ICT BEE fight deepens as MK, EFF target Malatsi

ICT BEE fight deepens as MK, EFF target Malatsi

MK chief whip Colleen Makhubele The EFF and Jacob Zuma’s MK Party have both launched blistering attacks on communications minister Solly Malatsi’s policy directive on black economic empowerment and regulatory alignment in the ICT sector. MK, for its part, accused the minister — a senior member of the DA — of “illegal”, “clandestine” and “arrogant”…

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Africa: International Funding for 30×30 Biodiversity Target Falls Billions Short of Global Goals

Africa: International Funding for 30×30 Biodiversity Target Falls Billions Short of Global Goals

Nairobi — A new study and interactive dashboard released today in Nairobi at the seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) finds that current international financial flows remain billions of dollars short of what is required to achieve the global biodiversity target of protecting and conserving at least 30 percent of the world’s…

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Sim crime goes industrial as fraudsters target South Africa’s digital economy

Sim crime goes industrial as fraudsters target South Africa’s digital economy

A Sim card is, effectively, a portable identity token. Once compromised, it gives attackers a backdoor into bank accounts, digital wallets, investment apps and high-risk transactional environments. Sim-swap fraud, identity impersonation and large-scale Sim-farm operations are no longer fringe problems; they are industrialised criminal enterprises. The Communications Risk Information Centre 2025 Telecommunications Sector Report found…

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Africa: With Child Deaths Projected to Rise for the First Time This Century, Gates Foundation Urges Global Leaders to Target Scarce Resources Where They Save the Most Lives

Africa: With Child Deaths Projected to Rise for the First Time This Century, Gates Foundation Urges Global Leaders to Target Scarce Resources Where They Save the Most Lives

New Goalkeepers Report models impact of global health funding cuts, offers roadmap of best buys and most effective investments to slow this reversal  SEATTLE (December 3, 2025)  – The number of children dying before their 5th birthday is projected to rise for the first time this century, reversing decades of global progress, according to new data published…

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Africa: With Child Deaths Projected to Rise for the First Time This Century, Gates Foundation Urges Global Leaders to Target Scarce Resources Where They Save the Most Lives

Africa: Journalists Must Not Be a Target

Since the beginning of 2025, at least six journalists and media workers have been killed in relation to their work in Sudan, according to IFJ data. The RSF paramilitary group has been involved in all these killings, whether through indiscriminate shelling or targeted attacks. In total, at least 13 journalists and media workers have lost…

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Africa: With Child Deaths Projected to Rise for the First Time This Century, Gates Foundation Urges Global Leaders to Target Scarce Resources Where They Save the Most Lives

Africa: Taking Down Malaria’s Bodyguards – Scientists Target Parasite’s Secret Defence System

Malaria remains one of the world’s most devastating infectious diseases, claiming more than half a million lives each year. In Africa, the illness is mostly caused by a parasite carried by mosquitoes – Plasmodium falciparum. When the parasite invades the human body, it faces a hostile environment: soaring fevers, attacks from the body’s immune system,…

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Africa: Securing a Healthier Future – Global Leaders Target Malaria and Maternal & Child Health at UNGA80

Africa: Securing a Healthier Future – Global Leaders Target Malaria and Maternal & Child Health at UNGA80

New York, 24 September 2025 – On the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), heads of State and world leaders convened for a landmark event, titled “Uniting For Global Health Security,” jointly hosted by the Global Leaders Network (GLN) for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (WCAH) and the African Leaders Malaria Alliance…

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