Zuma/Magufuli Petitioned Over Human Rights Abuse
The Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (SAHRDN) today petitioned the Tanzanian government and Southern African Development Community (SADC) over the persecution of human rights defenders (HRDs) by State actors, which impede the legitimate work of human rights defenders. SAHRDN, a coalition of Southern African HRDs organisations delivered the petitions to the Embassy of Tanzania
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Sanitary Pads Prices Increase
SOURCE: The DailyNews The Price of Sanitary wear has shot through the roof despite the fact that importers of raw materials used to manufacture them are not paying any duty at the ports of entry. Beginning this year, government scrapped duty on sanitary wear raw materials to make the products affordable following a strong push
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Patient groups march for access to medicines in South Africa
Finalise the draft policy and amend laws to save lives, activists tell dti PRETORIA – Today, more than 1,000 members of the Fix the Patent Laws Coalition (FTPL) will march to the Department of Trade and Industry (dti) in support of the government’s efforts to fix our patent laws and ensure everyone has access to the
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