Stigma and discrimination remain barriers that limit access to tuberculosis (TB) screening, treatment and care – compromising the lives of people who are infected and affected by the disease.This is according to Deputy President Paul Mashatile who to …
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Lethal Marburg latest test to Africa health sector
from ALLOYCE KIMBUNGA in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania Tanzania Bureau DAR-ES-SALAAM, (CAJ News) THE confirmation of an outbreak of the Marburg virus in Tanzania, and the escalation of the disease in Equatorial Guinea, is a cause of concern in the continent…
Honor to expand rollout of X series
by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) HONOR is rolling out multiple smartphones this year from its X series.The Chinese global technology brand unveiled its latest addition to this series –Honor X7a — in South Africa. It is hailed as an affordabl…
ANC says won’t be bullied on global matters
by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) SOUTH Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) says it will never tolerate any bullying by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the United States on sovereignty of nations over global politi…
Uganda heightens crackdown against homosexuality
from HASSAN ONYANGO in Kampala, Uganda Uganda Bureau KAMPALA, (CAJ News) THERE is outcry after Uganda’s Parliament passed a law that criminalizes consensual sexual activity between adults of the same sex.The law, dubbed the ‘2023 Anti-Homosexuality Bi…
Activist back in dock for plotting Zimbabwe ‘coup’
from MARCUS MUSHONGA in Harare, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Bureau HARARE, (CAJ News) ZIMBABWEAN authorities have reopened the prosecution of a four-year-old case against a pro-democracy campaigner and civil society leader accused of plotting to overthrow Presi…