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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa calls for travel bans to be "urgently" lifted "before further damage is done to our economy". Several countries have implemented travel restrictions to South Africa and other African countries in an attempt to stop the spread of the new Covid variant Omicron. SOUNDBITE
Pistorius was at the height of his fame and one of the world’s most admired athletes when he killed Steenkamp. He shot her multiple times in the bathroom of his Pretoria villa in the predawn hours with his licensed 9mm pistol.
South African lawmakers voted on Tuesday in favour of closing down the Israeli embassy in Pretoria and suspending all diplomatic relations until a ceasefire is agreed in its war with Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in Gaza. FRANCE 24's Eunice Masson Stoltz reports from Cape Town, South Africa.
In tonight's edition: South African lawmakers vote in favour of closing down the Israeli embassy in Pretoria and suspending all diplomatic relations untill a ceasefire is agreed in the war in Gaza. A car fatally rams into a crowd of supporters celebrating Joseph Boakai's in Liberia killing three people. And mental health campaigners have scaled up their push to decriminalise suicide in Africa. Across the continent there are at least 11 countries where it remains a crime.
More than 500 miners who stayed underground for almost three days in a standoff between rival South African labour unions were all brought back to the surface on Wednesday, police said.
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