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The Trump administration has slashed vital funding for South Africa's HIV programmes while spending hundreds of millions of dollars to resettle white Afrikaners as refugees.

Phumzile Msaro points at Xhorha River, which villagers must cross to reach Nkanya clinic in Elloitdale.
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Eastern Cape rural ambulance service champion retains council seat

Mbhashe municipality's sole independent councillor, Phumzile Msaro, has retained his seat in Xhora Mouth after fighting for a decade to bring emergency medical services to his rural community.

Gianni Infantino is increasingly likely to secure re-election for a fourth term as Fifa president due to the lack of a heavyweight rival

Infantino could pull off 'Houdini' act as critics struggle for candidate

Gianni Infantino is on track to secure re-election as FIFA president for a fourth term as rivals struggle to mount a credible challenge despite backlash over his commercial plans.

South African lawyer and champion of international law Navi Pillay is pictured after she was awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, on October 9, 2026 at the historic Courtroom 600 of Nuremberg's Palace of Justice, venue of the 1945-1946 Nuremberg Trials against leaders of defeated Nazi Germany, in Nuremberg, southern Germany, where she was attending the Nuremberg Forum 2026 conference of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy. The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to South Africa's Navi Pillay, the judge who headed the Rwanda genocide tribunal and who last year presided over a UN commission which accused Israel of genocide in Gaza. Pillay, currently a judge on the International Court of Justice in a case where Myanmar also stands accused of genocide, has been "instrumental in ensuring that war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide are prosecuted," said Jorgen Watne Frydnes, the chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo.

SA's Navi Pillay wins Nobel Peace Prize, dedicates award to survivors of international crimes

South African jurist and human rights champion Navi Pillay has won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her dedicated fight against war crimes and genocide, dedicating the honour to survivors of international atrocities amid widespread praise…

US ambassador to SA, Leo Brent Bozell III.

BANTU MNIKI | SA must lead where US diplomacy fails

As relations between South Africa and the United States deteriorate amid breaches of diplomatic protocol by Ambassador Leo Brent Bozell III, South Africa faces the challenge of upholding international law and diplomacy.

British heavyweight boxers Tyson Fury reacts as he arrives to attend a press conference in London on September 30, 2026, ahead of his heavyweight boxing fight against Anthony Joshua in Wales in December. Picture: Adrian DENNIS/AFP

Fury to invite Trump to lead ring walk before Joshua showdown

Tyson Fury has revealed plans to invite US President Donald Trump to lead his ring walk for the upcoming heavyweight clash against Anthony Joshua in Cardiff.

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