New York’s Ultra-Orthodox Yeshivas Challenge New State Education Mandates
New state education rules will cut funding to private schools that can’t provide the same level of education as public schools. The ultra-Orthodox community is fighting back.
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Former tavern has served as a clinic for decades
Eastern Cape health department has no funds to build Tsomo a clinic
US funding remains frozen for many life-saving services
Despite waivers, court judgments and assurances from the embassy, USAID funding for projects that provide HIV medication has not resumed
Nearly five years and R38-million later, Mamelodi families still don’t have a clinic
The City of Tshwane fired the construction company last year
Chaos outside Cape Town schools as parents demand places for their children
Parents say their children are subjected to poor learning conditions at Solomon Mahlangu Primary School
Over 100 learners squeeze into one room at this overcrowded school
Ketlane Primary School in Limpopo says its pleas for help from the provincial education department have gone unanswered
Iowa Slaughterhouse Routinely Pollutes Waterways With Excessive Waste, Advocacy Groups Allege
‘250,000 gallons of untreated beef processing waste’ flowed into the local water supply, the notice states.
Teenager hitchhiking to the nearest clinic delivers her stillborn baby on the roadside
Villagers in the Eastern Cape town where Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was born often wait six hours for an ambulance
HIV patients go weeks without medicines after US aid cut
Legal challenges have restored funding but damage has been done
Fraud flagged at the Compensation Fund
The Fund has been failing audits for 12 years and counting, Parliament told
Khayelitsha school still without stationery
Western Cape Education Department has urged the formation of a school governing body to help deal with issues at the school
UK heavy metal band Black Sabbath announces final performance with original lineup
On Wednesday, it was announced that the UK heavy metal music act Black Sabbath was scheduled to play a final show with the band's original lineup, which consisted of lead vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi,…
Air ambulance crashes into infrastructure in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania while transporting pediatric patient, no survivors
On Friday evening, a small air ambulance crashed into a residential and commercial area in a densely populated neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, killing everyone on board. The plane took off…
No money to fix broken clinic, says health department
Patients say no maintenance has been done on Colchester’s health facility since 2020
Explainer: BELA and its controversies
We unpick the Basic Education Laws Amendment Act that rocked the Government of National Unity
A Decade and $600 Million Later, New York Prisons Still Lack Cameras
When Jaquan Myers was sent to the Franklin Correctional Facility infirmary last summer, bleeding and hyperventilating, he knew he couldn’t do anything about the incident that landed him there.
“All I want is a job” pleads unemployed doctor
Unemployed health graduates march in Pretoria, demanding urgent action from Treasury
Children walk over an hour and wade across a river to get to Fort Beaufort school
The bridge to Oakdene Primary washed away about 15 years ago
How conservation groups can turn human rights principles into practice
Human rights are not just words on paper. Advocates, social movements and government champions have brought much needed positive changes by pushing for the adoption of international human rights standards and putting rights at the forefront of national laws, policy, and governance decisions. In the world of conservation governance, human rights are the key to […]
Congo’s green diplomacy collides with mineral extraction in Sangha
This article was produced with the support of the Pulitzer Center Rainforest Investigations Network in collaboration with the Latin American Center for Investigative Journalism (CLIP). Read the first part of this two-part series. BAMEGOARD, Republic of Congo — Deep in the heart of a lush green forest, an excavator is hard at work, turning over […]
