[ad_1] Seventy years in the past, 1000’s of South African girls marched to the Union Buildings to demand dignity and justice. Marking Ladies’s Month is a reminder of how far South Africa has come however it additionally challenges us to query what freedom actually appears to be like like for a younger lady rising up…
[ad_1] Since 2020, greater than 75 per cent of latest energy capability added globally has come from renewable sources. PHOTO/FILE By SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Scientists say the Earth is prone to shoot previous a key international warming goal throughout the decade, bringing the planet ever nearer to a full-blown local weather disaster. The excellent news? A number of…
[ad_1] South Africa has spent three many years increasing entry to schooling. The subsequent struggle is totally different: changing {qualifications} into earnings, expertise into enterprise, and political rights into financial energy. In keeping with Stats SA, within the first quarter of 2026, 60.9% of South Africans aged 15 to 24 had been unemployed. When…
[ad_1] Propelled by an early imaginative and prescient to assist others, Dr Abba Mallum tells Highlight about his roots in Borno State, about alternatives in Stellenbosch and Durban, and about his pioneering PhD in radiotherapy and oncology. In Borno State, Nigeria, quickly after graduating from medical college Dr Abba Mallum handled a younger affected person…
[ad_1] By Prof. MarkAnthony Nze Virginia Ogbata’s pressing battle with most cancers requires compassion, group, and well timed help A Mom Is Working Out of Time There’s a explicit sort of girl the world is constructed on the backs of; ladies who by no means discovered to ask for assist as a result of they…
[ad_1] DUBAI/WASHINGTON, Might 5 (Reuters) – The delicate truce within the Center East was in jeopardy on Tuesday after the U.S. and Iran launched new assaults as they wrestled for management of the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. army stated on Monday it destroyed six Iranian small boats, in addition to cruise missiles and drones,…
[ad_1] Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, has described the rollout of malaria vaccines throughout Africa because the quickest in its historical past, signalling a vital second within the struggle in opposition to one of many continent’s deadliest illnesses. 25 international locations in Africa have launched malaria vaccines into their routine immunisation programmes with Gavi help. Early experiences point out that…
[ad_1] As progress on malaria stalls, the case for native analysis in Africa is stronger than ever, write Edwine Barasa of KEMRI-Wellcome Analysis Programme and David Mukanga on the Gates Basis. [SciDev.Net] As we mark World Malaria Day (25 April), Africa finds itself at an uncomfortable crossroads. After 20 years of measurable progress in public…
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — US troops have handed over their remaining bases in Syria to authorities forces, Syria’s International Ministry stated Thursday, a transfer that US officers confirmed. The switch successfully ends a decade-long American floor presence in Syria, the place US troops armed, skilled and suggested native factions within the combat towards the Islamic State…
[ad_1] The persistence of TB is a reminder that medical options alone are usually not sufficient. Renier Coetzee and Ingrid Schoeman write that the illness thrives in circumstances formed by social injustice, together with poverty, overcrowded housing, under-resourced well being methods, and unequal entry to care. Every year on World Tuberculosis Day on 24 March,…
