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Farouk Chothia,BBC News, Johannesburg South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has approved a controversial new law that will lead to the biggest shake-up in the health sector since the end of the racist system of apartheid 30 years ago.  It promises universal health care for all, but has faced fierce resistance from the main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), which has accused ...

The army wants to recruit about 1,500 people between the ages of 18 and 25 By Farouk Chothia BBC News At least 37 people have died in a stampede during an army recruitment drive at a stadium in Congo-Brazzaville, the government has said.  People tried to force their way through the stadium’s gates in the capital, Brazzaville, causing the stampede, ...