NAIROBI � Animated chatter spills out from a corner of tech giant Google’s Nairobi offices as five Kenyan schoolgirls discuss their upcoming trip to California where they hope to win $15,000 for I-cut, an app to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).
The five teenagers, aged 15 to 17, are the only
More than 100 Somalis, recently released from Ethiopian detention facilities and handed over to the Somali government, arrived in Mogadishu on Saturday, government officials told VOA Somali.The 114 prisoners smiled and some of them kneeled as they got …
South Africa is Committed to Increasing Trade With Zambia � Minister Davies
South Africa is committed to increasing trade and addressing the trade imbalance with Zambia. This was said by the Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies ahead of a two-day Outward Trade and Investment Mission to Lusaka, Zambia
The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) is investigating the owners of a suspected fraudulent international university on allegations of operating an illegal private institution in central Pretoria.Several complaints were received from p…
GENEVA � The World Food Program warns millions of people around the world are going to bed on an empty stomach because the cost of feeding them is escalating due to conflict, instability and other complex emergencies.
In its just released World Food Assistance 2017 report, the World Food Program reports
Members of the Mabele Family,
Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi,
Director-General of Health, Dr Precious Matsotso,
Members of the South African National AIDS Council,
Leaders and members of civil society groupings,
Friends and comrades,
Today we are gathered in sadness.
We are here to bid farewell to a beloved friend, colleague and comrade. We are here to
Statement at media briefing by the National Youth Development Agency following its successful international trips and update on the activities of the agency board by board Chairperson Mr Sifiso Mtsweni
The National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) has invited members of the media to this press briefing so as to, as we
NAIROBI � Four South Sudanese news websites and blogs have been partially blocked, internet users and a broadcaster said on Monday, blaming it on a government crackdown on independent media.
Radio Tamazuj, a Dutch-backed radio station and website, announced on its Twitter account that it had been blocked in South Sudan.
Last call for 2017 Ministerial Youth Excellence Awards nominations
This is the last week to submit applications for the 2017 Ministerial Youth Excellence Awards to be hosted by the Western Cape Department of Social Development (DSD).
The applications deadline is the 21 July 2017.
The Ministerial Youth Excellence Awards will be held on
Madiba brought peace to KZN – Moerane Commission of Inquiry to resume sittings
“Difficulties break some men but make others. No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end.”
These
The Department of Home Affairs has advised citizens that their offices will remain closed this Saturday, 15 July 2017.Home Affairs Minister Hlengiwe Mkhize has apologised and appealed to members of the public to be patient while the department is worki…
For 12 years, Medecins Sans FrontiAres (MSF) has worked in Ethiopia’s Somali region, providing medical care during droughts, floods and other types of emergencies that made food scarce and left people hungry.
But MSF, also known as Doctors Without Borders, says it has never seen malnutrition levels spike so high in
