Supermarkets cashing in during pandemic - OXFAM

Charity group Oxfam has released a report saying that while supermarkets around the world have been cashing in during the COVID-19 pandemic, workers who produce food continue to conduct "modern slave labor." The report titled "Not in this together," revealed that workers are getting less and less o…

UN child agency welcomes early school closure in SA

South Africa's president Cyril Ramaphosa has brought forward the closure of schools for the winter holidays by a few weeks, as the country battles to curb the rise of new Covid-19 infections. Schools will start closing on Wednesday, and are expected to be all closed by the end of the week. The coun…

Nurses fighting COVID overwhelmed in SA hospitals

Pressure is continuing to pile up on health workers in South Africa's hospitals in the Gauteng province, which is currently the pandemic's epicentre in the country. This is despite President Cyril Ramaphosa's recent announcement that at least 1 200 beds have been added in the province. Medics from …

SA Heroes Awards 2021 Nominee Dr K on giving back & his nomination

Dr Kometsi Mokuele heads up Sunset dentistry in Fourways, Johannesburg. He heads up 2 other branches in Soweto and Sebokeng and will be opening another one in Midrand. Dr K, as he is affectionately known is passionate about community building. He is permanently servicing pro-bono the Johannesburg c…

POWERSHIP DENIED

South Africa's Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment affairs has refused to give authorisation to Turkish powership company- Karpowership, blocking the energy company from provinding emergency power to the debilitated South African grid. The application was dismissed on environmenta…

Climate and Environment Charter

The humanitarian sector has a key role to play in addressing the climate and environment crises that affect people's lives and livelihoods around the world every day. This means walking the talk in integrating climate smart approaches into its work and greening its own operations. This is accor…

SAMA appeal to SA government to consider unemployed doctors to fight Covid-19

The South African Medical Association, SAMA has again made an appeal to government to consider recently graduated doctors who are unemployed to complement the nation's frontline-workers in the battle against the third wave of the coronavirus. SAMA says the reasons advanced by government that the b…

Youth Day positives

Nomantande Precious Yeki speaks about the positives derived from the events of June 16, 1976…

In Conversations with Nomantande Precious Yeki

How youth can benefit from agriculture Nomantande Precious Yeki speaks about how youth can benefit from organisations dealing with assisting young farmers to excel in agriculture. Is there hope for young farmers?

SA calls for UN to move IGN on security reform to text-based negotiations

South Africa has made a firm call for the UN General Assembly to move the Intergovernmental Negotiations on Security Council reform to text-based negotiations. South Africa says the current composition of the Council is antiquated. The statement was made as member states took a consensus position i…