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Durban Container Terminal Pier 2's performance improving but ‘not out of the woods’
By: Darren Parker 11th January 2024 The Durban Container Terminal (DCT) Pier 2 has averaged single-digit vessels at anchor over the last two weeks, having earlier ensured that all... →
Medical staff not safe at public health facilities
11th January 2024 More than 200 incidents of hospital and clinic staff were attacked or threatened by patients or assailants over the past two years. Over half of... →
SANDF deployment to the DRC is reckless and must be reversed
10th January 2024 The deployment of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) as part of the SADC's military intervention force to the eastern DRC is a... →
Massive toxicology backlog persists
10th January 2024 The massive toxicology backlog at the forensic chemistry laboratories (FCLs) in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Pretoria persists with 37 962 tests... →
International trade and green hydrogen: Supporting the global transition to a low-carbon economy
9th January 2024 By complementing renewable electrification and contributing to the decarbonisation of heavy industry, shipping, aviation and other key sectors,... →
Inconsistencies are costing the AU Mission in Somalia
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 18th December 2023 In September, a call was made for a technical pause to the African troop drawdown from Somalia, following the initial withdrawal of 2 000 troops in... →
Challenges loom before DRC voting day
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 18th December 2023 The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) fourth election on 20 December will occur against a protracted conflict shaping the nation’s political... →
Russia seeks to unite BRICS on climate initiatives after COP28
By: Bloomberg 14th December 2023 As the COP28 talks wrapped up in Dubai, one of the world’s energy heavyweights said it wants to rally a united front among a group of non-Western... →
