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Hunger, death and safer births in cash-strapped Zimbabwe

Africa Marko Phiri - 30 Aug 2019

Find out how countries around the world are getting mothers to book in for better births starting right here close to home

Aid agencies rush to bring aid to Mozambique cyclone survivors

Africa Gregory Walton - 30 Apr 2019

Cyclone Kenneth made landfall late Thursday in Cabo Delgado province, packing wind gusts of up to 220 kilometres per hour

SA will have to produce 50% more food by 2050 or face crisis — WWF report

Article Duncan Alfreds - 20 Feb 2019

South Africa faces an impending food security crisis if there isn't urgent action to correct unsustainable practices

$290m shortfall in Zimbabwe drought aid

Article bogdan TagDiv - 11 May 2016

Drought in Southern Africa now affects approximately half of Zimbabwe's population in rural areas.

Sub-Saharan Africans worst affected by undernourishment

Africa bogdan TagDiv - 30 Oct 2014

Africa is lagging behind in tackling hunger with reports showing that over 25% of Africa’s population suffer from acute undernourishment.

UN cuts food aid for one million Zimbabweans

Africa Sapa Afp - 14 Jan 2014

Around a million poor Zimbabweans face hunger after the UN World Food Programme announced it was cutting food rations due to a cash crunch.

UN pushes Syria on humanitarian mission

Article bogdan TagDiv - 20 Apr 2012

The UN hopes to get permission from the Syrian government to send more aid workers to help at least 1-million people in need of urgent assistance.

Zim could be months away from a food shortage

Article Staff Reporter - 21 Nov 2011

The UN World Food Programme has warned Zimbabwe is months away from a food shortage, which could see over a million people unable to feed themselves.

Red tape delays UN relief to Horn of Africa

Africa Peter Martell - 27 Jul 2011

The WFP's first delivery of aid to Somalia was delayed due to bureaucratic hurdles in Kenya -- slowing relief efforts for millions hit by drought.

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Scores die in Western Cape’s deadly taxi tit-for-tat

Lester Kiewit - 2 Aug 2020

Forty-three people were shot dead in the first six months of this year in the Western Cape’s intractable taxi violence, while close to 100 have been arrested and 40 are on court rolls in connection with the conflict

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Ingonyama Trust Board moves to retrench staff

Paddy Harper - 2 Aug 2020

More than 50 workers at the Ingonyama Trust Board have been issued section 189 notices

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Solar stuck where sun don’t shine: State spends R289m to store solar water heaters

thando maeko - 30 Jul 2020

The national solar water heater programme is set to take off once again this year, but meanwhile the government is spending millions on storing heaters that have yet to be installed

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