March 9, 2023

What happened, where and when?   The South African Weather Services issued a media release on the 9th of December 2022, indicating parts of Gauteng Province and North West Province were negatively affected by floods that hit hardest areas like parts of Soweto, Erkhuleni, Johannesburg, Vereeniging, Brakpan (Gauteng Province), and Rustenburg, Bojanala (North West Province)….

WASHINGTON — After three nasty years, the La Nina weather phenomenon that increases Atlantic hurricane activity and worsens Western drought is gone, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said Thursday.That’s usually good news for t…

Government says it notes S&P Global’s decision to revise South Africa’s credit rating outlook to stable from positive on Wednesday evening.According to S&P, economic growth in South Africa is facing increasing pressure from infrastructure const…

Anti-gender-based violence interventions have yielded positive results at higher learning institutions with over 700 000 students currently linked to health, wellness and psychosocial support and care services.This has been made possible through HIGHER…

A first-of-its-kind World Health Organisation (WHO) global report on sodium intake reduction shows that the world is off-track to achieve its global target of reducing sodium intake by 30% by 2025.Sodium, according to the WHO, is an essential nutrient,…

Work is underway to tighten the legislation on public procurement to ensure the mandatory procurement of locally produced and manufactured products in some sectors of the economy, as part of government’s effort to address unemployment.This comes as the…