Month: December 2025
News24 | Cameroonian opposition figure Ekane dies in detention, lawyer says
Cameroonian opposition leader Anicet Ekane, who supported a bid for president by a rival to the country’s long-serving leader in October, died in detention on Monday, his lawyer and family said, a development that may worsen political tensions.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Tuesday’s weather: Severe thunderstorm warnings issued across multiple provinces
Severe thunderstorms with flooding and damaging winds are expected across multiple provinces on Tuesday, according to the South African Weather Service.
Continue ReadingNews24 | SA wants to make its own six-monthly HIV-prevention jabs by 2027 – but there’s a hitch
The South African government says it could fill the potential gap in the number of doses it will need of the twice-yearly HIV-prevention jab to end Aids by 2043, by getting a group of local pharmaceutical companies to make generic shots from 2027 onwards. There...
Continue ReadingNews24 | Tempers flare at Madlanga inquiry; ANC backs Ramaphosa: Today’s top 7 stories in 7 minutes
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Continue ReadingNews24 | Gene Hackman’s secret art creations revealed at auction
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Continue ReadingNews24 | Israel’s Netanyahu appears in court after pardon request backed by Trump
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared in court on Monday for the first time since asking the country’s president for a pardon in his long-running corruption trial, a request backed by close ally US President Donald Trump.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Salim Abdool Karim | Transforming adversity into opportunity for the Aids response
As World Aids Day 2025 swings by, Caprisa director Professor Salim Abdool Karim reflects on the frantic days following this year’s unprecedented cuts to health aid and research funding from the US, arguing that the deliberate disruptiveness was designed to be cruel. Nonetheless, he argues,...
Continue ReadingNews24 | Ebola outbreak in Congo declared over by health officials
An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now over, Congolese health officials announced on Monday, after the country went 42 consecutive days without recording a new case.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Bold call from Broos: Ruthless, tactical shake-up for Bafana’s 25-man Afcon squad
Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos officially named his 25-man squad for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations on Monday.
Continue ReadingNews24 | One person dead following hail, flooding amid severe thunderstorms in Gauteng
One person has died following heavy rains, hail and flooding in Gauteng on Sunday evening.
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