# The GOOD Party welcomes the long-awaited momentum in the quest to hold apartheid-era criminals accountable. The National Prosecuting Authority has reopened the inquests into the deaths of struggle stalwarts Chief Albert Luthuli and Griffiths Mxenge. In another matter, the Gauteng High Court has ruled that two former apartheid policemen can be prosecuted for crimes […]
# The City of Cape Town says the continuous vandalism of stormwater infrastructure and illegal dumping into the stormwater system, have a major impact on the overall functioning of the metro’s stormwater system. These illegal activities lead to localised flooding during heavy rainfall events. Mayoral committee member for Urban Mobility, Rob Quintas, says the cost […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions says it is alarmed at the ongoing rise in the cost of living and the consequent erosion of working-class living standards. A recent Debt Rescue South Africa survey reveals that households are being forced to cut back on essentials such as food and transport simply to keep […]
# Die uitvoerende hoof van Business Leadership South Africa, Busisiwe Mavuso, sê om ‘n bekwame staat te bou is onmoontlik sonder moderne IT-stelsels. Mavuso het in haar weeklikse nuusbrief die mislukte Staatsinligtingstegnologie-agentskap gekritiseer oor korrupsie, swak diens en verpolitisering. Mavuso steun voorstelle om departemente toe te laat om hul eie IT-dienste te bekom, en verwys […]
# Vandag is Wêreld-Chagas-siektedag, met die fokus op die tema: ‘Voorkom, Beheer, Versorg: Almal se Rol in Chagas-siekte. Chagas-siekte, wat dikwels die ‘stil siekte’ genoem word, raak ongeveer sewe miljoen mense wêreldwyd, met meer as tien duisend sterftes jaarliks. Die direkteur-generaal van die Wêreldgesondheidsorganisasie, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, het die belangrikheid van vroeë opsporing en behandeling […]
# Die DA sê ‘n agtjarige seun van Soweto se opname in die hospitaal vir voedselvergiftiging bewys dat Gauteng nie daarin slaag om voedselveiligheidsregulasies af te dwing nie. Die kind het glo siek geword nadat hy versnaperinge van ‘n plaaslike spazawinkel geëet het. Sergio Isa dos Santos van die DA beweer dat meer as 15-duisend […]
# ‘n Palestynse paramedikus wat vermis is sedert ‘n Israeliese aanval drie weke gelede, waarin 15 ander noodwerkers in die suide van Gaza gesterf het, word aangehou deur Israeliese owerhede. Die Internasionale Komitee van die Rooi Kruis sê hy beskik oor inligting dat die paramedikus, van die Palestynse Rooi Halfmaan-vereniging, Assad al-Nassasra, “in ‘n Israeliese […]
# Die direkteur-generaal van die Afrika Sentrum vir Siektebeheer en -voorkoming, Jean Kaseya, sê Afrika moet tasbare oplossings hê om sy gesondheidsorgstelsel te handhaaf. Dit volg nadat die G20-gesondheidsorgberaad in Johannesburg die behoefte vir Afrika-gesentreerde oplossings beklemtoon het, ná die einde van Amerikaanse skenkings. Hy het in ‘n onderhoud met SABC News gevra vir meer […]
# Today marks World Chagas Disease Day, focusing on the theme ‘Prevent, Control, Care: Everyone’s Role in Chagas Disease.’ Chagas disease, often termed the silenced disease, affects approximately seven-million people globally, with over ten-thousand people dying annually. The World Health Organisation’s director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, emphasised the importance of early detection and treatment of this […]
