…woman allegedly killed by husband had strong opinions on GBV The woman who was allegedly stabbed to death at Rocky Crest in Windhoek last week by her husband, had strong opinions about gender-based violence (GBV), and had said that men had normalised abusing women. The family of Helen Onesmus (43), who has now become the...
On Dakar’s long Hann Bay beach, a lone figure with a shovel and wheelbarrow tirelessly picks up mounds of rubbish in such quantities that the task takes on an almost mythological air. The smell is acrid. A few metres from the man, a pipe carries a black mixture of household and factory wastewater into the...
By Indermit Gill and Ayhan Kose * Washington DC – As 2024 begins, the outlook for the global economy seems to be improving. Major economies are emerging mostly unscathed from the fastest rise in interest rates in 40 years, without the usual scars of financial crashes or high unemployment. Countries rarely succeed in taming steep...
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ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa says the country has turned a definite corner as far as load-shedding is concerned, and levels and frequency of load-shedding are expected to improve during the fourth quarter. He delivered the closing remarks at the governing party’s national executive committee meeting in Boksburg, Gauteng, yesterday evening. Ramaphosa says the introduction of...
By Seth Onyango, bird story agency Young Africans are setting new educational benchmarks, outshining previous generations with a remarkable 66% attaining secondary school education. Yet, despite this achievement, many youths are finishing school only to grapple with high unemployment rates according to new Afrobarometer figures. The Mastercard Foundation-backed report reveals steady growth with literacy levels going up...