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1. Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Nurses Down Tools Over Poor Salaries and Working Conditions

   [New Zimbabwe] Nurses in Zimbabwe have embarked on job action over poor remuneration and working conditions, disrupting services at major public hospitals.

2. Malawi: Flood Disaster Spirals As Malawi Seeks K48.8 Billion to Avert Deepening Humanitarian Crisis

   [Nyasa Times] Malawi is scrambling to contain a fast-escalating humanitarian emergency after devastating floods left tens of thousands homeless, farmlands destroyed and critical services crippled--forcing government to urgently seek $27.89 million (K48.84 billion) for response efforts.

3. South Africa: Gauteng Health Urges Vigilance As Malaria Cases Increase

   [SAnews.gov.za] The Gauteng Department of Health has urged residents to remain vigilant and seek immediate medical attention if they experience Malaria-like symptoms.

4. Namibia: Police Allegedly Assault 31 Boys

   [Namibian] No arrest has been made in the case of nine police officers allegedly assaulting 31 boys from Karundu Secondary School at Otjiwarongo in February.

5. South Africa: We Are Managing HIV With Selective Lenacapavir Roll-Out, Not Ending It

   [Health-e] South Africans are being told that providing a new HIV prevention tool (lenacapavir) to just about 456,000 people is a victory. It is not. In a country that still records hundreds of new infections every day, partial coverage is unlikely to slow the epidemic in any meaningful way. Worse still, all of the supplies have not yet reached our shores.