US funding resumes for South African aid agencies amid Land Expropriation Act controversy
South African aid agencies are set to continue lifesaving services as a recent US waiver allows funding to resume, following a controversial freeze linked to the Land Expropriation Act.
Pepfar projects are exempted from Trump’s ban on aid for South Africa
Such programmes still qualify for a limited waiver, which will expire towards the end of April, but only for approved activities
US Says It Will Continue Limited AIDS Relief Services in South Africa
The US said a waiver on halting some activities in South Africa under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, will focus on “life-saving” treatments.These will include HIV care and treatment services such as testing for the disease,
Trump’s aid cuts signal urgent need for sustainable healthcare solutions in South Africa
By facilitating knowledge-sharing between organisations that have successfully reduced external funding dependence and those seeking to do the same, we can build on proven approaches to sustainable healthcare delivery.
Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze Causes Fear of H.I.V. Resurgence in Africa
Patients and health care advocates said the abrupt decision to halt U.S. funding for a lifesaving H.I.V. program led to widespread confusion. The backtracking didn’t help.
Africa knew Trump's 'America First' pledge meant it might be last. Then came the freeze on aid
The U.S. gave it more than $6.5 billion in humanitarian assistance last year for wide-ranging projects like disease response, girls’ education and free school lunches.
The South African Land Law That Prompted a Trump Executive Order Is Being Challenged in Court
South Africa’s second biggest political party has launched a legal challenge against a new land expropriation law that was roundly criticized by U.S. President Donald Trump
Trump, South Africa in growing row over hotly contested land law, country's deals with US foes
Trump’s executive order cutting aid and offering refugee status to South Africa’s Afrikaner farmers has caused a stir in the African country after passage of a controversial land bill.
Trump signs order freezing aid to South Africa over land law
US President Donald Trump has accused South Africa of human rights violations against white farmers, continuing a dispute that escalated this week as the US froze aid to the country. On Sunday Trump wrote on his Truth Social account: "South Africa is confiscating land,
How Trump's Aid Freeze to South Africa Is Affecting Markets
South African markets were affected at the beginning of the week after President Donald Trump froze all US aid to the African nation over what he falsely claimed were rights violations stemming from a new land-expropriation law.
White South African groups reject Trump's asylum offer in US
President Donald Trump’s offer to grant asylum to white South Africans has been rejected by Afriforum and other groups. Meanwhile, Trump has frozen US aid to South Africa over the country's controversial land law.
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UPDATE | Embassy confirms Pepfar projects will restart, despite Trump aid ban
Such programmes still qualify for a limited waiver, which will expire towards the end of April, but only for approved activities ...
Urgent solutions needed as PEPFAR funding freeze threatens HIV/AIDS treatment in SA
South Africa's health officials and experts are scrambling for solutions as a sudden 90-day suspension of US PEPFAR funding ...
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US foreign aid freeze wreaks havoc for HIV treatment in Africa
With recent cuts to foreign aid, including programs like PEPFAR, thousands of Africans living with HIV face an uncertain ...
'Confusion' in South Africa over US HIV funding
Some South African organizations that assist people with HIV are in limbo, after the United States put a 90-day freeze on ...
'Try to be smart for a day!' Gareth Cliff gets slammed over misleading claims about US contributions to South Africa's HIV/Aids funding
Africa Check clarifies the funding sources for South Africa's HIV/Aids programmes, refuting Gareth Cliff's claims that the US ...
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What could SA lose if Pepfar is stopped? We work it out
How much money could HIV and other health programmes in South Africa stand to lose because of US President Donald Trump's order to freeze foreign funding? Looking at budgets and spending records ...
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African priest says Trump budget pause should urge Africa to be more independent
On Catholic leader in Africa says U.S. President Donald Trump’s pause in foreign aid shows he doesn’t accept it as a tool of ...
Healthcare in Africa on brink of crisis as US exits WHO and USAid freezes funds: A health scholar explains why
US president Donald Trump has taken a series of decisions that have delivered body blows to the global management of health.