Author: aarti

Africa’s first mRNA vaccine hub was ceremonially launched on Thursday to acclaim from the UN’s global health chief, who hailed it as a historic shift to help poor countries gain access to life-saving jabs.

That target has not only been met – but surpassed by 26%. An elated President announced at the recent annual SAIC that the country had reached R1,51 trillion in investment pledges, surpassing the initial R1,2 trillion target.

Minister Naledi Pandor will be hosting the inaugural Charlotte Maxeke African Women Leadership Awards on Saturday, 25 March 2023.

South Africa’s Parliamentary delegation to the Inter Parliamentary Union’s Assembly in Bahrain has called for the appointment of the first-ever female Secretary General of the UN. House Chairperson for Committees, Oversight and ICT in the National Assembly said that despite the UN’s commitment to women’s rights, actual transformation has been slow.

The team consisting of five K-9 dogs and their handlers and a team leader departed for Turkiye on 9 February 2023, said SAPS spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe. For the past week, the team has led numerous search operations for survivors and to recover the bodies of deceased victims.