# Die landbou-organisasie TLU SA het die projek, Plant vir die Toekoms, bekendgestel. Die doel is om die jeug by die landbousektor te betrek en aan te moedig om landbou as ʼn loopbaan te oorweeg. Bennie van Zyl van TLU SA sê deur die jeug met die landboubedryf in aanraking te bring, hoop hulle om nie […]
# The University of Cape Town has joined leading continental and global health partners in the fight to confront stillbirths. Each year, nearly one million babies are stillborn across the continent, most from preventable causes. A new report titled, Improving Stillbirth Data Recording, Collection and Reporting in Africa, highlights the urgent need for stronger systems […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions has expressed concern at Transport minister Barbara Creecy’s invitation to private partners to invest in South Africa’s passenger rail system. The move forms part of the government’s broader plan to modernise the country’s transport network and attract private investment to improve reliability and safety. Saftu’s Asive Dyani says this […]
# The agricultural organisation TLU SA has launched its Plant for the Future project. This is a project aimed at involving the youth in the agricultural sector and encouraging them to consider agriculture as a career. TLU SA’s Bennie van Zyl says by connecting the youth to the agricultural industry, they hope not only to spark […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa onderneem môre en Donderdag ‘n tweedaagse staatsbesoek aan Switserland om politieke, ekonomiese en maatskaplike bande te versterk. Switserland bly een van Suid-Afrika se belangrikste Europese handelsvennote, met ‘n algehele handelsvolume van 18,2- miljard-rand verlede jaar. Die Presidensie sê ‘n belangrike fokus van die besoek is die bevordering van ‘n jeugsamewerkingsraamwerk wat […]
# Die minister van Gesondheid, Aaron Motsoaledi, verwelkom die Suid-Afrikaanse Reguleringsowerheid vir Gesondheidsprodukte se besluit om die teen-MIV-middel Lenacapavir goed te keur. Suid-Afrika is die eerste Afrika-land wat die inspuiting goedgekeur het wat twee keer per jaar toegedien word. Lenacapavir is ‘n revolusionêre geneesmiddel wat ses maande lank beskerming bied. Motsoaledi sê die middel het […]
# Die Suider-Afrikaanse Geloofsgemeenskappe se Omgewingsinstituut gaan ‘n ope brief aan die Bill Gates-stigting skryf. Die brief, wat onderskryf word deur meer as 600 Afrika-geloofsleiers, vra vergoeding vir die skade wat aangerig is deur die nywerheidslandboumodelle wat die stigting reg oor Afrika bevorder en befonds. ‘n Gemeenskapsaktivis, Wiedaad Davids, sê die brief dring ook daarop […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa will undertake a two-day state visit to Switzerland tomorrow and Thursday, to strengthen political, economic and social ties. Switzerland remains one of South Africa’s key European trading partners, with total trade volume amounting to 18.2-billion-rand in 2024. The Presidency says a key focus of the visit will be the advancement of […]
# Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi has welcomed the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority’s decision to approve Lenacapavir. South Africa is the first country on the continent to approve the groundbreaking twice-a-year anti-HIV injection. Lenacapavir is a revolutionary long-acting drug that offers six months of protection. Motsoaledi says the drug has the potential to address […]