Municipalities with the cleanest water in Gauteng

Municipalities with the cleanest water in Gauteng

In a recent Blue Drop audit conducted on 5 December 2023, the City of Johannesburg, City of Ekurhuleni, and Midvaal Local Municipality, in conjunction with Rand Water, emerged as exemplary performers, garnering well-deserved recognition for their commitment to clean water. Rand Water’s Vereeniging Water Treatment Works underwent a meticulous technical site assessment. Resulting in an … Read more

Dubawa Editor Kemi Busari, others shine at Nigeria’s top investigative journalism award

Dubawa Editor Kemi Busari, others shine at Nigeria’s top investigative journalism award

A story published on PREMIUM TIMES has emerged winner of the online category of the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Journalism in Abuja on Saturday. The winning story, authored by Kemi Busari, the editor of the fact-checking organisation, Dubawa, explored how a Nigerian herbal medicine seller, Baba Aisha, was promoting a herbal concoction with unverified … Read more

At COP28 in Dubai, Nigeria calls for equity in tackling climate crisis

At COP28 in Dubai, Nigeria calls for equity in tackling climate crisis

Nigeria on Saturday delivered its national statement at the ongoing global climate change conference calling on parties to embrace equity as they work together to defeat the climate crisis. “Any durable solution must be based on cooperative fairness. Developing economies cannot be pressed and pressured into bearing a disproportionate share of the burden,” said Balarabe … Read more

Eskom power failure results in water outage in certain Tshwane areas

Eskom power failure results in water outage in certain Tshwane areas

In an unexpected turn of events on Friday, 8 December 2023, Rand Water (RW) faced a complete power failure at their Palmeit Pump Station, disrupting water supply to parts of Tshwane. The power outage, attributed to Eskom, had a cascading effect on the water distribution infrastructure. ALSO READ: Water crisis hits Tshwane as reservoirs face … Read more

West African CSOs urge ECOWAS to adopt term limits on tenure elongation

West African CSOs urge ECOWAS to adopt term limits on tenure elongation

The West Africa Democracy Network (WADEMOS), a transnational network of 35 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) from the region, has called on the ECOWAS to adopt term limits, to address tenure elongation in West Africa. The call comes ahead of ECOWAS Summit of the Authority of Heads of State and Government scheduled to hold in Abuja … Read more

Hungry baboon gatecrashes Simon’s town year-end function

Hungry baboon gatecrashes Simon’s town year-end function

A hungry baboon recently gatecrashed a year-end function in the Western Cape. WATCH: HUNGRY BABOON GATECRASHES YEAR-END FUNCTION The video of the baboon helping himself to the food on the table has gone viral. In the video, the baboon sits on the table, eating nonchalantly while the guests try to chase it away. ALSO READ: … Read more

Global annual finance flows of $7 Trillion ‘fueling climate, biodiversity, land degradation crises’

Global annual finance flows of  Trillion ‘fueling climate, biodiversity, land degradation crises’

Close to $7 trillion is invested globally each year in activities that have a direct negative impact on nature from both public and private sector sources – equivalent to roughly 7 per cent of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – according to the latest State of Finance for Nature report released today at COP28 by … Read more

WHO warns against misuse of antibiotics

WHO warns against misuse of antibiotics

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday said Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) may lead to an estimated 10 million deaths by 2050 if actions are not taken to reduce its burden. The global health body also said AMR is one of the top 10 global public health threats facing humanity. The Technical Officer of AMR at … Read more