insert_link South Africa In S.A, the DA Says Limpopo’s R1 Billion Digital Health Project Lacks Progress In South Africa, the DA in Limpopo says over one-billion-rand has been spent on digitising medical files with no clear end in sight. The party has criticised the provincial Department of Health for the slow progress of the Veritas Digital contract, which has scanned files at only 64 of 523 facilities. The DA’s Lindy Wilson is calling for a review, urging that funds be redirected to address more pressing […] today25 February, 2025
insert_link Africa Steve Biko, the South African liberation struggle hero who considered dishonour worse than death By Jacob Dlamini, Princeton University What happens when death becomes the ultimate marker of one’s commitment to one’s freedom? Jacob Dlamini explores this and other questions in his new book, Dying for Freedom: Political Martyrdom in South Africa. This edited extract, from the chapter Dead and Proud, focuses on Steve Biko’s attitude to martyrdom and to the political uses of death (30). Steve Biko’s death on 12 September […] today10 September, 2024
