South Africa's National Treasury says the World Bank has granted South Africa a $1.5 billion loan to upgrade transportation ...

For the first time since the end of apartheid in 1994, the ruling African National Congress lost its parliamentary majority ...

The adoption of the WHO Pandemic Agreement in May, 2025, marks a historic, if imperfect, milestone in global health governance.1 For African countries, which bore a disproportionate burden during the ...

Airport screening in the U.S. detected the new variant in travelers arriving in California, Washington state, Virginia and ...

JOHANNESBURG -- South Africa was under a declared state of national disaster on Thursday as the death toll from floods caused by severe rains in the Eastern Cape region rose to 92.

As Africa reckons with shrinking foreign research support and looming health threats, scientists across the continent are pushing for a more self-reliant future.

The budget cuts threaten global progress on everything from heart disease to H.I.V. — and could affect American drug ...

India reports 7,131 active COVID-19 cases as of Friday, with one new fatality. New Omicron sub-variants drive the surge, with ...

India's Covid-19 cases hit 7,154, with 33 new cases in 24 hours. Kerala has 2,165 active cases. New Omicron subvariants drive surge, but milder illness. 77 deaths in 2025, over 9,000 recoveries.

South Africans are once again the target of misleading health hoaxes, with two unrelated but widely shared false claims ...

NATIONAL NEWS - Cabinet has assured South Africans that government, through the Department of Health, is closely monitoring ...

A shack surrounded by water after heavy rains fell in Motherwell on 10 June 2025 in Gqeberha, South Africa. It is reported ...