The World Health Organization is urging governments around the world to strengthen health taxes on sugar and alcohol, to save lives and raise money. It says improving policy design and increasing taxes so that sugary drinks become less affordable ‘should be pursued more systematically by countries’.
Lives have been improved but more still needs to be done – President Ramaphosa
Notwithstanding the persistent challenges and need for continued effort, government has profoundly transformed the lives of South Africans in the three decades since the advent of democracy.This is according to President Cyril Ramaphosa who delivered his reply to the Debate of the State of the Nation...
Deadline for comments on anti-money laundering draft bill extended
The National Treasury has extended the deadline for the submission of comments on the General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Terrorism Financing) Amendment Bill, 2025 (the draft Bill).
The Bill, published on 14 January 2026, has been extended for a period of 30 days.
Hamas is cementing its hold over Gaza by placing loyalists in key government roles, collecting taxes and paying salaries, according to an Israeli military assessment seen by Reuters and sources in the Palestinian enclave.
U.K. police arrested Former Prince Andrew today on suspicion of misconduct in public office, U.K. media reports. And, President Trump is hosting the first-ever Board of Peace meeting today.
As President Trump’s Board of Peace prepares to meet for the first time Thursday, he says the group has raised $5 billion for Gaza reconstruction. But key challenges remain.
The latest employment data from Stats SA show that domestic worker jobs in the country continue to decline annually, despite a slight increase in the number of positions filled over the final quarter of 2025.
Cricket does not have an alcohol problem but players “need to understand the time to have a drink and the time not to”, says former England captain Alec Stewart.
First cohort to be impacted by change – part of Send system overhaul – are currently in key stage 1, it is understood
Children with a legal right to special needs support will face a review when they move to secondary school, with the first cohort to be impacted currently in key stage 1, the Guardian understands.
A total overhaul of the special educational needs and disabilities (Send) system...
[This Day] Abuja — The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that the vending of e-PINs for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will close at midnight on Thursday, February 26, 2026.
[New Dawn] Monrovia, February 19, 2026: President Joseph Nyuma Boakai Sr. has appointed new members to the Board of Trustees for Grand Gedeh University to advance the institution’s academic and administrative development.
[FrontPageAfrica] Bong County — Senator Prince Moye on Wednesday, February 18 announced that his privately owned institution, Sumo Moye Memorial School, will be turned over to Bong County University to serve as an annex, in a move intended to address the growing space challenges confronting the newly elevated university.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Financial Post: In 2024, the Ethiopian government banned the import of fossil fuel-powered vehicles and slashed tariffs on their electric equivalents. It was a policy driven less by the country’s climate ambitions and more by fiscal pressures. For years, subsidizing gasoline for consumers has been a major drag on Ethiopia’s budget, costing the state...
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya will serve as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention until President Trump appoints a permanent director.
In the oceans and on land, scientists are discovering rare, transitional organisms that bridge the gap between Earth’s simplest cells and today’s complex ones.