# Die Minister van Gesondheid, Aaron Motsoaledi, sê die kansellasie van die Nasionale Instituut van Gesondheid se befondsing is ‘n reuse-terugslag vir Suid-Afrika. Meer as 4,5-miljard-rand se navorsingsbeurse vir MIV/Vigs en tuberkulose was oor die naweek beiëndig. Kenners beraam dat die instelling 70-persent van Suid-Afrika se mediese navorsing befonds. Die verwikkeling kan lei tot werksverliese […]
# Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says the National Institutes of Health funding cancellation is a major setback for South Africa. Over 4.5-billion-rand in US-funded HIV and TB research grants were terminated over the weekend. Experts estimate NIH funds 70-percent of South Africa’s medical research. The move could lead to job losses and halted clinical trials. […]
# Die ANC het die onwrikbare solidariteit verwelkom wat progressiewe parlementslede van regoor die wêreld onder die vaandel van Progressive International getoon het. Meer as 100 lede van parlemente en wetgewers het Suid-Afrika se onafhanklikheid bevestig en die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, versoek om sy uitvoerende bevel van 7 Februarie terug te trek waarin alle […]
# Researchers from Stellenbosch University and China have successfully tested an ultra-secure quantum satellite communication link. They sent an image of the Great Wall of China 12-thousand-900 kilometres from Beijing to Stellenbosch. This groundbreaking achievement marks the longest quantum satellite link ever established, and the first in the southern hemisphere. The project aims to develop […]
# Die Amerikaanse tiener James Bloom het die jeugkategorie op 2025 se Wêreld-letterkundestigting se toekenningsgeleentheid gewen vir sy werk om geletterdheid in Suid-Afrika te bevorder. Die toekennings is ʼn projek van die Wêreld-geletterdheidstigting en gee erkenning aan mense of organisasies vir uitstaande pogings om geletterdheid te bevorder. Bloom en sy broer het Libraries for Literacy […]
# The ANC has welcomed the unwavering solidarity demonstrated by progressive members of Parliament from across the world, united under the banner of Progressive International. More than 100 members of Parliament and legislative bodies globally have endorsed South Africa’s independence and have urged US president Donald Trump to revoke his February 7 executive order suspending […]
# American teenager, James Bloom, recently won the youth category at the 2025 World Literacy Foundation Awards for his work in improving literacy in South Africa. The awards are an initiative of the World Literacy Foundation and recognise individuals or organisations for their outstanding endeavours that promote literacy learning. Bloom and his brother founded Libraries […]
# Betogings neem toe in Istanboel, Turkye, na die inhegtenisneming van president Recep Tayyip Erdogan se vernaamste teenstander in 2028 se verkiesing. Burgemeester Ekrem Imamoglu, wat die Republikeinse Volksparty se presidentskandidaat is, is gister amptelik aangekla. Aanklagte teen hom sluit in dat hy ʼn misdaadorganisasie lei, omkopery, wangedrag en korrupsie. Tientalle van sy personeellede en […]
# Protests have continued to intensify in Istanbul, Turkey, following the arrest of the main rival to president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu, who is the Republican People’s Party’s 2028 presidential nominee, was formally charged on Sunday. He is facing charges of leading a criminal organisation, bribery, misconduct, and corruption, along with […]
