The Communications Minister has a plan to turn the number "112" into the new "911" for emergency services in South Africa.

Government moves towards making 112 SA's single emergency number...but what about the absence of 112 call centres?

In normal times some 34,000 trauma cases arrive at emergency ... have compared South Africa's prohibition to the US's famous, decade-long crackdown which began in 1920 in response to campaigning ...

This Situation Report provides the latest update on the mpox outbreak in Central Africa and the IRC's response to it.