Family Digest 43: World Breastfeeding Week by Lois Law
World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) is observed every year in over 120 countries from 1st to 7th…
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Family Digest 42: Older Persons and Covid-19 by Lois Law
Family Digest 42: Older Persons and Covid-19 by Lois Law
Response: The Government Impresses
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Refuge Digest 35
Refugee Digest 35 October 2019
BIG- Still a means to bridging the inequality gap? 05 September 2019
On 5 September, CPLO hosted a roundtable on the Basic Income Grant which explored whether a…
BP 475: 2019 World Water Day
BP 475 World Water Day
Environment Digest 6: Shedding Light on Eskom’s Unbundling
Eskom is the largest producer of electricity on the African continent, and is amongst the world’s top utilities in terms of power generation capacity. It owns and operates a number of coal-fired, gas-fired, hydro-electric and pumped-storage power stations, and one nuclear power station.
Choice on Termination of Pregnancy, 1 February 2019
On 1st February 1997 the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act was passed by Parliament. Since…
Family Digest 21: TB – a major public health issue, but preventable and curable
78 000 people in South Africa died of tuberculosis (TB) in 2017, and while this is fewer than estimated for the previous year, TB treatment coverage remains low at 68 percent, meaning that up to one third of all people living with TB are being missed. The disease is particularly prevalent in the Western Cape, the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, and in general it remains at crisis point in South Africa.
Nuclear Weapons and Disarmament
This Digest marks Pope Francis’ call for the abolition of nuclear weapons and publicises his call…