Lassa fever has killed more than 160 people in West Africa, most of them in Nigeria, since November 2015. Many of these lives could have been saved if a rapid diagnostic test were available so that people could receive treatment early. Since November 2015, Nigeria,…
Lab results confirm a new case of Ebola virus disease in Liberia—a 30-year-old woman who died yesterday afternoon while being transferred to a hospital in the capitol Monrovia. Liberia’s Ministry of Health, WHO and partner agencies immediately sent a team to the community outside Monrovia…
Yesterday’s Constitutional Court judgement has fundamentally changed the way the National Assembly must function. IFP Chief Whip, the Hon. Mr Narend Singh MP explains. In a letter delivered today to the Speaker of the National Assembly, IFP Chief Whip, Mr Narend Singh, has asked the…
Pretoria: 1 April 2016 - Two immigration officers based at the OR Tambo International Airport have today appeared in the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court after they were arrested by a police task team for corruption and defeating the ends of justice. The immigration officers, Vusani…
BENONI, Friday, 01 April 2016. – World number two David Wagner is the odds-on favourite in the Gauteng Open quads singles semi-final clash against South African tennis ace Lucas Sithole and the statistics definitely favour the three-time defending champion at the Gauteng East Tennis Complex…
Hundreds of people who may have been in contact with 8 individuals infected with Ebola virus in Guinea’s southern prefectures of Nzérékoré and Macenta have been vaccinated with the experimental Ebola vaccine in a bid to contain the latest flare-up of Ebola. WHO’s office in…
Die VF Plus verwelkom die uitspraak van die Grondwethof oor Nkandla. Dit is 'n rigtinggewende uitspraak met enorme implikasies. Na vandag kan die ANC nie voortgaan met pres. Zuma as hulle leier of as president van Suid-Afrika nie. Vandag se uitspraak verbreek finaal president Zuma…
The unanimous judgment handed down today by the Constitutional Court has ended an inordinately costly two year process of back and forth in which the ruling party sought to use its parliamentary majority to protect the patently unlawful actions of its President. In light of…
BENONI, Wednesday, 30 March 2016. – World number three junior Alwande Skhosana wasted all of a minute on his first round loss in the men’s singles in the Gauteng Open before he rallied for victory in his opening match at the Gauteng East Tennis Complex…
The announcement by the Minister of Transport, Dipuo Peters that the Easter road fatalities this year has declined by 46% as compared to the same period last year must be viewed as a positive sign. “The decline in the number of fatalities over the Easter…