TODAY’S MASS EXPLAINER |Jesus calls on Christians to put love of God and neighbour at the centre of their lives Pope Leo with head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Major Archbishop Shevchuk (ANSA). PHOTO/VATICAN. BY PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] Catholic Christians gathering for Sunday Mass are being reminded of the importance of loving God and their…
Banking, payments, pensions, insurance, and digital lending are coming together at Access to meet more of Africans’ and African businesses’ financial needs, creating an integrated platform designed to support people through every stage of their economic lives. Kayode Tokede writes The story of Access Bank is a story of deliberate reinvention. What began as a…
As South Africa marks Entrepreneurship Week, it is time to rethink how we support entrepreneurs. Beyond celebrating their resilience, we need platforms that connect their potential to real opportunities. Across South Africa, entrepreneurs are developing solutions, creating jobs and building businesses with the potential to change communities. Yet for many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs),…
More than a century after the BCG vaccine was licensed, new tuberculosis vaccines could arrive in 2029. Gavi says the groundwork has to start now. TB remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases, causing around 1.2 million deaths every year – equivalent to roughly one death every 26 seconds. Africa still records the highest rates of…
Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has assured Ghanaians that the government remains ready to evacuate nationals from South Africa if their lives are threatened by further attacks. He said the completion of the recent evacuation exercise did not mean Ghana had closed the door on bringing home citizens who may need assistance. Mr Ablakwa…
I was aware that this was going to be a very busy weekend for me, so I tried as much as possible to finish my article for the week quite early. I had been working on a piece I was actually very eager to have published, so I was pleased to have gotten it out…
Next-generation TB vaccines, expected to become available from 2029, could deliver major health and economic gains, helping to save an estimated 7.3 million lives, generate up to US$ 135 billion in economic benefits for low-and middle-income countries by 2050, and support efforts to combat antimicrobial resistance. Action must be taken now to ensure that countries…
Gavi said an estimated 10.7 million people developed TB and 1.2 million died from the disease globally in 2024. New tuberculosis (TB) vaccines expected to become available from 2029 could save up to 7.3 million lives globally between 2030 and 2050, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, has said. This was contained in a statement issued by…
Political violence refers to the use of force by groups pursuing political goals. It can include attacks on civilians, armed clashes, riots and explosions, all of which cause obvious and immediate harm. But the effects of political violence can continue long after the violence itself has ended. The immediate effects of war, such as poverty,…
The author, the CSIR’s Dithoto Modungwa Somewhere in South Africa today, a family will get a phone call no one wants to receive. Around 12 000 people die on our roads every year – on the N3, on rural district roads, in taxis, on the way to school. We have grown so used to these numbers…
