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Red Tape Ensnares Asylum-seekers in South Africa
Asylum-seekers entering South Africa are no longer being issued with the necessary documents to apply for refugee status. Without a so-called section 23 permit, they are being turned away from Refugee Reception Offices (RROs) and denied the opportunity...
Powerful Mathematical Model Greatly Improves Predictions for Species Facing Climate Change
UCLA life scientists and colleagues have produced the most comprehensive mathematical model ever devised to track the health of populations exposed to environmental change. The research, federally funded by the National Science Foundation, published Dec....
South Africa’s 2011 Census Draws to a Close
With 98.8 percent of enumeration areas being visited during the 21-day period of the 2011 Census, mop-up operations are due to begin tomorrow, Statistician General Pali Lehohla said on Monday. How People Arrived Here: 2011 south africa census results...
South African Public Should Not be Concerned At the Sight of Census Enumerators Sitting in Groups on the Country’s Streets
The public should not be concerned at the sight of Census enumerators sitting in groups on the country’s streets, says Statistician-General Pali Lehohla.
South Africa’s Census 2011 Continues With High Spirits
The first day of Census 2011 is “continuing with high spirit”, Statistician General Pali Lehohla said on Monday.
South Africa Changes Policy on Breastfeeding
South Africa’s high child mortality rates have forced the government to rethink its policy on infant feeding and move to discontinue the free provision of formula milk at hospitals and clinics, as well as promote an exclusive breastfeeding strategy...
India Suffers Shortage of Seasonal Farm Workers
India’s Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) has observed that farming operations in major agriculture producing states are faced with problem of availability of labor during peak crop season.
United Nations Refugee Agency Helping Congolese Refugees in Gabon Return Home
The United Nations refugee agency is helping hundreds of Congolese in Gabon, that left their homes during the 90s civil war, to return to their country over the next week as a Sunday deadline by the Gabonese government looms for the 9,500 people to either...
