insert_link Health / Medical Interview: Edward Shivute: “We Must Not Let Funding Cuts Cost Lives” Walvis Bay Corridor Group (WBCG) Project Manager Edward Shivute has sounded the alarm over healthcare delivery disruptions caused by dwindling international funding, warning that Namibia must act fast to safeguard critical services such as antiretroviral treatment (ART) provision. In an interview with Future Media News, Shivute revealed that several major funders have frozen or paused their financial support to health initiatives across the country. This funding gap has left some […] today23 June, 2025
insert_link South Africa USAID Grant Freeze in South Africa Threatens HIV/AIDS Fight, Warns Tutu Foundation The Desmond Tutu Health Foundation in S.A warns the permanent freeze of USAID grants in South Africa will have severe consequences in the battle against HIV and AIDS. The foundation's CEO Linda-Gail Bekker says the cancelled funding, including for PEPFAR, which supports 5.5-million people with antiretroviral treatment, threatens critical services. She express concern over the loss of specialised care and prevention tools: today1 March, 2025
insert_link South Africa S.A’s Mashatile Says Land Expropriation Act Key to Economic Inclusion S.A's Deputy president Paul Mashatile says the Land Expropriation Act will ensure that economic inclusion, food security, social cohesion, inclusive spatial patterns, and rural development, are achieved. This is as US president Donald Trump plans to cut all future funding to South Africa, citing the country’s land expropriation policies. Addressing the South African Local Government Association’s National Executive Committee Lekgotla in Cape Town on Tuesday, Mashatile emphasised the importance of […] today5 February, 2025
insert_link World UN “fears” Donald Trump might cut crucial funding Fears are mounting in the corridors of the United Nations that US president-elect Donald Trump may cut crucial funding to the world body. During his last tenure in the oval office, Trump cut funding to many UN agencies. The U.S. is the largest donor to the world body. Jody Jacobs reports from the United Nations in New York. today8 November, 2024
