Abuja — Three-day forum brings editors and journalists from five African countries together around evidence, reporting practice and safer-road policy. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) will today open a three-day African media forum on road safety in Abuja, bringing together editors, journalists, content creators and road…
The region accounts for about one-fifth of global road fatalities despite having only three per cent of the world’s registered vehicles The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) have begun developing Africa’s first road safety media guidelines, aimed at improving how newsrooms across the continent report road crashes…
Shawn van der Meulen, Clare-Alice Vertue and Mavin Jonkers at Webber Wentzel. (Image: AI-enhanced) On 14 August 2026, the Competition Commission (Commission) gazetted draft amendments to its Guidelines on Small Merger Notification (Small Merger Guidelines) and invited interested parties and stakeholders to submit written comments within 30 days of publication. The only proposed change to…
Nairobi — Health advocates are calling on African governments to leverage new World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines on the use of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) therapies to prevent and treat obesity, warning that failure to act could deepen the continent’s growing non-communicable disease burden. In a statement, senior researcher and Stowelink Foundation founder Stephen Ogweno said…
The new University of Johannesburg institute aims to create fair and transparent rules for how AI must be used in law. The University of Johannesburg (UJ) will today launch the Artificial Intelligence and the Law Institute, focused on developing legal, regulatory and ethical guidelines for AI and new technologies. The institute, based at the Auckland…
Remote work, once a temporary measure during Covid-19, has become a permanent feature of the South African workplace. With advancing technology and shifting employee expectations, many companies continue to allow employees to work from home. While this model offers flexibility and cost savings, it also brings challenges for employers who must ensure productivity, compliance and…
Three Southern African countries now have Event-Based Surveillance (EBS) Guidelines–a critical tool for detecting and responding to emerging health risks. Event-based surveillance systems collect and analyse information from diverse sources, including communities, the media, and healthcare workers, to detect unusual health events in real time. They complement traditional indicator-based surveillance and are designed to support…
Monrovia — The World Health Organization (WHO) released new guidelines for the treatment and management of arboviral diseases, which are illnesses caused by viruses transmitted to humans through Aedes mosquitoes, . Arboviruses can cause a range of similar symptoms, from mild flu-like symptoms to severe, potentially life-threatening conditions like encephalitis or hemorrhagic fever. The new…
This matters not just for academics, but for anyone relying on trustworthy information, from journalists and policymakers to educators and the public. Ensuring transparency in how AI is used protects the credibility of all published knowledge. In education and research, AI can generate text, improve writing style, and even analyse data. It saves time and…
Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to “intelligent machines and algorithms that can reason and adapt based on sets of rules and environments which mimic human intelligence”. This field is evolving rapidly and the education sector, for one, is abuzz with discussion on AI use for writing. This matters not just for academics, but for anyone relying…
