Starting at @UNGeneva today: the 51st regular session of the UN Human Rights Council, the main inter-governmental body within the UN system made up of 47 States responsible for the promotion & protection of all human rights.
Follow #HRC51 and @UN_HRC for regular updates.
In 2020 President Cyril Ramaphosa said the death penalty was not compatible with the introduction of the constitution and the Bill of Rights. https://t.co/oSmNdQR6IQ
The South African Medical Association SAMA has warned that the country is likely to get monkeypox and should therefore prepare to respond immediately #sabcnews
NetCare says that there is shortage of nurses, Pravin Gordhan says there is a shortage of engineering and technical skills at Eskom, and Joe Phaahla says there is a shortage of doctors.
SA has 46% unemployment rate. Something is very fundamentally wrong in this country.
3 people shot and killed in Khayelitsha last night. apparently 1 female victim and 2 male victims. Just a week ago 6 people were shot and killed in Khayelitsha as well. This is the 4th incident of its kind in 2 months. Where is SAPS 72 hour intervention? Where is Cele?
Candra Pedro: A young woman from Bonteheuwel in Cape Town who studied technical drawings at a FET college and went on to become the first woman shipbuilder in South Africa.
If Someone cuts you off in traffic. Let it go. Someone Flips you the bird. Let it go. Someone riding your bumper. Switch lanes & Let it Go. Some ppl don’t have emotional control and you never know which type of person you’re dealing with. Let it go and make it home.
You could worry about real issues facing the country like unemployment, crime, corruption, crumbling infrastructure, and inflation or... you could talk about pronouns, white male fragility, and toxic masculinity, the latter topics changing depending on whatever is trending.
Toyota SA will scrap all vehicles damaged during the floods at its Prospecton plant so that they don’t make it into the retail chain. https://t.co/ZSH6YiZRhe
The biggest reason for the state of South Africa is not government or the ANC, it due to apathy and silent diplomacy. The fact that we don't show the world what happens to good men like Terrance Tegg and innocent little children like Chantal Makwena.
Former Miss Rwanda winner is among those at the centre of a sexual abuse case. According to the Rwanda Investigation Bureau, Elsa Iradukunda interfered with an ongoing sexual assault investigation into pageant organiser Dieudonné Ishimwe.
https://t.co/6DpqcgxSlO