Following recent media reports, the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) seeks to clarify that Ebola is not an airborne disease. At this point in time we have no evidence and do not anticipate that the Ebola virus is mutating to become airborne. However,…
NIGERIA’S HIDDEN WAR” PART 2 An exposition of how ordinary citizens are caught in the crossfire in the search for Boko Haram This week on Special Assignment we continue with the exposition of the desperate war that Nigeria seems to be waging on its citizens,…
On 30 September 2014, the National IHR Focal Point for Austria notified WHO via the European Commission’s Early Warning and Response System (EWRS) of a laboratory confirmed case of Middle-East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection diagnosed in Vienna, Austria. This is the first MERS-CoV case…
On 30 September 2014, the Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) was informed of the first confirmed imported case of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the United States. The case is an adult with recent travel history to West Africa who developed…
The IFP Women's Brigade calls on government to ensure that older people's rights are upheld and defended as we commemorate the International Day of Older Persons. "Older people's rights must be upheld and defended. They must be protected from discrimination and abuse. We condemn in…
The IFP calls on the Gauteng Provincial government, specifically the Department of Human Settlements and the City of Johannesburg to urgently provide people with decent housing instead of spending millions of rand buying owls to eat rats. "The City of Johannesburg has allocated R2.5 million…
EFF radicalism sets bad example-CDP “Statements such as ‘we will die for Malema’ reflects the kind of radicalism the country can well do without,” says Rev. Theunis Botha, leader of the Christian Democratic Party (CDP). Botha referred to statements from some of those holding a…
The Nigerian state could be guilty of war crimes, reveals an investigation by world renowned reporter, producer and documentary film-maker, Evan Williams. This week’s Special Assignment exposes the desperate war that Nigeria seems to be waging on its citizens, in its frantic search for Boko…
San Luis Potosi, Mexico - Despite giving their all, the South African junior Davis Cup team lost their final round robin match on Thursday at the Junior Davis Cup Final campaign being played in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Sweden beat South Africa 2-1. South Africa…
Today the IFP, together with all other opposition parties, took a firm stance in defence of the sanctity of the Constitution in general and the office of the Public Protector in particular. The withdrawal was motivated by the ANC’s stubborn refusal to entertain any legal…