New York - The United Nations World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that Africa faces a “dramatic” shortage of physicians by the year 2015. According to a new study, it is projected that there will be nearly 13 million doctors by then, a figure that will meet demand and will exceed the target of achieving the benchmark of having 80 percent of all live births covered by a skilled attendant. However, given the imbalances in physician distribution, Africa will face ...
By Kwaku Osei Bonsu Sharm-El-Sheikh - A landmark plan of action, targeting an estimated $72 billion a year in external funding to help Africa win the battle against poverty, has been launched at the gathering of the continent's political leaders in this Egyptian Red Sea resort. President Thabo Mbeki was among the Heads of State and Government of the 53-nation African Union (AU), who attended the two-day summit on Monday held under the theme "Millennium Development ...
BULAWAYO, 1 July 2008 (IRIN) - Martin Gurajena*, like many other opposition activists forced to flee Zimbabwe's ongoing political violence, has a difficult choice to make: when will it be safe to go home? Gurajena, 48, his wife and four children, are among 20 families being sheltered by a church in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second city. The militia of Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party - young men with a reputation for brutality - had driven them out of Mberengwa, in the central Midlands ...
By Kagiso Metswamere Mafikeng – The North West Department of Local Government and Housing has awarded tenders worth R234 million, to five women in the construction industry, to build 6 000 low-cost houses. One of the recipients, Thandi Poncana, 29, is the owner of a company called KeeWave Developers based in Klerksdorp at the Matlosana Local Municipality. She told BuaNews that working in the male dominated industry is a challenge for every woman but ...
By Edwin Tshivhidzo, Tel: (012) 314-2454 Johannesburg - Members of the public can now anonymously report any images of sexual abuse discovered on the internet through a newly launched website. The website, www.fpbprochild.org.za, which is available 24 hours, seven days a week was launched in Johannesburg on Tuesday by Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Malusi Gigaba. Mr Gigaba said the website service will afford members of the public ...
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