President Donald Trump on Monday announced that former President Joe Biden's adult children will no longer receive U.S. Secret Service protection. In a Truth Social post, Trump remarked that ...

Rethinking priorities The vulnerability of different African countries to Pepfar cuts varies widely. Some fund most of their own HIV programs. South Africa's HIV programs are 74% domestically ...

Matthew Tejada addresses a February 2025 rally outside the EPA’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. Credit: Courtesy of Matthew Tejada EPA Considers Giving Oil and Gas Companies More ...

The program has lived up to its promise. The investment of over US$110 billion since being launched has been transformative, with sub-Saharan Africa benefiting the most.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission (POST) unanimously voted to decertify all four. That vote came a day after an informal hearing where the officers had the opportunity to defend ...

The Democratic Alliance says that the City of Johannesburg pushed through its recently promulgated bylaw on CCTV without alerting ward councillors to it, the Sunday Times reports. The bylaw ...

Trump has reinstated the 287(g) Task Force Model that Obama prohibited in 2012. It gives local law enforcement officers the power to stop people and ask for their papers during routine police work.

A contentious law that allows South Africa’s government to expropriate land – without compensation in some cases – has enraged the United States, triggering aid cuts by Washington and ...

South Africa stands to lose 25 years worth of investment if government fails to fill the gaps left by USAID The US has permanently stopped funding thousands of health-care programs in Africa, with ...