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Month: October 2019

Evicted backyarders demand accommodation from the City

15th October 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

Not finding anyone to receive their memorandum at the Civic Centre and at Parliament, the protestors vowed to return in the next few days.

We did the sums on South Africa’s mental health spend. They’re not pretty

14th October 2019 Sumaiyah Docrat Crick Lund 0

South Africa has taken steps towards strengthening mental health care in the last 20 years. These include reforming the Mental Health Care Act 2002 and developing a National […]

Pakistan makes uneven progress in the fight for gender equality

11th October 2019 Equal Times 0

In Pakistan women don’t just have to contend with glass ceilings. They are hemmed-in by walls and barriers of every construction. Look at most international […]

No clear plan to ease burden on detectives

10th October 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

There is no clear plan to beef up detective services that were already overburdened before the deployment of the army.

South Africa must harness technology in a way that helps fix its problems

9th October 2019 Alison Gillwald 0

In the three short years that the World Economic Forum (WEF) has been punting the concept of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) as the route to […]

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Backyarders still determined to fight for housing

8th October 2019 Mzi Velapi Sinethemba Cawe Tandeka Bafo 0

It has been six days since the occupiers of Arcadia Place were evicted and living on the streets outside the building in Observatory.

Student hunger at South African universities needs more attention

7th October 2019 Marc Wegerif Oluwafunmiola Adeniyi 0

Food insecurity at tertiary institutions is aptly described as “the skeleton in universities’ cupboards” because it receives so little attention. Those in higher education are assumed […]

The Purest Choice: the Egyptian mothers standing up to female genital mutilation

4th October 2019 Equal Times 0

According to the World Health Organization, Female genital mutilation (FGM) “includes procedures that intentionally alter or cause injury to the female genital organs for non-medical […]

The ongoing struggle to end gender-based violence in Spain

3rd October 2019 Equal Times 0

On 17 December 1997, public awareness of gender-based violence saw a radical and lasting change in Spain. On that day, Ana Orantes, a 60-year-old woman, […]

Special needs crèche in search of funding

2nd October 2019 Sinethemba Cawe 0

Children with special needs do not develop to their full potential since the crèches catering to them are too few and under-funded.

State of rail safety report paints a bad picture

2nd October 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

There is a lack of safety and security on South Africa’s rail network with 3,990 operational occurrences and 9,268 security-related incidents recorded between April 2018 and March 2019.

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