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U.S. presidents and the Nobel Peace Prize
Barack Obama also received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009. Unfortunately, no one is sure why Obama was the recipient. He had by that time accomplished no towering achievement. And unless one counts the ...
South African president phones influential billionaire Musk after Trump’s funding threat
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke with Donald Trump’s “influential” billionaire adviser Elon Musk a day after the ...
South Africa’s food poisoning crisis: the government’s response isn’t dealing with the real issues
A South African government intervention is addressing the symptoms of the 2024 outbreak of food-borne illnesses, not the ...
Violent crime in South Africa happens mostly in a few hotspots: police resources should focus there – criminologist
Violent crime in South Africa has consistently been highly concentrated in a small number of urban areas. For example, 20% of ...
From fighting disease to protecting the Amazon rainforest, USAID has big impact across the globe
The Trump administration’s decision to close the U.S. Agency for International Development has drawn widespread criticism ...
USAID funding cuts to South Africa: 'the damage is irreversible' - NGO
A recent funding freeze from USAID has left South Africa's vital HIV and TB treatment programmes in jeopardy. As experts warn ...
USAID funding cuts: a devastating blow to South Africa’s HIV and TB fight
It’s like walking into a hospital and turning off the power while patients are on ventilators and in surgery,” an NGO ...