February 2, 2017

Parliament calls for quick response to poultry industry woes

The Select Committee on Trade and International Relations has urged the Department of Trade and Industry (dti) to speedily deal with challenges in the poultry industry.Committee chairperson Eddie Makue said the committee will be satisfied if the two ta…

WATER RESTRICTIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT SOUTH AFRICA

Recent rainfall across South Africa has not made enough impact on the drought gripping the country and water restrictions will continue, says the Department of Water and Sanitation.The department said here Wednesday that the national storage at dams ha…

EU strategy stems migrant flow from Niger, but at what cost?

The EU-funded crackdown on migration through Niger has been effective at dramatically reducing the number of people heading northwards to the North African coast, and then Europe. But what has it left behind?

Until a few months ago, smugglers’ pick-up trucks packed with West African migrants departed routinely from the town

UN Gender Focus: gender equality, Somalia and youth

Women should be able to “leapfrog” into evolving world of workThe world of work is changing and women should be empowered to “leapfrog” into high-tech or green jobs in the future, the Deputy-Executive Director of UN Women has said. Lakshmi Puri shared …

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