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Eskom price-hike request promises bond gains and customer strain
By: Bloomberg 26th September 2024 South Africa’s Eskom Holdings is seeking a jumbo electricity price hike, spelling good news for its creditors but pain for customers and possible... →
South African women face exclusion from society due to gender-based violence – how they’re fighting back
26th September 2024 When South Africa became a democracy in 1994, a primary goal was to grant citizenship rights to all its people, in particular, to give the majority... →
Gauteng health paid R3.9 million to absent Cuban doctors
26th September 2024 Gauteng Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko has disclosed in a written reply to my questions that R3.9 million was paid to 7 Cuban doctors who had... →
SACP urges President Ramaphosa to stand firm on advancing the NHI, denounces profit-driven interference to undermine the law
25th September 2024 The South African Communist Party (SACP) denounces the influence of the selfish capitalist interests, apparently lobbying President Cyril Ramaphosa... →
Conflict drives surge in maternal deaths in Sudan's South Darfur, MSF says
By: Reuters 25th September 2024 Pregnant women, mothers and newborn babies are dying at a shocking rate in Sudan's South Darfur region and thousands of malnourished children are... →
Cape Town to wrap up desalination plant feasibility study in 2025, first water possible in 2030
By: Irma Venter 25th September 2024 The City of Cape Town (CoCT) has started the feasibility study on the proposed Paarden Island desalination plant, says CoCT Water and Sanitation... →
SA: Cyril Ramaphosa: Address by South Africa's President, at the Global Leaders Network event on maternal and child health, New York (24/09/2024)
25th September 2024 This 79th Session of the UN General Assembly is an opportunity to accelerate the actions needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals... →
SA: Cyril Ramaphosa: Address by South Africa's President, at the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, New York (24/09/2024)
25th September 2024 Our first democratic elections brought the tyranny of apartheid to an end, a system that this General Assembly declared to be a crime against... →
