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DoH launches investigation into Cradle Boutique Hotel following death of two women
By Lerato Ngwenya The Gauteng health department has launched an investigation into the occupational safety and compliance of the...
mmotsai
May 6, 20222 min read


Patients at Mangaliso Sobukwe hospital accuses government department of poor service
By Olebogeng Molale Patients at the Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe a provincial hospital in the Northern Cape are up in arms after going three...
smadlala
May 6, 20222 min read


Graduation: The season of glory and worry
By Cebisile Mbonani (updated) University graduation season in South Africa is upon us. Students across universities are in celebration...
Cebisile Mbonani
May 6, 20223 min read


Convention on the Rights of the Child: 30 years on
In her letter to children of the world UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore says in 1989 the Convention on the Rights of the Child...
Tebogo Gantsa
Nov 21, 20194 min read


LifeBank founder crowned Africa's Business Hero
Temie Giwa-Tubosun was crowned Africa's Business Hero at the Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative grand finale held on November 16 in...
Tebogo Gantsa
Nov 18, 20193 min read


Using Facebook data to track migration
Can Facebook data be used to gain insight into international mobility patterns? This is the question the authors of a recently published...
Tebogo Gantsa
Nov 18, 20195 min read


DRC refugees sent home from Angola by UN
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) expects the voluntary repatriation of around 14 700 refugees from Angola to...
Tebogo Gantsa
Nov 14, 20193 min read


Where the UK is investing in Africa
The United Kingdom has about £34 billion worth of investment stock in Africa according to Emma Wade-Smith, the UK’s Trade Commissioner...
Tebogo Gantsa
Nov 13, 20195 min read


Heads of State pitch at the Africa Investment Forum
The Conversation with African Heads of State session chaired by Director of Communications at African Development Bank Group Victor...
Tebogo Gantsa
Nov 12, 20194 min read


Africa’s biggest oil refinery secures Nigerian government support
A project that could produce up to 650 000 barrels of crude oil a day has just been given a boost after Nigeria’s Minister of State for...
Tebogo Gantsa
Nov 8, 20194 min read


Warm sea temperature could unleash flooding in 18 African countries
Warm sea surface temperatures in the western Indian Ocean may result in heavy rainfall likely to cause flooding in 18 African countries for
Tebogo Gantsa
Nov 4, 20194 min read


Black Wednesday: Never forgetting
When Minister of Justice Jimmy Kruger unleashed police on journalists and publications critical of apartheid’s excesses on October 1977...
Tebogo Gantsa
Oct 23, 20194 min read


SADC observer mission head calls for patience as Mozambique counts votes
The head of the SADC Electoral Mission to Mozambique Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri observed the voting process in some stations when voting...
Tebogo Gantsa
Oct 17, 20193 min read


The Humanitarian Innovation Challenge: €20 000 reasons to join
The Humanitarian Innovation Challenge is an African Union (AU) initiative that challenges Africa’s digital innovators to come up with...
Tebogo Gantsa
Oct 17, 20192 min read


Kenya to screen more than 10 000 women for breast cancer
Nyeri County’s Deputy Governor Caroline Karugu took a mammogram test during the launch of Breast Cancer Awareness Month at Nyeri County...
Tebogo Gantsa
Oct 11, 20193 min read


Should African philanthropists donate to developed countries?
Most of Africa’s 19 billionaires are involved in some kind of philanthropy work. Four have signed the Giving Pledge, an initiative where...
Tebogo Gantsa
Oct 8, 20194 min read


Gulf Crisis: Is there any end in sight?
A modern Gulf Crisis, triggered by tensions between Iran and the US, has resulted in disruptions in oil shipments in the Strait of...
Tebogo Gantsa
Oct 1, 20196 min read


October deadline for new ICC Prosecutor Applications
ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda's term of office comes to an end on June 2021. Source: International Criminal Court The search is on and...
Tebogo Gantsa
Sep 25, 20193 min read


East Africa's first 3D mammograms boosts fight against breast cancer
The fight against breast cancer has just been taken to the next level with the introduction of East Africa's first 3D mammography system...
Tebogo Gantsa
Sep 19, 20192 min read


Tunisia, Israel elections: What's next?
Tunisia and Israel's highly contested mid-September elections could see new political actors emerge at helm, with widespread implications...
Tebogo Gantsa
Sep 19, 20193 min read
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