SA remains among the hardest-hit countries. Nearly one in every eight South Africans ( eight-million in total) is living with HIV, but only 6.2-million (±78%) are on antiretroviral treatment.
Trade union Solidarity has warned that hundreds of thousands of direct and indirect jobs are at risk due to several failures by the South African government.
Violence against women a national disaster that demands national action – President
President Cyril Ramaphosa has used his weekly newsletter to bemoan the country’s persistently high levels of violence against women and children, warning that gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) now amounts to a national disaster requiring exceptional measures.
Report to be launched highlighting challenges in addressing HIV stigma
A comprehensive study which will shed light on the persistent challenges and opportunities for positive change in addressing HIV stigma and discrimination in South Africa, is expected to be launched on Tuesday.
The HIV Stigma Index 2.0 report highlights the experiences of over 5 000 participants from all nine...
Nigerian authorities have secured the release of 100 children who were among hundreds kidnapped from a Catholic school in northern Nigeria, officials and local media have reported.
SME services provider Lula has highlighted the critical need for proactive financial and operational adjustments to ensure business resilience and protect profit margins in 2026.
Mohamed Salah plunged his future at Liverpool into serious doubt after claiming he had been made the fall guy for the Premier League champions’ disastrous form this season. In an explosive outburst, Salah spoke to reporters after being left on the bench for Saturday’s 3-3 draw at Leeds, dropping a bombshell accusation that his relationship […]
[Nyasa Times] Minister of Education, Science and Technology Bright Msaka has outlined sweeping fee reforms as part of the government’s plan to roll out the Free Secondary Education Policy, setting clear timelines for the abolition of various charges in public secondary schools.
[RFI] Malawi’s newly elected president, 85-year-old Peter Mutharika, has delivered on his campaign promise to make primary and secondary education free by abolishing almost all school-related fees.
[This Day] About 100 children abducted from St. Mary’s Private Catholic Primary and Secondary School in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State have reportedly regained their freedom two weeks after they were taken by armed men, according to media reports on Sunday.
About 350,000 new places to be offered to ‘neets’ with ‘sanctions’ levied for those who do not engage, says DWP
Young unemployed people will be offered training or job opportunities in construction, care and hospitality as part of a UK government scheme, but could have their benefits cut if they do not take up offers.
Pat McFadden, the work and pensions secretary, announced on Sunday that...
The Johannesburg High Court has dismissed an interdict application to freeze 40% of the settlement Please Call Me idea-man Nkosana Makate received from Vodacom.
What triggered that Airbus emergency software recall? The BBC reports that Airbus’s initial investigation into an aircraft’s sudden drop in altitude linked it “to a malfunction in one of the aircraft’s computers that controls moving parts on the aircraft’s wings and tail.” But that malfunction “seems to have been triggered by cosmic radiation bombarding the Earth on the day of the flight…” The...
In 2020, a Chinese virologist fled to the United States, aided by allies of President Trump who sought to promote her unproven theories about the origins of Covid-19. Her husband still can’t find her.
Officials said one person was killed and 20 others were poisoned after eating death cap mushrooms, which look and taste like safe mushrooms but can cause liver failure.