Source: Ngaa Murombedzi, AHF regional advocacy and policy manager for Southern Africa. While intended to enhance pandemic preparedness, the current draft will perpetuate global health inequities, leaving South Africa and other low- and middle-income countries without vital resources, including timely access to vaccines, technology transfer, and financial support. “The stakes couldn’t be higher for Africa,”…
The dollar held gains on Tuesday as markets awaited signals, expected later this week, about the potential timing of rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. The yen trimmed losses from a day earlier when worse-than-expected Japanese economic data stirred expectations that the government would ramp up stimulus. The Aussie dollar edged lower after the release of Reserve Bank of…
Unemployed youth seeking work on roadside 1 minute The growth of youth employment was a key topic at day one of the G20 Employment Working Group meeting hosted in Gqeberha. Amongst this hot topic, was gender equality, income equality and the impact of digitalisation on the future of work. According to economist and lecturer, Professor…
National Police Commissioner Fanie Masemola appears before the Ad Hoc Committee on 17 March 2026. National Police Commissioner Fanie Masemola has described as lies the allegations made by other senior officers that he is conspiring with the former Police Minister Bheki Cele against them. Masemola is being questioned by members of the Ad Hoc Committee in…
COSATU members at an event 1 minute COSATU in the Free State has threatened to cause disruptions if the ANC persists with reinstating convicted Matjhabeng Mayor, Thanduxolo Khalipha through backdoors. COSATU has accused the ANC in the province of forcing the Matjhabeng caucus to vote in favour of Khalipha. In December last year, Khalipha was…
Sindiso Magaqa’s picture seen with a logo of the ANC Youth League. The Umzimkhulu Magistrate Court in KwaZulu-Natal has heard evidence from the investigating officer on how the murder of former African National Congress Youth League Secretary General, Sindiso Magaqa, was planned. This as former municipal manager Zweliphansi Skhosana appears in court for a bail…
EFF Delegates to the 3rd NPA are currently registering at UJ, Soweto Campus. 2 minutes The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Secretary-General Marshall Dlamini says it’s all systems go for the party’s third elective conference, formally termed the National People’s Assembly. The Assembly comes at a critical juncture for the EFF, as the party has experienced…
FILE | A man holds Senzo Meyiwa’s picture during his memorial at the Moses Mabida Stadium in Durban. Accused number two in the Senzo Meyiwa trial says he was continuously assaulted by the police, as they were forcing him to sign documents pinning him to the murder of the Bafana Bafana captain. Ntanzi was on…
Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge at the Judicial Conduct Tribunal. 1 minute The Judicial Conduct Tribunal (JCT) tasked with investigating sexual harassment allegations against Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge will continue in Johannesburg on Monday. The tribunal will sit for the next 10 days. It stems from a complaint filed in January 2023…
FILE | Players celebrate with the trophy after winning the World Cup. FIFA is set to distribute a record $355 million to clubs around the world as part of an expanded Club Benefits Programme (CBP) tied to the 2026 World Cup, soccer’s world governing body announced on Tuesday. The initiative marks an increase of close…
