January 24, 2020

ARV tablets confiscated by the police; 4 suspects arrested

THABONG – The journey of three men and a woman was cut short when police stopped their vehicle in Thabong on Thursday, 23 January 2020 at about 19:25, and found two boxes containing ARV tablets.This was after a crime intelligence information was follow…

Rights violations persist under new DRC leader

KINSHASA, CRITICS believe the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has not changed much a year into the reign of new President Felix Tshisekedi.He succeeded longtime leader, Joseph Kabila, at a time the country suffered som…

Zimbabwe secures AfDB fund to tackle disasters

HARARE, ZIMBABWE is poised to strengthen capacity to manage disaster risks, including droughts, floods and tropical cyclones after securing a grant of $685 000 from the African Development Bank (AfDB).Funds have been secured through the bank’s Africa …

Anxiety over more Burundi mass graves

BUJUMBURA, THE recent documentation of 4 000 mass graves containing 142 505 corpses has reiterated calls for investigations of all human rights violations and abuses in Burundi.Burundi’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (known locally as CVR) discl…

AI set to replace managers’ workloads

JOHANNESBURG, ARTIFICIAL Intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies will replace 69 percent of work currently done by managers by 2024.The projection by Gartner, the research and advisory company, comes as AI as well as virtual personal assistants an…

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