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• Home affairs has again been urged to ensure that the national health laboratory service conducts free DNA tests for poor/indigent South Africans where such a test is required to prove one’s citizenship.

• Nokia has now redesigned its logo for the first time in decades to distance itself from its public image as a phone company. The new logo, announced this week, features five different shapes coming together to spell Nokia.

• South Africa's official unemployment rate fell for the fourth consecutive quarter in October - December, moving further away from a record high struck during the covid-19 pandemic [35.3%]

What’s the longest you ever went without a job or income? Are you still without a job or dilo di chenchitse?
28 Feb 2023 11PM English South Africa Entertainment News

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