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Nokwanda Kubheka The National Department of Health’s  digital  COVID-19 response programme recently launched the app, COVID Alert SA. The app utilises bluetooth contact-tracing technology to make people aware if they come into contact with a person who has tested positive for COVID-19 – therefore helping to slow the spread of COVID-19 and alleviate the pandemic’s effects on the economy and society of South Africa.   Contact tracing is done by finding people who have been in close contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19. This is done to let them know that they may have been exposed to the disease, and makes itRead More →

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 VASALYA MOODLEY South Africa is the proud home of The Black Mambas, an initiative founded by the non-profit organisation, Transfrontier Africa, in the plight against poaching. This project is the first of its kind, as it is the first all-women anti-poaching unit. The work of these women encompasses the dire need to eradicate poaching, for the benefit of more stable ecosystems. Initially in 2013, the six-membered Black Mambas team were deployed to prevent poaching within the Olifants West Nature Reserve near the Kruger National Park. Today, the team has grown to the extent that there are enough members spread out across the Balule area, beyondRead More →