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Jacob Zuma: The exception to the rule
According to ANC-president Jacob Zuma South Africa could beat the HIV/Aids epidemic within the next decade if there was a united effort. He also said the stigma around Aids should be "destroyed". These noble... 217 views | 15 recommendations | 3 comments
Cholera struck Zimbabwe asks neighbours for body bags
Zimbabwe is in desperate need of many things. Food, economic stability, and a full stop to the political madness, among other many things. And now it needs body bags. And lots of them. According to an...
created by Miriam Mannak | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
343 views | 59 recommendations | 9 comments
343 views | 59 recommendations | 9 comments
Tetanus kills 140 000 newborn babies every year
Every three minutes, somewhere in the world - but mainly in developing countries - a newborn baby dies of neonatal tetanus. That comes down to ± 140 000 infants a year. The use of unclean instruments to cut the...
created by Miriam Mannak | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
1030 views | 36 recommendations | 7 comments
1030 views | 36 recommendations | 7 comments
Political repression, rape, murder and torture rule the DRC
A new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) doesn't leave anything to the imagination when it comes to the state of political freedom in the Democratic republic of Congo (DRC).According to the document which was...
created by Miriam Mannak | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
420 views | 25 recommendations | 4 comments
420 views | 25 recommendations | 4 comments
South Africa's fight against HIV/Aids: Changing tides
With World Aids Day being around the corner, the South African government led by interim president Kgalema Mothlante, has called onto South Africans to actively participate in raising awareness about HIV/Aids. ...
created by Miriam Mannak | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
353 views | 31 recommendations | 5 comments
353 views | 31 recommendations | 5 comments
DRC: Poverty Pushes Thousands of Children Onto Streets
Despite being Africa's treasure chest in terms of natural resources, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) struggles with widespread poverty. With salaries sometimes not being paid for up to twenty-four months,...
created by Miriam Mannak | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
1177 views | 1 recommendation | 0 comments
1177 views | 1 recommendation | 0 comments
Cape Town - South Africa's Crystal Meth Capital
Not only is Cape Town the city of Table Mountain, Robben Island, and some of the world's finest beaches - she is also South Africa's capital of Crystal Meth, an extremely dangerous and highly addictive chemical...
created by Miriam Mannak | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
3453 views | 25 recommendations | 9 comments
3453 views | 25 recommendations | 9 comments
Somalian pirates made $150 million over past year
There is a lot of money to be made in piracy, specifically when it comes to the hijacking of containers ships, oil ships and other vessels. According to an article published by Associated Press and its South...
created by Miriam Mannak | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
255 views | 29 recommendations | 8 comments
255 views | 29 recommendations | 8 comments
One in Five South Africans wants to leave
Twenty percent of the South African population wants to, considers or is seriously planning to leave their country. What is interesting is that half of them a black. Yes, that is interesting, as it is often assumed that only whites want to pack their bags. This assumption is...
created by Miriam Mannak | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
224 views | 5 recommendations | 3 comments
224 views | 5 recommendations | 3 comments
Automobile crisis US trickles down to South Africa
The crisis faced by the American motoring industry has trickled outside the borders of the United States, and all the way to South Africa. According to South Africa's national metal workers union NUMSA, thousands...
created by Miriam Mannak | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
977 views | 69 recommendations | 9 comments
977 views | 69 recommendations | 9 comments
D-Day for South Africa's 'dissidents'
It is D-day for the COPE, South Africa’s youngest political party. Earlier this week, the African National Congress (ANC) - the country's ruling party - demanded from the what it calls 'dissidents' to stop using the name Congress of the People. The deadline is today....
created by Miriam Mannak | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
102 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
102 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Economic crisis hits African countries
African countries, specifically those who strongly rely on the export of their natural resources, are feeling the crunch of the global economic crisis.Together with stock exchanges around the world, commodity...
created by Miriam Mannak | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
929 views | 35 recommendations | 7 comments
929 views | 35 recommendations | 7 comments
ANC bullies new kid on the political block
South Africa's main party, the ANC, seems to be on a mission to prevent the newest player on the country's political block from having a fair shot in next year's national and provincial elections. Earlier this week, the former freedom movement demanded from the Congress... 198 views | 36 recommendations | 6 comments
