Geneva — Cholera deaths increased globally by 30 percent in 2025, despite fewer cases being reported to the World Health Organization, with five countries in Africa accounting for around 90 percent of all cases, the WHO said on Tuesday. In 2025, 47 countries reported 451,499 cholera cases and 7,870 deaths to the Geneva-based WHO, the health…
Capitec’s fintech business – value-added services including prepaid airtime, data, electricity and money transfers, plus its Capitec Connect mobile service – contributed R2.7-billion to group headline earnings in the six months to 31 August, according to the group’s own breakdown. That is about three-quarters of the R3.5-billion in headline earnings from its Personal Banking business…
Cholera deaths increased by 30% in 2025, despite fewer cases being reported to the World Health Organization (WHO). In 2025, 47 countries reported 451 499 cholera cases and 7870 deaths to WHO. This is the highest number of annual cholera deaths reported to WHO since 1999. These figures reflect surveillance data reported to WHO and…
SHENZHEN, CHINA – AUGUST 30: A man stands on the waterfront overlooking MSC and Ocean Network Express (ONE) container ships berthed beneath gantry cranes at Yantian Port on August 30, 2026, in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images China’s factory activity returned to growth in September as a…
The Horn of Africa is approaching the final months of 2026 with an increasingly important climate signal that is a strengthening El Niño that could bring substantially wetter conditions to parts of the region while increasing the risks of flooding, landslides, crop damage, disease outbreaks and infrastructure disruption. El Niño is a recurring climate phenomenon…
NTT DATA, a global leader in AI, digital business and technology services, today announced “Intact, intelligent action.” This global initiative is designed to help people and organizations translate sustainability commitments into meaningful action. The effort combines awareness, technology and stewardship in support of some of the world’s most treasured yet fragile places. Antarctica will be…
A Florida woman was arrested and accused of leaving her four minor children, including an infant, alone while she went on a weekend cruise, according to police. The suspect, 29-year-old Nathalie Belizaire, of North Miami Beach, is accused of four counts of child neglect without great bodily harm. Belizaire’s attorney denied the allegations. According to…
The entrance to Comic Con Africa 2026 When Comic Con Africa launched in 2018, organisers faced an immediate surge in local demand for a large-scale pop culture and gaming convention. Eight years on, Carol Weaving, MD of organiser RX Africa, says the South African event is the fourth-largest Comic Con in the world, behind only…
If the steelworks remain shut, hundreds of thousands of people may lose their jobs, and the resulting waves of migration will reach far beyond Ukraine, Zinchenko warned. “A humanitarian catastrophe is looming.” The end of steelmaking in Ukraine would also have severe consequences for its defence capabilities and reconstruction. Steel is vital for producing military…
Garrett Boss joins Laserfiche as chief information officer. Laserfiche — the leading SaaS provider of intelligent content management and business process automation — today announced the appointment of Garrett Boss as chief information officer. Boss will oversee Laserfiche’s global IT services team and business transformation office, including deployment of internal Laserfiche solutions and all other…
