Mon 23 May 2022: South Africa does not currently have any monkeypox cases but faced the risk of importing, said the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) on Monday. “The implications for South Africa are that the risk of importation of monkeypox is a reality as lessons learned from COVID-19 have illustrated that outbreaks in […]
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Mon 23 May 2022: On Sunday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reaffirmed his country’s support for African countries hit by the global food crisis and offered Senegal gas production cooperation. Scholz said it made sense to establish such a collaboration because gas production was a “common concern” when speaking in Dakar during the first stage of […]
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Mon 23 May 2022: State power utility Eskom has announced a further week of stage two load shedding following the continued shortage of generation capacity at its power stations. The electricity supplier has been battling breakdowns and the slow return to service of some of its generation units for the past two weeks leading to […]
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Sat 01 May 2022: The United Nations is warning that 18 million people in Africa’s Sahel region face severe hunger in the next three months, citing the effects of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the coronavirus pandemic, climate-induced shocks and rising costs. The hunger crisis may press increased numbers of people to migrate out of the […]
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Fri 20 May 2022: Eskom has announced that stage 2 load shedding will be implemented from 17:00 – 22:00 on Friday, on Saturday and on Sunday evenings. “Due to the continued shortage of generation capacity, stage 2 load shedding will be implemented from 17:00 until 22:00 tonight. Load shedding will be repeated at the same […]
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Fri 20 May 2022: The unprecedented figure is the result of new waves of violence and protracted conflict in countries ranging from Ethiopia and Afghanistan to Syria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. People living in internal displacement due to conflicts or natural disasters worldwide reached a record 59.1 million at the end of 2021, up from 55 million a year earlier, the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre […]
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Fri 20 May 2022: A survey by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition has revealed that at least 826 companies were affected by the recent floods in KwaZulu-Natal, with the cost of the damage estimated at R7 billion. KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala said on Thursday the top three districts that had the biggest impact […]
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Thu 19 May 2022: The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs has called upon residents to exercise extreme caution as inclement weather conditions are expected this weekend. This follows a South African Weather Service (SAWS) advisory that a cut-off low pressure system could bring light snowfall, freezing temperatures and severe thunderstorms in parts […]
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Thu 19 May 2022: Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says the release of high demand spectrum has paved the way for telcos, or telecommunications companies, to start building next generation 5G networks. Ntshavheni said this when she tabled the department’s budget vote during a mini-plenary of the National Assembly on Wednesday. “The release […]
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Wed 18 May 2022: Parliament says it is in the process of “establishing appropriate systems” which will help it to “process and oversee” the implementation of the State Capture Report. The full report is due to be handed over to the legislative body following the submission of the last tranche of the report to President […]
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