Study: Premature babies face growing risk of blindness
South Africa has made significant progress in improving the survival rates of newborns, with its neonatal mortality now in line with the Sustainable Development Goal...
Category : Health And Welfare
City Creates 3 000 Jobs for Festive Cleansing
The City of Cape Town’s Urban Waste Management Directorate has launched its annual Festive Season Cleansing Programme, stepping up operations to keep the city clean,...
250 Organisations Call on EU to Resist Deregulation
13 November marked a turning point in Europe. The European Parliament, through an unprecedented strategic alliance between the right and the far right, adopted regressive...
R1.3bn Upgrade Coming to Macassar Plant
Residents and stakeholders are invited to attend an Open Day at the Macassar New Civic Centre on Thursday, 27 November 2025, where the City of...
New Sanitation Boosts Dignity in Khayelitsha
The City of Cape Town marked World Toilet Day on Wednesday, 19 November, with a visit to the innovative new sanitation system being installed at...
Confronting the Sanitation Gap on World Toilet Day
World Toilet Day, marked on 19 November each year, is more than an awareness moment — it is a global call to protect health, dignity...
Diabetes Across Life Stages: A Call to Act
This year’s World Diabetes Day theme — Diabetes Across Life Stages — reframes the conversation around one of the world’s most persistent health challenges. It’s...
South Africa Under Pressure, Finding Care
South Africa is a country that knows how to endure — but endurance shouldn’t mean silent suffering. As the nation marks National Stress Awareness Day,...
Mexico Moves to Protect Atlantic Sharks
The Shark League has welcomed Mexico’s long-awaited move to adopt national regulations protecting several threatened Atlantic shark species, fulfilling commitments made between 2009 and 2021...
World Food Day: Rethinking South Africa’s Hunger Crisis
The face of malnutrition in South Africa has changed. Once defined by images of children who were too thin, hungry, and visibly undernourished, today‘s crisis looks...