SAMNET supported an HCW4P campaign asking Discovery to call for the suspension of the Israeli Ministry of Health from the Future of Health organisation, or to withdraw. [...]
Bursaries for archaeology, archives, palaeontology, IKS, museum studies and the digitisation of heritage — the disciplines that decide whose history survives. [...]
The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs invited written submissions on the Immigration Amendment Bill [B8–2024]. Calls for comment are the point at which legislation is still movable. [...]
Know the laws, use them, enforce them, change them. A KZN liquor licence applicant must list every place of worship within 500 metres — which is precisely the lever a community can use. [...]
The point of lawfare is not to win the case — it is to make everyone else self-censor. There is no place for hate speech, and no place for hate speech law being used to silence criticism of a state. [...]
CNN removed a panellist within hours — which should be the floor, not the exception. The harder question is whether we are building the journalists who earn those seats. [...]
Singling out businesses by who owns them has a history in this country. The children suspected of dying from tainted food were found to have died of a chemical in rat poison — long after the narrative had set. [...]
Three women a day, and a femicide rate in the Eastern Cape double every other province. SAMNET reiterates its call for stricter alcohol legislation and enforcement. [...]
Olive oil silver at a world competition, top marks for SA Wagyu, avocado and macadamia exports climbing. A case for agriculture as a career and for food security. [...]
In conversation with Mehdi Hasan, John Legend called for conditions on US aid to Israel and pushed back on the dehumanisation of Palestinian children. [...]
Research since 2013 links alcohol directly to domestic and gender-based violence. SAMNET calls for a national dialogue on alcohol legislation and regulation. [...]
The legislation has been on the cards for years. SAMNET calls on civil society, healthcare and faith organisations to push together. [...]