# UNAIDS executive director, Winnie Byanyima, warned that global efforts to eliminate HIV/Aids by 2030 are off track due to the loss of life-saving funding, and service delivery disruptions. With eight-million people living with HIV in South Africa, Byanyima encouraged wealthier nations to step up. She highlighted early signs of falling clinic visits and stressed […]
# Die DA se woordvoerder vir Gesondheid en Welstand in die Wes-Kaap, Memory Booysen, moedig Suid-Afrikaners aan om eerlike en openlike gesprekke met mans tydens Mansgeestesgesondheid-bewustheidsmaand te voer. Booysen beklemtoon dat geestesgesondheid steeds iets is waaroor nie gepraat word nie, veral onder mans, ondanks kommerwekkende statistiek. Selfdood is verantwoordelik vir 11-persent van sterftes weens beserings […]
# The DA Western Cape Health and Wellness spokesperson, Memory Booysen, is urging South Africans to engage openly with the men during Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month. Booysen emphasised that mental health remains under-discussed, especially among men, despite alarming statistics. Suicide accounts for eleven-percent of injury deaths in the Western Cape, with men aged 20–39 […]
# Sanral has launched a 500-million-rand road upgrade initiative in the Free State, with work including pothole repairs, road markings, and drainage maintenance. Sanral is also engaging small, medium, and micro enterprises through workshops on compliance and tendering. Acting stakeholder coordinator Thandeka Ngema says ongoing community dialogue will ensure transparency. This will boost job opportunities […]
# Sanral het ‘n padopgraderingsinisiatief van 500-miljoen-rand in die Vrystaat van stapel gestuur, met werk wat slaggat-herstelwerk, padmerke en dreineringsinstandhouding insluit. Sanral betrek ook klein, medium en mikro-ondernemings deur werkswinkels oor voldoening en tenders. Die waarnemende belanghebberkoördineerder, Thandeka Ngema, sê voortgesette gemeenskapsdialoog sal deursigtigheid verseker. Dit sal werksgeleenthede skep en ekonomiese groei in dorpe soos […]
# Duisende werkers is in Lesotho se klerebedryf afgelê weens ‘n dreigende 50-persent Amerikaanse invoertarief. Fabrieke in Maseru se Thetsane-nywerheidsgebied het bedrywighede vir minstens drie maande opgeskort weens bestellings wat opgedroog het. Vakbonde waarsku dat tot 20-duisend werksgeleenthede in gevaar is. Die regering het nog nie sy steun aangebied nie, terwyl fabriekseienaars skarrel om Suid-Afrikaanse […]
# Thousands of workers have been laid off in Lesotho’s garment industry following a looming 50-percent US tariff under review. Factories in Maseru’s Thetsane industrial area have suspended operations for at least three months due to dried-up orders. Trade unions warn that up to 20-thousand jobs are at risk. The government has yet to offer […]
# Die minister van Gesondheid, Aaron Motsoaledi, sê omgewingsgesondheidsinspekteurs sal waterdraende- en wintersiektes in die vloedgeteisterde Mthatha ondersoek. Motsoaledi waarsku die streek se reeds verswakte gesondheidsfasiliteite, insluitend lykshuise, verkeer onder druk na die ramp. Hy het die belangrikheid van lykskouings en behoorlike voorbereiding van liggame vir bedroefde families beklemtoon, en bygevoeg dat respiratoriese infeksies en […]
# Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi says environmental health inspectors will assess flood-hit Mthatha for waterborne and winter illnesses. Motsoaledi warns that the region’s already fragile health facilities, including mortuaries, are under strain following the disaster. He stressed the importance of autopsies and proper preparation of bodies for grieving families, adding that respiratory infections and diseases […]