A Malian mother waits to have her baby vaccinated. Though access to health care has improved, many people say their governments must do more. Dominic Chavez/World BankPeople across Africa rank health as the second most important national problem they believe that governments should address. Only unemployment outranks it as an issue among ordinary citizens, and only education … [Read more...] about More Africans are accessing health care — but states still have work to do | The Conversation
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Still plenty of opportunities available in Gauteng residential property market
Research reveals a complex picture of highs and lows in property sector While much has been said regarding the slowing in house price growth in recent months, the residential property market in Gauteng is a highly complex one, with sharp regional and suburban variations, and there are a number highly positive developments within the region’s property sector. So says Rupert … [Read more...] about Still plenty of opportunities available in Gauteng residential property market
Gauteng ANC still concerned over e-toll costs
The party in the province however says it’s not calling for the tolling system to be scrapped. ...... Read more on: WN.com - Southafrica News The city has implored parents not to give up hope after a child was found abandoned at a CT hospital. ...... Read more on: WN.com - Southafrica News Thousands of children have been left without classrooms after over 20 … [Read more...] about Gauteng ANC still concerned over e-toll costs
Media freedom has come a long way in Africa, but it’s still precarious | The Conversation
Workers arrange copies of the ‘Business Daily’, produced by Kenya's Nation Media Group, the biggest newspaper publisher in East Africa. Reuters/Thomas MukoyaReporters Without Borders’ latest World Press Freedom Index shows two interesting things. Namibia, ranked number 17, has the most improved press freedom environment in the world. And Africa, with the exception of North … [Read more...] about Media freedom has come a long way in Africa, but it’s still precarious | The Conversation
South Africans still committed to national unity despite growing dissatisfaction | The Conversation
Reuters/Juda NgwenyaThe governing African National Congress manifesto for South Africa’s first democratic election that ended apartheid in 1994 pledged to deliver a democratic society based on equality, nonracialism and nonsexism [and] an economy which grows through providing jobs, housing and education. But as this year’s Freedom Day celebrations approach, the latest survey … [Read more...] about South Africans still committed to national unity despite growing dissatisfaction | The Conversation