Yellowfin tuna catch limits and high operating costs are not a good recipe for the future, said a senior official of the Organisation of Associated Producers of Large Tuna Freezers (OPAGAC). The statement was made by the deputy manager of OPAGAC, Miguel Herrera, in an interview with SNA, who added that there is a possibility […]
Tag: Sustainable Development
The World Bank has committed to resume budgetary support by disbursing $50 million (over K51 billion) and $100 million (over K102 billion) towards the cholera fight and some recurrent expenditures in the health sector. State-financed broadcaster Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) quoted World Bank Regional Vice President for Eastern and Southern Africa, Victoria Kwakwa, on Monday […]
Surveys conducted by Wassu Gambia Kafo (WGK) in 2021 and 2022, have disclosed a high prevalence rate of child marriage in the Gambia, of about eighty percent (80). Unwanted pregnancy and avoidance of premarital sex were found to be the most outstanding reasons for the continuous practice of child marriage. The study was said to […]
IN SHORT: There is plenty of evidence presented by countless scientists that global heating and climate change is destroying species, habitats, industries and, with extreme weather events, lives. Downplaying the climate emergency is dangerous. “There’s no emergency,” begins the headline of an interview with “dissident climatologist” Dr Judith Curry published on the independent South African […]
Washington DC/ Chapel Hill, North Carolina/ Geneva — Health services don’t deliver themselves. It is the nurse who triages in the emergency department, the midwife who delivers babies and cares for mothers, the community health worker who gives babies vaccines, the care assistant who bathes someone at home, the surgeon who performs the operation, the […]
In May 2016, I was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. I was lucky. Detecting the cancer early meant that I required no chemo or radiation therapy and just had surgery, which left me with a stoma and a permanent colostomy bag. A stoma is an opening in the abdomen that can be connected to either your […]
The Mobile Money Advocacy Group (MO-MAG) has revealed its plans to establish a bank to support members, as many Mobile Money (Momo) agents were folding up their businesses due to high cost of opera-tions. The group is worried about the high interest rates on loans provided by most banks in the country, making operations difficult […]
People close to you, including family members, friends, and co-workers, frequently express their “stress” at this time of year. As the end of the year draws nearer people are likely to feel weary, irritable and overwhelmed. The definition of stress is the bodily, psychological, and social-spiritual reaction to a demand or stressor. The stressor could […]
Can our planet recover from climate change? Commissioning Editor, Kofoworola Belo-Osagie, asked scientists to share the reasons they believe there is hope. Jennifer Fitchett, Associate Professor of Physical Geography, School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa People are starting to notice the weather and climate, and to understand climate […]
Cape Town — The frequency and magnitude of disasters like global warming is driving other, less visible, and disruptive in the short term but carry large longer-term economic risks, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) believes. And the exorbitant health costs of the Covid-19 pandemic are estimated to rise to U.S.$13.8 trillion during 2024. In the face […]
… urge IGP to probe attack on campaign trail of Natasha Akpoti, prosecute perpetrators House of Representatives at Wednesday plenary urged the federal government to explore renewable energy such as nuclear, solar, biomass, and wind as alternative sources of power supply to Nigerians. The House also urged the government to establish a clear investor-friendly framework […]
During the U.S.-African Leaders Summit, held December 13-15 in Washington DC, the United States affirmed and expanded its enduring partnerships with African governments, the private sector, civil society, and philanthropic actors in recognition of the pivotal role African governments, institutions, and peoples will play in addressing one of the greatest global challenges of our time […]
“Women are told to pray and fast, but men are not told to stop beating their wives” Church leaders should take a stand against domestic violence instead of covering up for violent husbands, speakers said at a workshop in Cape Town at the weekend. The workshop, held by Africa Unite Tusimame Wanawake women’s movement, was […]
Botro, Cote d’Ivoire — It is vaccination day, baby cries fill the courtyard of the Botro General Hospital, about 400 kilometres north of Abidjan. Henriette Ouattara, who gave birth a few months ago at the maternity hospital in Botro, has come to have her baby vaccinated. From prenatal consultation to delivery, Ouattara recalls, a dedicated […]
They were told staff were having a party. GroundUp was told the same thing but the Western Cape SASSA spokesperson has denied this Scores of social grant beneficiaries were turned away at the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) office in Wynberg, Cape Town, on the morning of 9 December. GroundUp was alerted by a […]
Sexual and reproductive ill-health accounts for one third of the global disease burden among women and adolescent girls of reproductive age. Despite many advances in access to healthcare, thousands of women and girls who live in remote, resource-constrained communities still struggle to access the care they need. But Edmund Wessels, a University of Cape Town […]
Young people with disabilities continue to struggle in the transitions between secondary school, tertiary education, and the job market. “We want to disrupt things,” said Professor Roshan Galvaan, the head of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences in the Faculty of Health Sciences. “But it must be generative disruption; […]
The Department of Social Development will today launch the Expert Panel Report on Basic Income Support in Kempton Park, Gauteng. Experts and participants are expected to deliberate on the findings and the recommendations of the report. The research on the Expert Panel Report was commissioned by the department, in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation […]