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Living with disabilities: Human rights pushed under COVID-19 radar
Ndivhuwo Mukwevho
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has revealed an ugly truth. People living with various disabilities are being denied basic human rights like healthcare, communication, education, safety and employment to name a few. These findings have come to light as the country marks National Disability Rights Awareness Month from 3 November to
Climate agreement means little to Zamdela residents
Molefi Sompane
Environmental Minister Barbara Creecy welcomed the news that South Africa had secured funding to phase out its coal power. But, warned the transition would have to tackle poverty, unemployment and inequality, issues Zamdela residents know all too well. The country will receive over $8-billion made possible by a climate agreement
MSF urges vaccine giants to share technology with Africa
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An international organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has called on COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing giants to share their technology with African countries. The lack of vaccine production capacity in African countries has exposed the continent’s vulnerability and has slowed the vaccine rollout. The United States have donated more than 50 million doses
COVID-19 vaccine: ‘Men are not health-seeking species’
Esau Dlamini
Dispelling myths and misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine among men remains a huge uphill task in South Africa. This is evident when looking at the vaccination statistics in which men make up less than 40% of fully vaccinated South Africans. Deputy Health Minister, Sibongiseni Dlomo, hit the spot when he
TVEP: Limpopo NPO forced to turn victims away
Ndivhuwo Mukwevho
One of Limpopo’s oldest NPOs (Non-Profit Organisations), the Thohoyandou Victim Empowerment Programme (TVEP), has closed its doors amid an ongoing feud with the Provincial Department of Social Development over money. Offering help to victims of domestic violence, sexual assualt, child abuse and intimate partner violence, the TVEP says that the
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