# UNAIDS executive director Winnie Byanyima has called on African countries to reallocate resources to combat AIDS, despite fiscal challenges. Speaking at the Global AIDS update launch at Bertha Gxowa Hospital, she urged governments to adopt cost-effective, scalable programmes over expensive donor-funded models. She highlighted the need for affordable prevention tools like biannual HIV injections, […]
# Three suspects have appeared before the Piet Retief Magistrate’s Court for the 2022 murder of Mkondo public relations councillor Muzi Manyathi. He was fatally shot at a fuel station in Piet Retief. Mpumalanga Police spokesperson, Donald Mdhluli, says the suspects aged 32 to 36, were linked to a stolen vehicle used in the crime […]
# The Standard Bank Africa Unlocked Conference in Cape Town has put a spotlight on business shaping Africa’s tomorrow. Now in its second year, the forum is fast becoming a premier platform for shaping Africa’s business future. Standard Bank CEO Sim Tshabalala says Africa must lead its own economic destiny through bold leadership and collaboration. […]
# South Africa’s public universities are facing severe strain due to ongoing dysfunction within the National Student Financial Aid Scheme and Sector Education and Training Authorities. North-West University’s Linda du Plessis warns that delayed payments, defunding, and poor governance are crippling institutions tasked with delivering quality education. While student struggles dominate headlines, the financial and […]
# Former apartheid-era police member Johan Marais has been sentenced to 15-years in prison for the 1987 murder of student activist Caiphus Nyoka. The 66-year-old earlier pleaded guilty in the High Court in Pretoria to gunning down Nyoka at his Daveyton home . Presiding Judge Mokhine Mosopa said the sentence must serve as both punishment and deterrent. The […]
# Cosatu has lauded looming criminal charges against those responsible for the George building collapse that killed 34 workers and injured 28 in May 2024. Public Works minister Dean Macpherson confirmed the charges, following reports revealing systemic failures and unqualified personnel. The Engineering Council’s final report points to professional negligence. Cosatu’s Zanele Sabela says it […]
# The Department of Water and Sanitation has begun public consultations on proposed raw water use charges for the 2026/27 financial year. According to the department, the process aims to ensure that users, including agriculture, industry, mines, and households, pay for water resource management, infrastructure, and research. Charges cover abstraction, discharge, and non-consumptive use. The […]
# The UN Trade and Development organisation says Africa was the only developing continent to record trade growth in the first half of 2025. Exports rose by five-percent and intra-African trade jumped by 16-percent. In contrast, global South-to-South trade, which is trade among developing countries, stagnated, and imports dropped by two-percent. While global trade grew […]
# Athletics: South Africa’s Caster Semenya has won her case in the European Court of Human Rights. The court has upheld the 2023 ruling against the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland against the two-time Olympic 800-metre champion. It found the ruling discriminated after Semenya was barred from competing due to World Athletics’ testosterone-limiting […]
