Oliver Meth Oil giant BP and Shell’s announcement last week to halt operations in South Africa at their south Durban oil refinery has been met with outrage and disappointment. Many are calling for ‘reparations’ amid concerns about fuel price hikes in the future. Shell SA says the indefinite suspension of operations is not the first, […]
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Oliver Meth Shell and BP have halted operations at Sapref oil refinery in South Africa’s south Durban as the refinery considers selling off the plant. The shareholders of the largest refinery in South Africa, made the announcement on Friday, citing they will wind up by the end of March. Sapref, a 50/50 joint venture between […]
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Oliver Meth In a lengthy State of the Nation Address (SONA), South African President Cyril Ramaphosa focused on the reforms required to grow South Africa’s ailing economy, corruption, the July Unrest and social relief measures. This was his sixth SONA since he became president in 2018. JULY UNREST Seven months after last year’s July unrest […]
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Oliver Meth International development partners have launched a new initiative aimed at resolving the COVID-19 vaccine bottleneck across Africa. Although COVID-19 vaccine supplies to Africa have risen significantly, the continent is struggling to expand rollout, with only 11 percent of the population fully vaccinated. According to the International Federation of Red Cross, the vaccination rate […]
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Oliver Meth Botswana has become the first high-burden country to be certified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for achieving an important milestone on the path to eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV. WHO awards this certification to countries which have brought the mother-to-child HIV transmission rate to under 5 percent; provided antenatal care and antiretroviral […]
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