Hudaa Ahmed

May 18, 2026 Floods, rising temperatures, and changing weather patterns are no longer only environmental concerns. Health experts now warn they may also reshape the spread of diseases such as malaria across parts of Africa. As Southern Africa continues recovering from severe flooding and extreme weather conditions, researchers are increasingly warning that climate change could […]

May 15, 2026 Cities do not collapse overnight. They decline slowly – through failing infrastructure, neglected public spaces, economic stagnation and the gradual erosion of public confidence until dysfunction becomes so routine that people stop expecting things to improve. In Pietermaritzburg, many residents fear that moment may already have arrived. In parts of the CBD,

May 14, 2026 A rare virus outbreak linked to an international cruise ship has quietly triggered a large-scale monitoring and tracing operation inside South Africa, placing local health authorities and scientists at the centre of an unusual global health response. The National Department of Health has confirmed that 91 of 97 identified contacts connected to

May 13, 2026 The global order that shaped the modern world is beginning to show visible cracks. The alliances that dominated international politics after the Cold War are under strain, the United States is openly reconsidering its role as the world’s primary guarantor of stability, and rising powers are testing the limits of Western influence.

May 11, 2026 Britain does not normally deploy paratroopers into the middle of the Atlantic Ocean over a suspected infection.This week, it did.Military medical personnel were parachuted into Tristan da Cunha – the world’s most remote inhabited island – after fears grew over a suspected hantavirus case linked to the outbreak-hit MV Hondius cruise ship.

May 8, 2026 South Africans turned the latest hantavirus scare into comedy within hours. Social media flooded with jokes about “streetwise local rats”, memes spread rapidly, and fear became entertainment almost instantly. But outbreaks have a way of becoming serious far faster than societies expect. The internet treats health scares like trends – until hospitals

May 7, 2026 While South Africans debate who is taking opportunities away from them, a far bigger question may be emerging: is the country failing to take advantage of the rest of Africa? As unemployment rises and economic pressure deepens, conversations around foreigners, jobs and economic survival have become increasingly emotional. Yet economists and business

May 6, 2026 The world was told it had learned from COVID-19. So why does a quarantined cruise ship suddenly feel so familiar again? This week, global attention turned toward the Dutch expedition cruise ship MV Hondius after seven confirmed cases of hantavirus were identified onboard, triggering emergency health monitoring and renewed anxiety around international