city of Adelaide, ending seven decades of local automotive history and the belief that the country’s factories could ever compete globally. Three years…

President Cyril Ramaphosa has revealed that China continues to play a pivotal role in SA’s fight against the coronavirus. Image: ESA ALEXANDER

Ramaphosa reveals China’s integral role in SA’s fight against the coronavirus

China continues to play a pivotal role in SA’s fight against the coronavirus. In a virtual meeting held with SA editors on Sunday, President Cyril Ramaphosa highlighted how the bulk of the masks, ventilators and testing kits were still…

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US blocks gear to Huawei as it ramps up tensions with China

The US commerce department is amending an export rule to remove Huawei’s access to products that use US software and technology Washington — The Trump administration, on Friday, moved to block shipments of semi-conductors to Huawei…

A man wearing a face mask cries in Wuhan, Hubei province, as China holds a national mourning for those who died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on the Qingming tomb-sweeping festival, April 4, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song

China sees rise in new coronavirus cases

Mainland China reported 30 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, up from 19 a day earlier as the number of cases involving travellers from abroad as well as local transmissions increased, highlighting the difficulty in stamping out the…

Nigeria’s Minister for Health Osagie Ehanire displays an image of the the novel coronavirus COVID-19 as he address the media regarding the first case of the virus confirmed in Nigeria during a press briefing in Abuja on February 28, 2020. – Ehanire said in a statement overnight that the infected person was an Italian citizen who flew in from Milan, at the heart of Europe’s largest outbreak, earlier this week. Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country with some 190 million people, is viewed as one of the world’s most vulnerable to the spread of the virus given its weak health system and high population density. (Photo by Kola Sulaimon / AFP)

Nigeria bans entry to arrivals from 13 countries to combat coronavirus

Nigeria will from Saturday ban entry to arrivals from 13 of the countries worst affected by the coronavirus epidemic, the minister of interior said on Wednesday. All the countries on the list, which includes the US, Britain, Germany,…

Army plane to fly to China to repatriate South Africans on Tuesday

An aircraft meant to repatriate South Africans from China amid the Coronavirus outbreak was ready to leave on Tuesday night‚ said the government. About 122 citizens who are currently residing in Wuhan‚ the epicenter of the COVID-19…

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WATCH Two hospitals, two weeks: Time lapse shows China’s speedy reaction to coronavirus

The first group of coronavirus-infected patients arrived at Huoshenshan Hospital on 4 February 2020. The medical facility was built in eight days in Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak. China is building a second hospital in Wuhan with…

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WATCH LIVE | Zweli Mkhize to give update on coronavirus

Health minister Zweli Mkhize is expected to give an update on the developments of coronavirus. Mkhize will be joined by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as well as the National Institute for Communicable Diseases. Earlier this week,…

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WATCH ‘That virus is deadly’: South Africans returning from China speak on coronavirus

On January 29 2020, South Africans returning from China at Cape Town International Airport described living through the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus. While no cases have been reported in South Africa, the department of health says…

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WATCH| Health department says measures to stop coronavirus are being put in place

An obscure virus in another part of the world, or an impending global outbreak that could hit SA? This is the question in everyone’s minds as coronavirus quickly becomes a household name after an increasing number of deaths are reported…

People wearing masks walk through an underground passage to a subway in Beijing, China, on January 21 2020. China has confirmed human-to-human transmission of the coronavirus that has killed at least 80 people. Image: REUTERS/Jason Lee

China extends New Year holiday to February 2 over virus fears

China will extend the Lunar New Year holiday to February 2 to try to reduce the spread of coronavirus, the state council said on Monday. The virus has killed at least 80 people and infected thousands. The holiday, which sees hundreds of…

A girl wears a mask as she walks past a scanning machine monitoring people’s temperature following the new coronavirus outbreak from China, at Bandaranaike international airport in Katunayake, Sri Lanka, on January 24 2020.Image: REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

Coronavirus: what it is‚ what we know so far and what SA is doing

An obscure virus in another part of the world‚ or an impending global outbreak that could hit SA? This is the question on everyone’s minds as novel coronavirus quickly becomes a household name after an increasing number of deaths are…

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China reports new virus cases, raising concern globally before key holiday

China reported four more cases of pneumonia believed to be caused by a new coronavirus strain, causing rising concern globally that a disease health officials do not yet fully understand could spread during a key holiday period. The new…