S.A President Enacts NHI Bill to Combat Healthcare Costs and Poverty

S.A President Enacts NHI Bill to Combat Healthcare Costs and Poverty

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa says the National Health Insurance aims to tackle poverty by making healthcare more affordable. In his address while publicly signing the NHI Bill into law, the president highlighted that the rising cost of healthcare impoverishes families, and the NHI seeks to alleviate this burden.

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World

Biden and Trump to debate in June

U. S President Joseph Biden and former president Donald Trump are set to debate live on television in June. The hurriedly-arranged plan came after Biden said he wanted to arrange two events hosted by news networks, rather than those organized by the formal Commission. Nick Harper reports from Washington.

May 16, 2024 20

Namibia

Calls to Reinstate Border and Rename Region to Caprivi Gain Momentum

Traditional leaders and residents from the Zambezi region are advocating for the reinstatement of the border line with the Kavango regions and renaming the region to Caprivi. They raised these concerns during regional public consultations by the fifth Boundaries Delimitation and Demarcation Commission. Their demands stem from a perceived lack of consultation when the region's name was changed in 2013, emphasizing the importance of cultural identity. Zambezi regional governor Lawrence […]

May 16, 2024 20

Sport

Iraqi car bomb survivor eyes gold in Paris Paralympics

When car bomb survivor Najlah Imad first took up table tennis, her relatives warned against it. But a decade later, the Iraqi teenager who lost three limbs is gunning for gold at the 2024 Paralympic Games. "Table tennis was a turning point. Since I started playing, my life has changed," the 19-year-old athlete told AFP. Najlah was just three years old when a 2008 sticky bomb ripped into […]

May 16, 2024 3

Sport

Without Messi, Miami’s winning run ends with derby draw

Inter Miami's five-match winning run came to an end on Wednesday as, without the injured Lionel Messi, they were held to a 0-0 draw at Orlando City. Messi had featured in all five of those wins for the MLS league leaders but sat out the game in Orlando due to a knee injury. Miami said the injury was not serious and Messi has trained in recent days but […]

May 16, 2024 6

APO International

The African Union – Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) Facilitates Joint Efforts to Protect Transboundary Marine Ecosystems in Congo Basin

[[{"value":"Together with the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), AU-IBAR has been holding a workshop on transboundary marine ecosystem management from May 14th - 6th, 2024, in Kinshasa, DRC. The conservation of aquatic biodiversity and the environment in the Congo Basin are the primary goals of this joint effort. Due to the need to implement the African Blue Economy Strategy (ABES) and the Policy […]

May 15, 2024 7

World

EU, US, and UK criticise Georgia’s foreign agent bill

European Union members, the United Kingdom, and the United States have criticised the passage of a new "foreign agent bill" in Georgia's parliament. The legislation would require organisations that get more than a fifth of their funding from overseas to register as foreign agents. Giles Gibson has more.

May 15, 2024 30

Health / Medical

Patients to benefit from cataract surgical campaign

The Otjozondjupa Health Directorate and the National Blindness Prevention Programme are conducting a cataract surgical campaign with support from teams at the Windhoek Central Hospital and international volunteers from Germany and the US. The campaign starts in Rundu next month, where over 700 patients will be treated. The team will then move to Engela in July to help more than 600 patients before continuing to Oshana and concluding the campaign […]

May 15, 2024 54

Namibia

Wildlife special court reconvenes in Katima Mulilo

The Wildlife Special Court has reconvened in Katima Mulilo for the second time since its establishment in 2022. The court is expected to hear over 60 wildlife crime cases in a period of two months. Here is the Ministry of Environment Forestry and Tourism's Chief Control Warden, Morgan Saisai with more. Meanwhile, the latest United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s World Wildlife Crime Report reveals that wildlife trafficking hasn't […]

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