Thu 18 July 2024: As the number of Mpox cases continues to rise, the Department of Health has urged everyone with symptoms to immediately visit their nearest healthcare facilities for help. This week, this department announced that the country recorded three more infections and one death. The latest figure pushes the total infections to 16 […]
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Wed 17 July 2024: Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister, Velenkosini Hlabisa, says South Africa is at an increased risk of natural disasters and needs a “new system” to manage these challenges more effectively. “I wish to take this time to also convey our deepest condolences to the loved ones of those who have […]
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Tue 16 July 2024: Manufacturers are prioritising profits over the lives of patients, says South African Medical Associations’s (SAMA) chairperson, Dr Mvuyisi Mzukwa. This as the public healthcare system ran out of insulin pens, crucial for those living with diabetes. Mzukwa was speaking in an interview with Salaamedia on Tuesday. He said the shortage of insulin pens […]
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Tue 16 July 2024: South Africa’s new Police Minister, Senzo Mchunu, has outlined a bold agenda aimed at improving the country’s law enforcement agencies. Mchunu addressed the media in Pretoria on Monday on the Ministry’s priorities, following the establishment of the Government of National Unity after the General Elections. Vowing to tackle crime, restore public […]
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Tue 16 July 2024: An international team of researchers finally found a fossilised skeleton of a giant basal tetrapod in the arid region of Namibia after three years of research. Basal tetrapods were four-legged vertebrates which existed when the predators made the crucial transition from water to land. Artist/illustrator Gabriel Lio’s reconstruction of Gaiasia jennyae, […]
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Mon 15 July 2024: Gambian lawmakers have voted to uphold a 2015 ban on female genital mutilation (FGM), rejecting a controversial bill that sought to overturn the law after months of heated debate and international pressure. The Women’s (Amendment) Bill 2024 aimed to decriminalize female circumcision and had passed a second reading in March with […]
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Mon 15 July 2024: Newly appointed minister of international relations, Ronald Lamola, has reaffirmed Pretoria’s stance on the war in Gaza, Palestine, and its often fraught relationship with the United States (US). Speaking in an interview on Salaamedia, the youthful Lamola said SA’s relationship ought to be “continuously enhanced” through “mutually beneficial legislation” – referring to […]
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Mon 15 July 2024: Millions of Rwandans are voting Monday to elect the next president and members of parliament, potentially granting incumbent Paul Kagame a fourth term. Over 500 candidates are competing for 80 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. Polls opened at 7 a.m. local time for more than 9 million eligible voters. MILLIONS […]
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Sun 14 July 2024: A trove of unseen archive of the Algerian independence war shot on 35mm film is uncovered in Belgrade. It was filmed by Stevan Labudovic, the cameraman of Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito. Labudovic spent three years filming Algeria’s independence war with unprecedented access. His images and journals inspire this little-known story […]
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Sun 14 July 2024: Fifty percent of South Africans do not have the means to provide for their retirement. This is according to the FNB Retirement Insights Survey 2024, SABC News reported. More concerning is that the number of South Africans without retirement plans is increasing, particularly among the middle and lower-income earners. The high […]
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