Sunday World News Updates

DJ and television personality Lamiez Holworthy-Morule  has been rushed to hospital and undergone an emergency surgical procedure, forcing her to pull out of several scheduled appearances. The Metro FM presenter’s management confirmed the news in a statement issued on Sunday, reassuring fans and industry stakeholders that her condition is not… Read more »

World Health Organisation (WHO) vaccine experts have recommended a full-scale human trial to assess whether the only licensed Ebola vaccine can protect against the Bundibugyo strain driving the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The recommendation concerns Ervebo, a vaccine proved effective against the Zaire strain of Ebola.… Read more »

Women and children continue to bear the brunt of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where the epidemic is deepening a humanitarian crisis in the conflict-hit province of Ituri, the United Nations says. The outbreak is unfolding in a region where nearly a million people… Read more »

AI has designed working viruses in a lab for the first time, according to a study published in the journal Science. Researchers from Stanford University and the Arc Institute in California used an AI model called Evo to generate genetic sequences for bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria, not humans. They… Read more »

For decades, Africa’s development agenda has been defined by a consistent set of ambitions: industrialisation, manufacturing, value addition to minerals, local processing of agricultural commodities, expanded infrastructure, reliable energy systems and large-scale job creation for a rapidly growing youth population. The ambitions are not in doubt. They are repeatedly articulated… Read more »

As South Africa marks Women’s Month, veteran actress and theatre practitioner Shoki Mmola is calling on established women creatives to do more than stand in the glow of their own successes. She wants them to pay it forward for the next generation of creatives and leave behind a legacy that… Read more »

Women know shrinkflation when they see it. Your favourite perfume suddenly comes in a smaller bottle, even though the price has barely changed. The trend is happening across household budgets, with more of our money buying less. In South Africa, where inflation reached 5% in June, rising transport and household… Read more »

Women’s Day is usually remembered through the political struggles of the 20th century. The 1956 march on the Union Buildings remains central to that history, as it should. Yet the political authority of women in Southern Africa reaches much further back. Before colonial borders hardened across the region, before the… Read more »

Safa has given the nod for Pitso Jingles Mosimane to steer the Bafana train. We salute Mosimane for availing himself for national duty in one of the most challenging jobs in South Africa. The former Mamelodi Sundowns mentor, who led the Pretoria side to glory, knows how challenging it is… Read more »

Sometimes the most meaningful economic reforms are not the ones that change interest rates. They are the ones that make the financial system easier to understand. This week, South African Reserve Bank Deputy Governor Rashad Cassim outlined the Reserve Bank’s plans to move away from the traditional prime lending rate… Read more »