Newsflashes

2 April, 2013
White male Gautengers are the highest earners in South Africa, with young African women in Limpopo the lowest, SAIIR survey finds
26 March, 2013
The ACHPR rules that the Zimbabwe government is responsible for the torture of human rights lawyer Gabriel Shumba
26 March, 2013
Breast cancer patients in the state sector in South Africa can wait up to eight months to receive confirmation of their diagnosis and up to nine months to start treatment, says the Cancer Patient’s Rights Charter
26 March, 2013
About 10 Angolan provinces have been severely hit by drought, according to UNICEF
25 March, 2013
Although Africa has made huge strides in increasing human development in the past decade, gains could easily be reversed should ‘significant progress’ not be made in halting global warming, warns UN
25 March, 2013
NGO criticised African countries' reliance on international donors to fight diseases
25 March, 2013
Four aides to Zimbabwe's Prime Minister have been charged with breaching the official secrets code as their lawyer was accused of obstructing justice
25 March, 2013
The Gauteng Department of Finance cancels the Gauteng Online project
25 March, 2013
The SAHRC welcomes a ruling compelling the Department of Home Affairs to re-open  a refugee reception office
25 March, 2013
The GreenMatter fellowship launched to address the critical skills shortages in the biodiversity sector and to promote ‘green’ leadership across various sectors
25 March, 2013
COSATU is calling for industrialisation to tackle inequality, unemployment and poverty in South Africa
25 March, 2013
The SA’s government's ICT plans could be doing immense long-term damage to the country’s economy, warns Fairweather
19 March, 2013
The SAIRR says that wasteful government spending of R24.8 billion could have been used for numerous beneficial projects
19 March, 2013
SAIRR says more than 3.3 million crimes occur per year and half of them go unreported
19 March, 2013
Renewable energy has the potential to spur on socio-economic development in South Africa, says the WFC