COMMUNITIES living in conservancies in the Kunene region want the government to review the compensation for losses caused by wild animals. They feel the compensation for human-wildlife conflict losses is too little compared to the value of livestock and other losses. The community expressed this during their meeting with members of the National Assembly’s standing […]
Young people who are eligible to register to vote are taking an active role in the registration process as the country gears up for the 2023 elections. In the past, young people have too often snubbed the voting and election processes. Through some advocacy work being done by the Election Resource Centre (ERC), more youths […]
The former information director of Angola Press News Agency (ANGOP), Siona Casimiro, died Thursday in France, victim of illness. Family sources confirmed Friday to the press the death of the veteran Angolan journalist, who had also worked as director of the newspaper “O Apostolado”, belonging to the Catholic Church, and as correspondent for the French […]
The low-lying informal settlement of Silvertown has been under water since Wednesday Residents from the low-lying informal settlement of Silvertown in Komani (formerly Queenstown) say they lost food, clothes, furniture, and many belongings after their shacks were hit by the severe floods that struck the area this week. Water began to reach shacks in Silvertown […]
City says no evidence points to loadshedding as a cause for the blaze but cautions residents to switch off appliances during these times. Over 300 people are homeless after a fire gutted their shacks at Never-Never informal settlement in Philippi East, Cape Town on Wednesday afternoon. Residents believe loadshedding to be the cause behind the […]
THE public health sector in Zimbabwe will be buying drugs directly from manufacturers, freezing out the middlemen and their mark-ups and commissions, and boosting the percentage of drugs where those manufacturers are Zimbabwean companies, Parliament has been told. These are among the measures Government is taking to reduce costs and improve drugs availability in public […]
Opposition leader, Herbert Chamuka has poured cold water on the recent visit of Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko to Zimbabwe saying it soils the country’s image by being associated with ‘bad boys’. The two nations have faced Western sanctions – Zimbabwe for concerns over its human rights record and Belarus for its support of Russia’s invasion […]
The least paid worker in the baking sector will now be earning US$300 per month with an option to index the payment against the prevailing official rate, the latest Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) for the sector has revealed. Representing employers during the negotiations was the National Bakers Association of Zimbabwe (NBAZ) while the employees were […]
Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda has expressed satisfaction with the efforts made in the management of cholera in hospitals despite some challenges. Chiponda was speaking on Wednesday during a day-long tour together with partners to appreciate progress made in containing cholera at Area 18 Health Center, Likuni and Nkhoma mission Hospitals in Lilongwe. “We […]
National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) has expressed its commitment to the promotion and nurturing of grassroots talent by providing technical and financial support to the innovators. NCST Commissioner Frank Maele made the commitment on Wednesday when members of Parliament (MPs) sitting on the Education, Science and Technology Committee toured solar-generated electricity projects in […]
Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda has disclosed that government will soon embark on a nationwide mass sensitization campaign on cholera. Chiponda made the remarks on Wednesday after visiting health facilities in Lilongwe. “This is a nationwide response to cholera so that we engage people on the ground on cholera messages and prevention,” she said. […]
Was Removing Disruptive EFF Members from Parliament Justified? The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) were forcibly removed from a joint sitting of Parliament and the National Council of Provinces ahead of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address. According to TimesLive, presidential protection officers, some in camouflage and masked, surrounded Ramaphosa, who remained seated on […]
The future ownership or shareholding of state-owned enterprises will be housed under one company instead of being fragmented through government departments. This is aimed at improving oversight of the state-owned enterprises. The government is pressing ahead with the plan to establish a company that will hold the shareholding of all state-owned enterprises (SOEs) — from […]
President Ramaphosa’s 21-page State of the Nation Address looked at how to improve the living conditions of South Africans. At least four of the announced plans will play a critical role in effecting real change. President Cyril Ramaphosa’s speech centred on finding solutions for four key issues facing South Africans – the load shedding crisis, […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa had barely completed his State of the Nation Address when the DA announced it was going to court over the declared National State of Disaster on energy. The presidential speech to underscore his administration is at work to fix the economy left the opposition unconvinced. An electricity National State of Disaster was […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a national State of Disaster – with immediate effect – as a response to the current energy crisis gripping the country. Eskom has been battling to keep the lights on for the past few months, leading to increased stages of load shedding and a devastating impact on lives, livelihoods and […]
The Government Communication and Information System (GCIS), in partnership with the Passenger Rail Agency (Prasa), today encouraged train commuters at the Cape Town train station to listen to the State of the Nation Address (SONA) to be delivered by President Cyril Ramaphosa this evening. Representatives from both entities arrived at the station very early in […]
Having put together a solid set of results, Gayton McKenzie’s Patriotic Alliance now controls the narrative of being the most credible alternative to the DA in the Western Cape in 2024. The Patriotic Alliance (PA) took advantage of a bad administrative error by the DA to win a traditional ward off the latter in Cape […]