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Kenyatta Throws His Weight Behind Amina's Bid to Lead Global Trade Agency
President Uhuru Kenyatta Thursday endorsed the candidature of Amina Mohamed to head the World Trade Organisation, indicating she "understands" the global trade rule-making agency. In the first formal pitch since the Sports minister announced her candidature on Tuesday, President Kenyatta said she is the best bet to reform the organisation, which has been in existence for the past 25 years. "Kenya offers Amina Mohamed, a uniquely qualified person, to lead the WTO at this critical time.
Zimbabwe Fires Health Minister for Alleged Embezzlement
Dr Obadiah Moyo, Zimbabwe's Minister of Health and Childcare, has been fired following his involvement in a US$60-million deal for the procurement of Covid-19 medical supplies by Drax International, a company allegedly linked to the first family.
South Africa: Eastern Cape Motorcycle Project On Hold As Health Department Reviews Tender
As evidence emerges of a hastily organised launch, using the wrong vehicles, the Eastern Cape Legislature's Health Committee has asked that the controversial project to provide motorcycles to healthcare workers be halted until their concerns are addressed. The Eastern Cape Department of Health has put a hold on their order for 100 motorcycles with mobile sidecar clinics intended for use in the province's rural areas.
South Africa: Dexamethasone Is Not the COVID-19 'Silver Bullet' We Are Looking for
analysis By Tommy Wilkinson, Susan Cleary, Cynthia Tamandjou Tchuem, Sumaiyah Docrat, Emmanuelle Daviaud, Geetesh Solanki While the world waits for a Covid-19 vaccine, scientists are also urgently looking for medicines to help manage and mitigate the virus's severe health effects. What should we make of the latest sliver of hope?
South Africa: SA Taxi Industry - Lost in the Boardroom?
It's time for a quantum leap more inspiring than state subsidies and powerless black empowerment deals in the taxi industry. The key is where the rubber hits the road. A look through the minibus rearview mirror shows that the reverence of the South African taxi industry for large corporates ranks higher than what is conferred to government.
South Africa: COVID-19 - an Antibody-Based Serology Test Provides Little to No Real-Time Value
An antibody-based serology test is unlikely to provide any information that would guide the management of the majority of people hospitalised with Covid-19. It provides little to no value other than making a hole in the pocket of already financially distressed citizens.
South Africa: 'Institutional Racism' to Blame for Exclusion of Black Female Academics, Ministerial Report Finds
On Wednesday, the Department of Higher Education, Science and Innovation released a report on the recruitment, retention and advancement of black academics, which found that black females are still underrepresented in academia. This is while heated debate continues over institutional racism after an 'offensive' academic paper was published by UCT economics professor Nicoli Nattrass this year.
Congo-Kinshasa: Political Marriage of Convenience Bodes Ill for Prosperity in DRC
On Tuesday 30 June, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) celebrates the country's independence from Belgium in 1960. The DRC, which has changed its national flag three times since independence in search of a new start, remains a very unstable and poor country, despite its abundant mineral resources. In 2020, the DRC's independence celebration will be the second since Felix Antoine Tshilombo Tshisekedi ascended to the presidency.
South Africa: Steinhoff and Tongaat Hulett Fraudsters Firmly in Financial Sector Conduct Authority's Sights
As new management teams at Steinhoff and Tongaat slowly but steadily repair the damage done to these companies, the law may yet catch up with the perpetrators. Steinhoff International has announced the sale of Conforama France for a "nominal" sum, as well as the sale of 18 real estate properties currently occupied by the business for about €70-million.
South Africa: Funding of SAA Retrenchment Packages Still Up in the Air
Seven trade unions and SAA non-unionised workers (managers and ground staff) are not opposed to the retrenchment of 2,700 workers, who will collectively receive R2.2bn through voluntary severance packages. Trade unions representing a majority of SAA workers have endorsed a proposal by the business rescue practitioners to cut most of the airline's workforce, which will pave the way for a new and smaller state-owned airline to be launched. SAA has a total workforce of 4,708.
South Africa: The Eastern Cape Is in a COVID-19 Crisis - Time to Mobilise Our Unemployed Youth
There are thousands of unemployed graduates and young people with matric certificates in the Eastern Cape. Why not turn the challenge of youth unemployment into an opportunity in the fight against Covid-19? Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane has finally told us what we knew all along - the province's healthcare system "has been overwhelmed" by the surge in Covid-19 infections.
South Africa: Employment and Labour On COVID-19 Compensation Fund Claims
Women seem to be bearing the biggest brunt of contracting COVID-19 at work. This is according to the claims lodged with the Compensation Fund which indicate that more than 80 percent of the cases received so far involve women and this is consistent in all provinces.
South Africa: As Statues Fall Globally, the University of the Free State Chose a Different Path
The Anton van Wouw statue of Martinus Theunis 'MT' Steyn, president of the independent republic of the Orange Free State from 1896 to 1902, has dominated the main campus of the University of the Free State since it was unveiled on 28 September 1929. The UFS took a different approach to its removal.
South Africa: Load Shedding Possible On Thursday Evening, Warns Eskom
Power utility Eskom has warned that it may implement load shedding on Thursday evening. The utility urged the public to reduce electricity usage, saying the power generation system is severely constrained. Eskom has not instituted nationwide load shedding since the start of the lockdown in late March after power usage plunged as much of the economy was shut down. But it has been cutting power to localised areas in what it calls load reduction.
South Africa: Fears Over State of Nelson Mandela Bay's Water Lifeline As Its Biggest Supply Dam Falls to 7 Percent
Nelson Mandela Bay's combined dam capacity has fallen to below 20% and its biggest supply dam has dropped to 7% as the municipality considers tighter water restrictions. While the municipality has always insisted that a water canal bringing water from the Gariep Dam will be the city's lifeline if the dams run dry, fears are being now raised over the stability of this structure that failed catastrophically in 2017, but was given only a temporary fix.
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