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Doctors Without Borders concerned about insulin pen shortages in SA

The global medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders is calling on Danish pharmaceutical corporation Novo Nordisk and other manufacturers of insulin pens to take immediate action to ensure a continuous supply of insulin pens to South Africa. This comes after the Health Department forecasted supply challenges of insulin pen devices and advised health facilities to ration the distribution of insulin pens across the country. Campaign Advocacy Advisor at Doctors Without […]

19 May 2024

Local

Child of SA woman in Senegalese prison arrives in the country

The Department of Social Development says a one-year-old child of a South African woman who was born in a Senegalese prison has arrived in the country. The Department’s social workers arrived with the child this morning. The mother was arrested for drug trafficking last year and gave birth to the child a few days after her incarceration. The Department says the child will be taken into the care of her […]

10 March 2024

Local

SA has seen a surge of 1 200% in deepfake fraud: Sumsub

Online Identity Verification company Sumsub says that cases of identity fraud have multiplied 10-fold in the past year. In its third- Identity Fraud Report released this week, the company says that the top five-types of identity fraud include Artificial Intelligence-powered fraud, money mulling networks, fake IDs, account takeovers and forced verifications. Closer to home, the report revealed that there has been a surge in deepfake fraud cases in South Africa. […]

1 December 2023

Local

Heatwave warning issued for several parts of SA

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a heatwave warning across several parts of the country as hot temperatures are expected to continue until Sunday. SAWS says the mercury is expected to hit the high thirties in some areas. Meanwhile, the European climate change watchdog has found that September 2023 was the hottest September ever recorded due to climate change. The International Weather and Climate Forum is currently holding […]

6 October 2023

International

South Africa: 8 Arab countries request to join BRICS

Eight Arab countries have officially applied to join the BRICS group of fast-developing economies, the South African foreign minister said. Naledi Pandor told reporters that a total of 23 countries have officially applied to join the group, including eight Arab countries, noting that BRICS leaders will discuss expanding the group and the submitted applications during their upcoming summit between 22-24 August. “South Africa, as chairman of BRICS, will hold talks at the […]

15 August 2023

Local

Mbeki believes SA government did not sell weapons to Russia

Former South African President Thabo Mbeki says he doesn’t believe there were weapons sold to Russia by the South African government. This follows the allegations of the US ambassador to South Africa Reuben Brigety that South Africa sent weapons to Russia in December last year. President Cyril Ramaphosa has instituted an inquiry into the allegations. Speaking to the SABC in Guinea Conakry, the former President says South Africa has strong […]

26 May 2023

News

SA consumers to pay more than R5k for basic food basket

As if South African consumers aren’t struggling enough to make ends meet, Programme Coordinator at the Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice & Dignity Group Mervyn Abrahams said consumers can expect to pay even more for their basic food necessities. “We expect that a basket of food will for the first time cross the threshold of R5,000,” said Abrahams. He further added, food commodity prices are coming down globally. However, the cost of […]

26 April 2023

Local

SA unemployment rate drops to 32,9% in third quarter

LOCAL South Africa recorded a one percent decline in it's unemployment rate in the third quarter. According to StatSA’s Quarterly Labour Force Survey, the unemployment now sits at 32.9 percent, compared to 33.9 percent in the previous quarter. This indicates that around 204k jobs were gained over the three months. StatsSA's Dihlolelo Phoshoko says there are now 7.7 million unemployed citizens, while the number of people discouraged to find work […]

29 November 2022

Local

Energy solutions sought at SA’s inaugural Green Hydrogen Summit

LOCAL President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to deliver the key note address at South Africa’s inaugural Green Hydrogen Summit in Cape Town on Tuesday. Delegates from Africa and Europe are expected to attend the three-day conference in Century City. It comes after the country was identified a potential global exporter of green energy last year. Western Cape Premier Alan Winde also signed a landmark memorandum with Northern Cape Premier Zamani […]

29 November 2022

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