South Africa in the news: South Africa needs a better anti-corruption system, bishops say: Cape Town, South Africa, Oct 16, 2017 / 09:36 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- South Africa’s Conference of Catholic Bishops has pushed for the development of an anti-corruption court, citing the damage to the country’s morale after a long standing corruption case …: …
South Africa in the news: ANC needs to put an end to scandals: South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) needs to put an end to scandals that are tarnishing its image, an ANC official said, after a court ruling that paved the way for President Jacob Zuma to face nearly 800 counts of corruption.: …
South Africa needs to revamp its new public transport system: KIM LUDBROOK/EAP Over the past eight years the South African government has spent more than 130 billion rand on public transport projects in the country’s main cities. The projects included the refurbishment of rail services and the establishment of a new rapid rail and Bus …
Why Russia needs troops from the Caucasus in Syria – and how they bolster Moscow’s ‘eastern’ image: During the early years of the Cold War, the Soviet Union made a great push to reach out to the developing world, and particularly to the Middle East and Asia. It established particularly close ties with Nasser’s Egypt …
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If the UK is going to make more people retire later, it needs to get creative: Dreaming of ways to retire. shutterstock.com The UK government has made a surprise announcement that the rise in state pension age to 68 is to be phased in from 2037, instead of 2044. Made just days before the end …
Merkel’s proposal to transfer weapons as aid needs to be approached with caution: There are 100 million uncontrolled small arms and light weapons in African crisis zones. Reuters/Goran Tomasevic German Chancellor Angela Merkel recently commented that large industrialised countries should be more open to transferring weapons as part of their development aid so that African …
African academics set out what Dr Tedros needs in his toolbox to tackle health ills: New World Health Organisation Director-General De Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Reuters/Denis Balibouse Africa has the highest burden of HIV/Aids and malaria with escalating rates of non-communicable diseases. How will the World Health Organisation’s Director-General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus deal with the mounting …
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Cape Town needs a new approach to manage water: Cape Town, located in South Africa’s Western Cape, is facing one of its worst droughts in over a century. The city, and southern Africa more broadly, have been experiencing significant water shortages for the last two years that were not entirely unforeseen. Since 2001, Cape Town …
South Africa urgently needs to rethink its approach to housing: Protests over housing at, an informal settlement near Johannesburg. EPA/Cornell Tukiri The recent protests over housing shortages in Gauteng, South Africa’s richest province and economic hub, have put the spotlight on the problem and the role of the government in providing it. Housing is a …
What Uganda needs to do to manufacture more and crack export markets: Ugandan worker picking tea as exports in the country grows. Reuters/James Akena Four years ago, Uganda adopted a social and economic development plan aimed at creating jobs and raising incomes. The plan acknowledges that Uganda must boost manufacturing, improve its services sector, and …
South Africa in the news: South Africa’s Feminist Press Modjaji Books Turns 10: ‘Needs and Issues’: Struck by ‘the gatekeeping that keeps women’s writing out of sight,’ Colleen Higgs started Modjaji Books a decade ago in Cape Town. Ten years ago, Modjaji Books was established as an independent feminist publishing house in Cape Town, providing …
Meeting the dietary needs of honey bees is tough for South African beekeepers: Shutterstock The world is worried about honey bees. There are fears globally that bees may become extinct. This would have implications for food security: between 50% and 80% of the world’s food supply – fruits, vegetables and the seeds used to produce …
What Kenya needs to do to end the taboo of talking about ‘end of life care’: Talking about advance care planning should be seen as part of palliative care. Shutterstock Discussions about end-of-life care are deeply personal and grounded in cultural and religious values. Advance care planning is giving instructions on your medical care when …
Meningitis: Africa needs to join forces (again) to secure a lower cost vaccine: Flickr Meningitis is an infectious and life-threatening bacterial disease that infects and inflames the brain and spinal cord. It’s a disease that the world has been able to prevent through vaccines for more than a decade – yet thousands of people are …
South Africa needs moral leaders, not those in pursuit of selfish gain: Concerned South Africans disapprove of President Jacob Zuma. Reuters/Mike Hutchings South Africa has seen a great deal of progress in many spheres of life since non-racial democracy in 1994, yet many of its people are still waiting for their hard-won freedom to pay …
Police impersonator pulls over officer, needs real lawyer: Authorities say a man packing a blue light and a BB gun pulled over a non-descript car on Interstate 95, ready to play “traffic cop” again. Bad move: the driver he pulled over is a real police detective. : Weird News Have you tried: Diving with Sharks?