WASHINGTON, April 1 (Reuters) – The White House confirmed on Tuesday that President Donald Trump will impose new tariffs on Wednesday, though it provided no details about the size and scope of trade barriersthat have businesses, consumers and investors fretting about an intensifying global trade war.
DUBLIN, April 1 (Reuters) – The speaker of the lower house of Ireland’s parliament defeated a no confidence motion laid down by the main opposition parties as expected on Tuesday after maintaining the support of the coalition government.
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The South African Medical Association has announced it will challenge the constitutionality of the National Health Insurance Act in the high court, stating that the legislation ‘risks collapsing our healthcare system rather than strengthening it’.
Gauteng youth took to the streets of Johannesburg on Tuesday in a powerful protest against gender-based violence. Their march was fuelled by outrage over the rape of seven-year-old Cwecwe in the Eastern Cape, a tragic incident that highlights the ongoing crisis of violence against women and children. With posters held high and voices demanding justice, the protesters made their way to the...
There is no shortage of myths about the cancellation of US foreign assistance. This includes the widely held misconception that Pepfar is exempt from US aid cuts and the belief that grant terminations are taking place only in South Africa. Many of these falsehoods have been reinforced by US and South African officials. Spotlight and GroundUp dissect some of the most popular misconceptions.
The Middle East has been a space for South Africa to assertively test the limits of its sovereignty against the other major outside player in the region, the US.
A 27-year-old Zimbabwean man who is charged with six counts of murder after a violent attack at the Marry Me informal settlement in Soshanguve last month abandoned his bail application at the Pretoria North magistrate’s court on Tuesday.
The child support grant system has inadvertently strengthened the societal expectation that women should bear the primary caregiving role for children — often without adequate support or compensation.
Unlike traditional artificial intelligence (AI), agentic systems act autonomously, adapt to new environments, and pursue complex, self-generated objectives, often in ways that are difficult to regulate.
Unless party political funding is regulated and transparent, our democracy risks devolving into a US-style donor bonanza where policy platforms are for sale and the wealthy view campaign financing as a prudent investment.
From the smallest microbes to the largest mammals, a sweeping new study has painted the clearest picture yet of how human activity is reshaping life on Earth.