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Feb

2024

UK PM Sunak “taken by surprise” by 1,000 pound Rwanda asylum bet

BRITISH Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that he was "taken by surprise" as he explained why he agreed to a 1,000 pound ($1,255) bet that his government would send asylum seekers to Rwanda before the next general election. The prime minister has faced criticism from opposition parties, who said the bet with the broadcaster Piers Morgan was distasteful and showed he was out of touch with the concerns of ordinary voters. Under the Rwanda plan, which has yet to be carried out, asylum seekers who arrive on England's southern coast in small, inflatable boats will be sent to Rwanda. On…

Jun

2021

By The African Mirror

My battle with COVID-19: Robert Marawa

COVID-19

AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER ROBERT Marawa, one of Africa’s popular broadcasters, has described his harrowing battle with COVID-19 and has pleaded with fellow South Africans not to take the pandemic lightly. Marawa, host of Marawa Sports World, has been absent for two weeks from his broadcasting duties while fighting COVID-19. In a statement, Marawa said he took the unusual step of disclosing a personal matter, his illness, because he believes that his journey with COVID-19, which has claimed the lives of over 57 900 South Africans, could help educate and “perhaps even save someone’s life”. Marawa said what started out as…

Mar

2021

By The African Mirror

Queen of South African TV celebrated

NEWS

AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER THIRTY seven years ago she arrived at the South African Broadcasting Corporation as a typist, yesterday Noxolo Grootboom left as a legendary broadcaster, who even forced the president of the country to change his schedule to fit in with hers. When it became clear that Grootboom's last news bulletin would clash with President Cyril Ramaphosa’s address to the nation, it was not the broadcaster who yielded but the head of state. Ramamposa said: “We decided to delay the start of this address to the nation by half an hour because a legend of South African broadcasting, Ms…