Poverty

KwaZulu-Natal deadly floods shine spotlight on housing crisis

Durban – Thulisile Ntobela, once lived in an apartment, but when her rent went up 25%, the unemployed mother of... Read more

24 Apr

Business

‘We need help’: Sierra Leone faces hardship amid Ukraine war

Freetown – Iyesatu Turay, who lives in a sprawling slum of corrugated-iron shacks in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown, says... Read more

19 Apr

Countries

Sheets to shirts: Uniforms for South African students

Cape Town – Discarded bedsheets from some of Cape Town’s finest hotels are finding a new life, transformed into... Read more

5 Apr

Countries

First aid convoy for three months arrives in Tigray, UN says

Addis Ababa – The first aid convoy for three months arrived on Friday in the capital of Ethiopia’s war-stricken... Read more

2 Apr

Business

Far from Kyiv, Africa feels economic fallout from Ukraine crisis

Lagos – From airlines in Nigeria to shoppers in Malawi, Africans are feeling the impact of the Ukraine crisis... Read more

16 Mar

Business

Egypt inflation hits 10% as Ukraine war impacts

Cairo – Egypt’s inflation rate hit 10% in February, official figures showed Thursday, as the country heavily reliant on wheat... Read more

11 Mar

Business

Retired women in South Africa carry a huge burden of poverty

Bomikazi Zeka, University of Canberra South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, recently acknowledged that “South Africa needs a new consensus... Read more

6 Mar

Countries

‘Unprecedented’ attacks hound Eritrean refugees in war-hit Ethiopia

Semera – The scene has become all-too-common during Ethiopia’s drawn-out war: thousands of Eritrean refugees, shell-shocked and separated from loved... Read more

28 Feb

Countries