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South African Labs Strive for Africa's Biopharma Sovereignty
Home > Topics > Drug Discovery > South African Labs Strive for Africa’s Biopharma Sovereignty Credit: Nick Enslin / Immobazyme Africa still imports 99% of its routine vaccines and 70–90% of its biopharmaceuticals. The Africa CDC warns this vulnerability could cost the continent up to $1.1 trillion in skills and jobs through 2050.
Accidents and skills shortages at Koeberg raise doubts over South Africa’s nuclear expansion ambitions
Accidents and skills shortages at Koeberg raise doubts over South Africa’s nuclear expansion ambitions ‘There’s a whole culture of secrecy around nuclear power in this country,’ Peter Becker tells Chemistry World. Becker, a spokesperson for the Koeberg Alert Alliance watchdog, is a former member of the NNR.
Accidents and skills shortages at Koeberg raise doubts over South Africa’s nuclear expansion ambitions
Koeberg, South Africa’s sole nuclear power plant, is a symbol of the country’s past nuclear prowess. Now, the country is looking to a new future powered by nuclear. However, a series of accidents at Koeberg this year has reignited worries over whether the operator and regulatory agency are fit for purpose as the country seeks to expand its fleet of nuclear reactors. Source: © AFP/Getty Images Koeberg is South Africa’s only nuclear power station.
In Zambia, a new cadre of solar technicians keep rural vaccine fridges running
At a glance Zambia is training up a decentralised network of technicians to maintain and repair solar-powered fridges, so that health centres have someone local to call when the all-important vaccine fridge goes on the blink. Health workers and parents alike describe the new initiative as a relief. In the past, remote health centres could wait weeks or months for an expert to be dispatched from the capital – a wait that could cost local children vital protection.
‘The patients scattered’: how gun crime cuts off healthcare for South Africa’s poorest
Khayelitsha hospital in Cape Town. Medical staff have been the target of several robberies and extortion attempts in recent years. Photograph: Courtesy of hospital's emergency medicine team The three gunmen showed up just 10 minutes after the security guards had arrived for the early morning shift.
‘The patients scattered’: how gun crime cuts off healthcare for South Africa’s poorest
The three gunmen showed up just 10 minutes after the security guards had arrived for the early morning shift. Tshiamo Nere* admits he was "frozen" with shock and could only stare as the men aimed their weapons at him and two colleagues at Khayelitsha's Town Two clinic in Cape Town, as screaming nurses and patients fled. They had a message, the men told the unarmed guards. "They demanded a protection fee from the security company that employs us to guard the clinic," Nere says.
Congo prepared for Ebola. Now a rare strain is exposing gaps in readiness
The Democratic Republic of Congo has spent years building a world-class infrastructure to fight Ebola. It has hoarded stockpiles of the Ervebo vaccine and therapeutic treatments, ready to nip outbreaks of the relatively common Zaire strain of the deadly virus. But what happens when the enemy changes its armor?
A swarm of earthquakes in South Africa’s Karoo Basin poses questions for oil and gas development
Roughly the size of Texas, the Karoo Basin of central western South Africa is brutally dry, sparsely populated, and known in part for its potentially “massive” hydrocarbon deposits. South Africa, which consumes more energy than any other country in sub-Saharan Africa, has shown a growing interest in commercial fracking for shale gas and oil across the Karoo hinterland, with the country moving in late 2025 to lift a 13-year ban on shale gas exploration in the area.
A Swarm of Earthquakes in South Africa’s Karoo Basin Poses Questions for Oil and Gas Development
Roughly the size of Texas, the Karoo Basin of central western South Africa is brutally dry, sparsely populated, and known in part for its potentially “massive” hydrocarbon deposits. South Africa, which consumes more energy than any other country in sub-Saharan Africa, has shown a growing interest in commercial fracking for shale gas and oil across the Karoo hinterland, with the country moving in late 2025 to lift a 13-year ban on shale gas exploration in the area.
As breastfeeding deficiency troubles South Africa's kids, Big Formula milk corps cash in
Lethu Nxami’s one-year-old infant weighs 6 kg against paediatricians expectations’ of an average of 10.5 kg at his age. ‘He’s so tiny; I’m afraid he'll ever grow,’ she says. She knows a dozen new mums facing her situation in informal settlement (one of the largest informal settlements in Nelson Mandela Bay), in the Eastern Cape. Eastern Cape is South Africa’s poorest province – a place where 78 per cent of kids are said to be living in poverty.
The women-only Facebook group changing attitudes to cancer screening and vaccination in Zambia
At a glance Zambia has the third-highest cervical cancer burden in the world, with low rates of screening contributing to a tragically high mortality rate. Karen Nakawala, a survivor, founded a Facebook group in hopes of changing that. Within just a month of its establishment, the ‘Teal Sisters’ group had 120,000 members – big numbers in a country where fewer than one third of people are online.
The women-only Facebook group boosting cancer prevention in Zambia
At a glance Zambia has the third-highest cervical cancer burden in the world, with low rates of screening contributing to a tragically high mortality rate. Karen Nakawala, a survivor, founded a Facebook group in hopes of changing that. Within just a month of its establishment, the ‘Teal Sisters’ group had 120,000 members – big numbers in a country where fewer than one third of people are online.
Furore over Chitungwiza mayor’s car
Rosaria Mangoma A storm has erupted in Chitungwiza following the acquisition of a top-of-the-range vehicle for mayor Rosaria Mangoma, with residents and civic groups questioning the timing, cost and priorities of the cash-strapped municipality. The controversy comes at a time when Chitungwiza Municipality is struggling to pay its workers and failing to provide basic services such as refuse collection, road maintenance, and reliable water supply.
Tungwarara, Tagwirei feud splits Zanu PF
Kudakwashe Tagwirei President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been forced to intervene in the escalating feud between Zanu PF benefactors Paul Tungwarara and Kudakwashe Tagwirei, whose war of words has split the ruling party. Three weeks ago, Tungwarara launched a surprise attack on unnamed cash-rich individuals while presiding over a presidential empowerment programme in Manicaland province’s Marange area.
Businessman Marconati hides in mine shaft to evade arrest
Marconati (66), who is awaiting trial on charges of illegal gun possession, eventually sneaked out of the mine shaft through a weighbridge. Controversial businessman Franscesco Marconani spent two days hiding inside a mine shaft in Matabeleland North’s Inyathi area to evade arrest.
A debt from the 2001 fuel crisis haunts Zimbabwe as Libya sues for $100M
The Libyan bank alleges that the state-owned fuel distribution company, the National Oil Infrastructure Company of Zimbabwe, agreed in 2001 to a credit facility of $90 million with LFB and drew down almost half of that sum over the next two years to pay for fuel imports from Oilinvest BV of the Netherlands. Libya’s central bank is suing Zimbabwe’s finance minister and national oil company for more than $100 million.
“It’s magical”: Zimbabwe’s ‘vaccines comedian’ boosts health through stern jokes
At a glance The Zimbabwean comedian known as Sabkhuku Vharazipi has amassed a colossal fanbase with wry sketches that skewer anti-vaccine myths and deliver life-saving health info. Fans attest that Vharazipi has not only made them laugh, but changed their minds. Vharazipi, real name David Mubaiwa, has cracked the approachability code.
Deaths of municipal technicians in Zimbabwe from noxious gases linked to lack of chemistry expertise
Source: © Zinyang Auntony/Bloomberg via Getty Images A lack of technical expertise at Zimbabwe’s wastewater treatment plants has been linked to a number of deaths Toxic gases that have built up at neglected water purification plants and in sewers have killed at least nine municipal techniciansacross Zimbabwe as misgovernance and migration of chemistry expertise takes its toll. Experts have blamed what they call a dysfunctional state.
Global Anglicans push back as a woman prepares to lead
A dissident group is causing a stir in the global Anglican church by rejecting the ascent of Sarah Mullally, the incoming female, liberal Archbishop of Canterbury, and claiming that they have split from the Anglican Communion. But clergy and observers say the controversy isn’t new.
3 Climate-Tech Innovators Powering Africa's Agriculture
“Both the farmer and food consumer could face hunger disaster,” , an organic food regeneration entrepreneur, says of the FAO’s assessment that agricultural yields across Africa could decline 50% by 2100 if temperatures increase between 1.5-4ºc in this century. Africa’s agricultural processes have hardly evolved significantly to address the climate emergency.
Los DJ de la vacuna de la polio que luchan contra la desinformación en Mozambique
“Los locutores de los programas de radio son para nosotros los héroes de la vacunación, porque son la voz de nuestra comunidad y transmiten mensajes sobre la poliomielitis en un lenguaje que es el nuestro”, afirma Bonero Shando, una mujer de 55 años que vive con sus tres hijos en Matola, un distrito pobre e inmenso a las afueras de Maputo, la capital de Mozambique.
Can Carbon Credits Save Africa's Trees from Charcoal?
In Zambia, the burning of natural woodlands is at a crisis point. Every year, an area about the size of is razed down to burn charcoal, according to an estimation by the London School of Economics. Most of Zambia's population lives in rural areas where joblessness is a part of life. As a result, the poor burn down forests daily, often randomly, until the black soot is collected as charcoal for resale as a heating and cooking fuel in the cities.
The DRC's Copper Potential
Namib Minerals is excited about its stock, with 19.8 million shares traded on its IPO debut on 1 August. However, its chief executive tells the Energy Pioneer that, whilst gold is Namib’s primary focus, its recent foray into the DRC’s copper is borne out of the belief that "the DRC is still hugely under-explored." The energy transition demand for copper is massive, Ibrahima Tall explains.
Garwe’s hand in Harare land scandal exposed
Daniel Garwe Local Government minister Daniel Garwe has been drawn into a land dispute that resulted in the arrest of Harare mayor Jacob Mafume, his deputy Rosemary Muronda, and former Harare South MP Shadreck Mashayamombe. The three were arrested after Marvis Java approached the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) claiming that she had been sold a non-existent commercial stand in Newlands.
EV-Wheelers fill Gaps in Uber-less Rural Tanzania
Shoza and a dozen women in her drivers' club work from Kagera Centre in Kagera, which is one of rural administrative regions. They drive around, operating Chinese-made but locally improvised EV three-wheelers that transport everything from packets of noodles to pregnant mothers and medicines across rural Tanzania.
GEAPP backs South Africa’s power transition with support for local municipalities
The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) is working to strengthen South Africa’s financially strained municipalities so they can manage a 100GW pipeline of renewable energy projects and deliver clean power to 18.5 million households and businesses. Get full access to The Africa Report
In the Continent with More Christians Than Any Other, China's Influence Grows
Zimbabwe women and rural workers snap up low-priced three-wheeler EVs. Jekesai Njikizana / Contributor / Getty Christianity and Islam are leading competitors for spiritual influence in Africa, and the US and China are leading competitors for diplomatic influence. The US's President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program has been a humanitarian success in Africa, saving many lives, but it has also won friends for America.
A B.C. Community Bonds Over Disaster-Resistant Housing
Kamloops, B.C., a city of 107,000, has mild winters, and chronic flood risks, and sits at the convergence of the North Thompson and South Thompson Rivers. Like many communities in wildfire-prone B.C., Kamloops needs affordable housing that will also withstand climate shocks.
How deadly pesticides ended up in the food of South Africa’s poorest citizens
Terbufos and aldicarb, highly toxic pesticides used in South African agriculture, have found their way into the country’s poor townships as rat poisons. This in turn has led to the accidental contamination of stored food and poisoning deaths. Source: © Emmanuel Croset/AFP/Getty Images ‘I almost fainted when they rushed her to the ICU,’ recalls Edith Lokwane, a mother in Soweto, the biggest township lying west of Johannesburg.
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The Trump administration promises to double down on what it says will be the fiercest deportation program in U.S. history. Judging by…
Canada Is Poised to Become a Partner in the US Assault on Immigrants
The Trump administration promises to double down on what it says will be the fiercest deportation program in U.S. history. Judging by history and rhetoric, the administration has no qualms about stripping kids from their parents and spouses from their partners. Many asylum seekers in the U.S., their advocates and liberal mainstream media have mused that some cornered refugees may flee up north to “tolerant” Canada, and find reprieve there.
Aging Japanese EVs Are Giving Zimbabwe Fits
In the past year, Zimbabwean garage manager Amos Gwada has told over fifty desperate clients that the only way to deal with their old Japanese electric vehicles was to sell them for scrap. “We have no knowledgeable EV mechanic around. I suggest we dismantle your car and only recover usable parts,” he told a client who comes in with a faulty Nissan Note hybrid sedan at his mechanical yard that hosts hundreds of technicians and associate car workers.
False hope: In Sub-Saharan Africa, wars damage Long COVID research and surveillance
Key points you should know: The first ever community-funded Long COVID surveillance in Mozambique and Congo started in 2023 thanks to trailblazing researchers. Outbreaks or intensifications of civil wars have scattered both study participants and clinicians, thus curtailing progress. Long COVID is not merely a clinical challenge for doctors, pharmaceutical companies, and medical scientists to resolve.
How challenging road tolls led to resisting state capture in South Africa
Illustration by Eusebio Linares Edited by Tina Lee Journalism that matters straight to your inbox. Strategic litigation (or impact litigation) refers to legal actions used to bring about broader social change. A lawsuit targets a policy or practice, forcing courts to rule on whether it is lawful, and so setting precedent for all those affected by the policy/practice. Civil disobedience is when protestors refuse to obey a law, or the order of a powerful institution.
Telemedicine - an experiment begun amid COVID-19 in South Africa - stays on as HIV help
Amid the pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic, South Africa’s Ministry of Health moved to approve the use of telemedicine as a necessity. Since then, it has stayed on as a tech tool managing another, older pandemic: HIV. The HIV Clinicians Expert Telemedicine Platform is South Africa’s biggest telemedicine service provider, and deploys videolink tech to reach all corners of the country, wherever people living with HIV are located.
El litio que sale de Zimbabue alimenta las baterías de los coches eléctricos chinos e indigna a la población local
Luke Dhambuza, de 54 años, escupe el polvo que levanta a su paso un camión que transporta toneladas de concentrado de litio y que acaba de salir de la mina de Sabi Star, en el distrito de Buhera, en el centro de Zimbabue. El vehículo va camino del puerto de Beira, en Mozambique, a 500 kilómetros, con rumbo a China.
How South Africa’s richest province is losing its STI battle
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How South Africa’s richest province is losing its STI battle
Abi Dlodlo has been a sex worker in one of Johannesburg’s toughest inner city districts for 15 years. In recent years, she says she has noticed a new attitude among her young clients. Despite South Africa’s decades long struggle with HIV which saw around 50,000 people die from AIDS-related deaths last year, these customers do not want to wear condoms.
A local ride-hailing service can’t beat Uber and Bolt, so its drivers are beating up their rivals
In July, Progress, a used-clothes trader, disembarked from his bus at Pretoria’s main station. The night was dark, and he knew that violent assault was a serious risk in the South African capital. Walking to his destination in a university suburb about 10 kilometers (1 mile = 1.6 kilometers) away wasn’t an option. It would be safer, he thought, to call a ride-hailing service. He opened the Bolt app and entered his location. His phone pinged. A driver had accepted the ride request.
South Africa's Brain Drain Takes Wealthy Tithers from Churches Original
In the last two decades, over 400,000 South Africans have left their country to set up a new life abroad in the US, Europe, Canada, Australia, and the United Arab Emirates. They are mostly highly educated and highly skilled young families looking to escape crime and economic decay at home. This exodus has prompted authorities to warn that South Africa's tax base is at risk, with over 6,000 affluent earners emigrating yearly.
Sudáfrica trata de erradicar la circulación de coches usados contaminantes que los países ricos envían al continente
Mientras los países occidentales presionan a Sudáfrica para que cierre sus viejas centrales de carbón y descarbonice su energía, al mismo tiempo exportan cada año cientos de miles de coches usados altamente contaminantes al Sur Global, una parte de los cuales acaba en el país africano. Aunque las leyes nacionales prohíben la importación de vehículos de segunda mano, miles de ellos entran de contrabando a través de Estados vecinos más permisivos, en lo que se conoce como “importaciones grises”.
In South Africa, Long Covid is an afterthought to Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) and Long Covid are two diseases that have some overlapping symptoms. The two are often mistaken for each other in South Africa. Long Covid is poorly understood and acknowledged in South Africa, and mostly dismissed, say people living with the disease. And it’s worse if you’re Black and poor. The reasons are largely cultural, political, and partly medical. However, there is potential for this country to be a leader in understanding Long Covid and finding treatments.
Housing Boom Is Wiping Out Zimbabwe’s Tiny Architects
In Zimbabwe and many parts of southern Africa, communities use soil from anthills and termite mounds to make bricks to build homes. To make these bricks, they clear out vegetation around the mounds, break them up, and use the soil to mold bricks that are then baked in place in makeshift kilns fired by wood from nearby trees. This old practice, which has ramped up in recent decades due to urban development, has been taking a big toll on local environments.
South Africa: 'A Mockery of Equity' - Experts Warn of Electric Vehicles Infrastructure Apartheid in South Africa
Without decisive policies, the uneven benefits of electric vehicles may make the world's most unequal country even more unequal. Although the adoption of electrical vehicles (EVs) is progressing slowly in South Africa, some observers are concerned that the rollout of charging stations is mimicking colonial divisions. A map of the country's approximately 350 publicly accessible EV charging points reveals a pattern.
"A mockery of equity": Experts warn of EV infrastructure apartheid in SA | African Arguments
“A mockery of equity”: Experts warn of EV infrastructure apartheid in SA | African Arguments By continuing to browse this site, you agree to our use of cookies. Source of original article: African Arguments (africanarguments.org). The content of this article does not necessarily reflect the views or opinion of Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com).
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Although the adoption of electrical vehicles (EVs) is progressing slowly in South Africa, some observers are concerned that the rollout of charging stations is mimicking colonial divisions. A map of the country’s approximately 350 publicly accessible EV charging points reveals a pattern. In Johannesburg, stations are mostly concentrated in wealthy suburbs like Sandton, which has been dubbed “the richest square mile in Africa”.
Are You Uber Eats? The mental toll of fine dining as a Black person in Ottawa
Being a Black African man in Ottawa takes an emotional toll. According to the World Population Review, 72 percent of Ottawa’s population is white, making it one of the least diverse major cities in Canada. I have previously written about what it’s like to shop here: I’ve lost count of the number of times that I’ve been patrolled by watchful eyes as I perused clothing racks, or observed workers stop running merchandise so that they could keep an eye on me.
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