October 2, 2019

The United States Pharmacopeia selected by USAID to strengthen systems that improve the quality of medical products in low- and middle-income countries

October 2, 2019

New program builds on USP’s and USAID’s longstanding cooperation to advance access to quality-assured medical products and address the proliferation of poor-quality medical products ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Oct. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded a 5-year, $160 million cooperative agreement to the United States Pharmacopeia

Response to media reports on police van used unlawfully

October 2, 2019

Nelspruit Police in Mpumalanga are concerned about negative media reports stemming from a video circulating in social media circles wherein a marked police vehicle is seen used to dump waste material reportedly at an illegal dumping site.Police did no…

Drugs estimated to be worth R261 000 confiscated in Paarl

October 2, 2019

WESTERN CAPE – Our quest to eradicate the illegal substances and drug trade in the Western Cape continues to be a success when vigilant members attached to Boland K9 unit arrested a 24-year-old suspect who was found in possession of illegal substances …

Suspect in attack on elderly farm dweller to appear in court

October 2, 2019

DURBAN – A suspect arrested by police for an attack on an elderly Paulpietersburg resident will make his second court appearance tomorrow. This is after he appeared at the Paulpietersburg Magistrate’s Court on 30 September 2019. He was arrested on 28 S…

Murder suspect arrested while in hospital

October 2, 2019

DURBAN Detectives at the Provincial Organised Crime Unit made a breakthrough when they arrested one of their most wanted murder suspects. Yesterday, the police officers followed up on intelligence with regards to a wanted suspect that was admitted at …

Nigerian Pres Buhari heads to South Africa for state visit

October 2, 2019

ABUJA, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will on Wednesday depart for South Africa on a three day state visit, his office has announced.The visit follows an invitation by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa after relations between Africa’s two bi…

After Africa, Prince Harry and Meghan to Battle UK Press

October 2, 2019

LONDON – Prince Harry did not hold back as he launched an extraordinary attack against the British press for the way it is treating his wife Meghan, a rebuke that is overshadowing the final day of his family’s tour to southern Africa. In deeply persona…

Men just have to get their act together

October 2, 2019

So said Vice-Chancellor Professor Adam Habib, a champion of HeForShe in conversation with fellow champion, Mr Sim Tshabalala, Chief Executive of Standard Bank.Hlonipha Mokoena, Associate Professor in the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research …

Millions face starvation in Southern Africa

October 2, 2019

Zimbabwe BureauHARARE, UP to 12 million people are facing a hunger crisis in Southern Africa as a result of recurrent droughts.Angola, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, Malawi, Madagascar, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe are the nine countries included in t…

Homo naledi and Australopithecus sediba travel to the States

October 2, 2019

The South African national treasures will for the first time ever go on display for international audiences, when it is exhibited in Dallas, TexasThe South African fossils, Homo naledi and Australopithecus sediba will for the first time ever go on disp…

SA a destination of choice for ailing Zimbabweans

October 2, 2019

HARARE, THE move by the leader of a union representing Zimbabwean medical doctors to seek specialist treatment outside the country is the latest testament of the collapse of Zimbabwe’s once-vibrant health sector.Dr Peter Magombeyi, the leader of Zimba…

Judgment debts haunt defiant resource-rich African countries

October 2, 2019

ABUJA, THE hefty financial penalty a British court has slapped on Nigeria after a failed gas project has brought to the fore the habitual failure by governments in resources-endowed African countries to breach contracts and only to pay when dragged to…

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