South Africa: Why Professional Athletes Find Retirement So Difficult

[ad_1] Retiring from elite sport can be a complex issue for many sportspeople, who are often faced with emotional or psychological challenges. Listen to this article 7 min Listen to this article 7 min Think back to when you met someone for the first time. One of the first questions you asked, or were asked, was likely: "what do you do for work?" It's a polite, innocuous and socially ingrained way of getting to know more about a person. But […]

October 8, 2024

Africa

Africa’s Researchers Playing Crucial Role in Advancing HIV Prevention #HIVR4P2024

[ad_1] Lima, Peru — Africa is contributing to groundbreaking data from the PURPOSE 2 study, which explores twice-yearly lenacapavir for HIV prevention. This study, with participants from South Africa and Uganda , is one of the scientific highlights showcased at the 5th HIV Research for Prevention Conference, better known as HIVR4P 2024, in Lima, Peru. A key development is the promising results from the PURPOSE 1 study, which demonstrated that lenacapavir, a biannual HIV prevention injectable, reduced HIV acquisitions by […]

October 8, 2024

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Africa: South Africa’s GNU Faces an Uphill Battle On Migration Policy

[ad_1] Can the Government of National Unity reconcile its members' competing interests and achieve a pragmatic, unified approach? Migration has become a critical issue in South Africa's political discourse. The country has adopted progressive asylum and migration policies, but these have not resulted in a pragmatic migration governance approach. Several factors stand in the way, including bureaucratic inefficiencies, the conflation of refugees and migrants, and politicised narratives about immigrants. With each election cycle, the issue of migration has been amplified […]

October 7, 2024

News

South Africa: All Safe, Flights on Schedule After Fire Damages Skukuza Airport Terminal Roof

[ad_1] Airlink confirms that a section of the Skukuza Airport terminal roof was damaged in a bush fire yesterday. Passengers and airport personnel were safely evacuated and fortunately, nobody has been hurt or incapacitated. Airlink flights will operate on schedule. Airlink with SANParks, its partner service providers, and lodges in the surrounding area, have set up temporary departures, and arrivals facilities, and related services using back-up systems to perform the associated processes. “We want to minimise any disruptions at Skukuza and […]

October 7, 2024

News

Kenya: Visa Removal for Kenyans Boosts South African Tourism Industry

[ad_1] Nairobi — The recent removal of visa restrictions between Kenya and South Africa has been celebrated by South African businesses as a significant boost for the tourism industry. This sentiment was prominently voiced during the three-day Magical Kenya Travel Expo, which concluded on Friday. South African representatives expressed optimism about the implications of this policy change. Duncan Muriuki, who runs Destination Africa, a travel agency based in South Africa, highlighted that the easing of travel requirements has already increased […]

October 7, 2024

News

South Africa: Former SA Boxer Is Training Soweto’s Future Stars

[ad_1] Steven Msimanga trains 25 youths in his backyard in Orlando East Former South African boxer Steven Msimanga has high hopes for the 25 youngsters he trains daily in his backyard in Orlando East, Soweto. The youngest is eight, the eldest 23. The young amateurs are happy to be off the street and out of trouble. Besides the fighting skills, Msimanga instills discipline in them. Children sometimes watch from the streets and mimic their moves. "I started in 2005, after […]

October 7, 2024

News

South Africa: Broos Names Final Squad for Afcon Qualifiers Against Congo Brazzavile

[ad_1] The South African senior men's national team face the Congolese in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, on Friday, 11 October 2024 (7pm), and then they travel to Congo to play the return match on Tuesday, 15 October 2024. Looking ahead to the matches against Congo, Broos said he was concerned by the number of goals that his charges concede during matches. "Those things have got to change, that has to change" he said. "You can't concede two or three goals in […]

October 4, 2024

Africa

Africa: Destruction of Libraries and Archives Is a Form of Book-Burning and Erasing History and Memory

[ad_1] Libraries are not merely places that keep books by George Eliot, Charles Dickens or Joseph Conrad: they are repositories of written records of South African society over centuries - and over the past three decades. During a gathering of advocates and activists who collected books from across the US for shipping to Africa, mainly to west Africa, I once asked, somewhat cheekily, of the good folk in the Upper Midwest: "What books are you sending to Africa?" Were these […]

October 4, 2024

Entertainment

South Africa: Cosatu Salutes Legendary Gospel Artist Solly Moholo

[ad_1] The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) is saddened by the passing of legendary gospel artist Solomon Molokoane, popularly known as Solly Moholo. The iconic musician passed away at the age of 65 this week, after falling ill while on tour in Botswana last month. Ntate Solly Moholo was not only a household name in the country's traditional gospel music, he was also an undeniably talented artist who had an impeccable ability to use various elements of his […]

October 4, 2024

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