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Dutch Disease and what to do about it in South Africa
16 May 2024 12:52 GMT
Digging deep: Reversing deindustrialisation requires making investment in South Africa’s mining industry more attractive. Photo: Waldo Swiegers/Getty Images
Late last year, a colleague and I published a peer-reviewed journal article trying to identify …
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Byo residents criticise Disability Bill
16 May 2024 05:54 GMT
BULAWAYO residents have criticised the Persons with Disability Bill saying it is not inclusive of persons with disabilities on matters related to access to justice, education and health.
BULAWAYO residents have criticised the Persons with Disability Bill …
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Mozambique: Timely outbreak response, enhanced surveillance halts wild poliovirus transmission in Southern Africa
15 May 2024 01:05 GMT
… include Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Zambia.
To date, … "Malawi, Mozambique, and the entire Southern-African region are … vaccination campaigns and disease surveillance systems. … southern Africa was imported.
Polio has no cure and can cause irreversible paralysis …
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Timely outbreak response, enhanced surveillance halts wild poliovirus transmission in Southern Africa
14 May 2024 15:22 GMT
… These include Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Zambia.
To date, … Director for Eastern and Southern Africa. “Going forward, … Foundation. “Malawi, Mozambique, and the entire Southern-African region are … vaccination campaigns and disease surveillance systems. Commitments …
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Lobby to state: Ensure floods don't paralyse learning
13 May 2024 14:18 GMT
Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE-Africa) has challenged the government to ensure continuity in education, especially for marginalised groups, amidst disasters like the current floods.
Executive director Martha Muhwezi noted that extreme …
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Ecobank $183m impairment losses underscore risks in sovereign bonds
12 May 2024 08:15 GMT
… African banking group Ecobank has more than doubled its impairment … (IMF) programme.
Zambia became the first African … asset concentration, and illiquidity.
African countries considered … such distress are Zambia, DRC, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, Burundi, Cameroon …
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Malawi’s school kids are using tablets to improve their reading and maths skills
12 May 2024 06:39 GMT
Malawi introduced free primary education in 1994. This has significantly improved access to schooling. However, the country – which is one of the poorest in the world – still faces a high learning poverty rate of 87%. Learning poverty is a measure of a …
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National Assembly ratifies four protocols
16 May 2024 00:16 GMT
Farirai Machivenyika-Senior Reporter
Four United Nations and African Union conventions aimed at entrenching observance of human rights for migrants, the elderly, the vulnerable and the disabled in Zimbabwe were ratified by the National Assembly on Tuesday, …
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Tshwane Automotive SEZ celebrates training of first cohort of youth
15 May 2024 11:32 GMT
The Tshwane Automotive Special Economic Zone (TASEZ) on May 14 celebrated the first cohort of 526 local youths trained in safety, health, environment and quality to participate in different parts of the automotive value chain.
These skills were critical in …
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Govt steps up HIV fight
11 May 2024 10:28 GMT
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…launches mobile app to digitalize HIV control
Moroke Sekoboto
THE Ministry of Health’s Disease Control Department is committed to using technology as a tool to control and create awareness about diseases paralysing the nation.
Therefore, the health …