South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday signed a controversial National Health Insurance bill into law, just two weeks ahead of a highly-contested general election. His ruling African National Congress is widely expected to lose its majority in parliament in the vote, for the first time since the end of apartheid. The new law aims to provide quality universal health ...

The fall of the Cedi against the major trading currencies especially the Dollar has resulted in increasing costs of doing business in Ghana, the President of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), Dr Joseph Obeng, has said. Dr Obeng said that businesses are unable to service their debts with the banks because of the exchange rate issues. “We’re unable ...

The President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, has revealed that approximately 60% to 70% of Ghanaian media houses are owned by politicians. He raised concerns about the majority of media ownership being held by politicians, expressing unease over the secrecy surrounding media financiers. According to the GJA President, unchecked political ownership in the media could potentially ...

Despite two decades of worldwide efforts, more than 4,000 precious wildlife species still fall prey to trafficking every year, a new report by the UN crime and drugs prevention office, UNODC, showed on Monday.  “Wildlife crime inflicts untold harm upon nature and it also jeopardizes livelihoods, public health, good governance and our planet’s ability to fight climate change,” said Ghada ...

The Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC) has held a day’s consultative meeting with diverse stakeholders in Northern Ghana to help shape its focus, provide input to enable the organization address its institutional and financial sustainability whilst repositioning itself to respond to the priorities of its constituents. The meeting was part of STAR Ghana Foundation’s eight-year Civil Society Strengthening Fund – ...

Most recently the World Meteorological Organisation and the EU’s climate agency Copernicus have reported that Europe is the fastest-warming continent and its temperatures are rising at roughly twice the global average. Today’s Lancet Countdown report led by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center in Spain is looking at what this has meant for health. It says the greatest burden of poor health ...

The Electoral Commission (EC) has rectified errors in its publication of the daily voter registration figures in the ongoing limited voter registration exercise. EC issued a press release at the end of day four of the exercise and indicated that 143,014 eligible voters had been registered. Less than 24 hours after the release of the day-four figures, the EC released ...

May 25 each year has now been declared World Football Day. This follows a United Nations General Assembly resolution on Tuesday, May 7 to allow football fans to celebrate the most popular sport in the world. The day marks the 100th anniversary of the first international soccer tournament in history with the representation of all regions which took place on ...

Mineral resources rich economies in West Africa have been asked to deal with inequalities in the Extractive sector in order to prevent poverty and repel the growing violent extremism in the sub-region. According to the proponents, policies relative to Extractive sector must be all encompassing and beneficial to all.   The call was made recently at a natural resources meeting held ...

As Ghana prepares for a crucial national election in December 2024, the need for initiatives that bolster democratic processes and empower citizens with comprehensive information to make informed choices has never been more pronounced. In response to this critical need, Penplusbytes, through its esteemed African Elections Project, is launching the Ghana Elections 2024 Voters’ Compass Project in collaboration with VoteSwiper e.V., ...