Trump’s USAID freeze must serve as a wake-up call for Africa
1 week, 4 days ago

Trump’s USAID freeze must serve as a wake-up call for Africa

Al Jazeera  

Africans must never have relied on the West for their healthcare. On February 6, in a comprehensive briefing to Parliament, South Africa’s Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi outlined the widespread effect of PEPFAR on the country’s HIV response. Each year, due to gross maladministration and unchecked corruption, South Africa loses billions of rand, funds that are essential for addressing vital service delivery needs, including those related to HIV/AIDS healthcare. In August 2024, the Special Investigating Unit, an independent agency of the South African government responsible for investigating malfeasance in state-owned enterprises, reported that corruption networks had caused financial losses exceeding 3 billion rand at the institution, with evidence pointing to the involvement of senior hospital staff in these illicit operations. Kenya, like South Africa, has the opportunity to extricate itself from the grip of the US aid industry and to support orphanages such as Nyumbani Children’s Home through its own funding.

Health Corruption Africa South Africa Trump Nigeria Funding Kenya South Aid Kenyan Usaid Us Aid Pepfar Billion Rand  freeze  usaid  south  billion  rand  aid  serve  pepfar  health  africa  trumps  corruption  funding  wakeup

History of this topic

South Africa plans to spend more on health and defense after the US cuts aid
1 week, 4 days ago

South Africa plans to spend more on health and defense after the US cuts aid

Associated Press  

JOHANNESBURG — Lawmakers in South Africa laid out plans to shore up the budgets for health and defense but also put up value added tax by 0.5%, a move that will raise the cost of living as consumers pay more for goods, including food, and services. The increase comes amid concerns that South Africa’s health system, which cares for the …

Trump's aid freeze could cause millions more AIDS deaths: UN agency
1 month, 1 week ago

Trump's aid freeze could cause millions more AIDS deaths: UN agency

Raw Story  

President Donald Trump's decision to suspend US overseas funding could result in millions more deaths from AIDS, the head of the UN's programme for the illness warned Sunday. "It's dramatic in many countries," UNAIDS executive director Winnie Byanyima told AFP. "We could see additional deaths increasing by tenfold" to 6.3 million in five years, Byanyima said, citing UNAIDS estimates. The …

Trump freezes aid to South Africa amid spat over land expropriation law
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump freezes aid to South Africa amid spat over land expropriation law

Al Jazeera  

Trump’s executive order comes after South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said his country would not be ‘bullied’. In an executive order signed on Friday, Trump said the law showed a “shocking disregard” for citizens’ rights and would allow the government to seize land from ethnic minority Afrikaners without compensation. The passage of the Expropriation Act, signed last month by South …

South African president alludes to Trump’s threat in speech to the nation: ‘We will not be bullied’
1 month, 2 weeks ago

South African president alludes to Trump’s threat in speech to the nation: ‘We will not be bullied’

Associated Press  

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa appeared to respond to threats from U.S. counterpart Donald Trump by saying in his annual speech to the nation Thursday that his country would “not be bullied.” The comment by Ramaphosa was seen as a reaction to Trump’s pledge to cut all funding to South Africa over a new land …

'Unreliable partner': South Africa's HIV clinics scramble over U.S. aid freeze
1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Unreliable partner': South Africa's HIV clinics scramble over U.S. aid freeze

Raw Story  

by Linda GIVETASH The gates at a Johannesburg LGBTQ clinic called OUT have been closed for more than a week and HIV prevention and treatment services suspended for its 6,000 clients. They are among the several South African HIV/AIDS healthcare providers that have been confused, angry and scrambling for survival since U.S. President Donald Trump issued a 90-day freeze last …

Africa knew Trump’s ‘America First’ pledge meant it might be last. Then came the freeze on aid
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Africa knew Trump’s ‘America First’ pledge meant it might be last. Then came the freeze on aid

Associated Press  

JOHANNESBURG — Four days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order freezing almost all U.S. foreign aid, an email landed in Claris Madhuku’s inbox in rural Zimbabwe. “The world is baffled,” the health minister of South Africa, the country with the most people living with HIV, said after the U.S. freeze on aid. The minister, Aaron Motsoaledi, said the …

South Africa rejects Trump’s accusations, hits back at land law aid threats
1 month, 3 weeks ago

South Africa rejects Trump’s accusations, hits back at land law aid threats

Al Jazeera  

Last month, South Africa adopted a bill for the state to expropriate land to address racial disparities in land ownership after apartheid. South Africa has refuted that it is “confiscating” land unfairly, an accusation that United States President Donald Trump made, adding he plans to cut all funding for the country. Trump on Sunday accused the South African government of …

Trump to stop all future aid to South Africa over mistreatment of 'certain people'
Trending News
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump to stop all future aid to South Africa over mistreatment of 'certain people'

India Today  

US President Donald Trump on Sunday announced that he would cut off all future funding for South Africa until it investigated how "certain classes of people" were being treated "very badly". "South Africa is confiscating land, and treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY," Trump said in a Truth Social post. Trump announced that the US government will halt all …

South Africa’s Rand Emerges as a Leading EM Currency First Time in Eight Years
2 months, 3 weeks ago

South Africa’s Rand Emerges as a Leading EM Currency First Time in Eight Years

Live Mint  

-- For the first time since 2016, South Africa‘s rand finds itself among the five best-performing emerging-market currencies of the year — and there may be more to come, according to analysts at Credit Agricole SA and Ashmore Group Plc. “South Africa’s carry appeal remains strong as inflation and expectations stay anchored,” said Sebastien Barbé, head of EM research and …

Corruption: Africa’s undeclared pandemic
2 years, 8 months ago

Corruption: Africa’s undeclared pandemic

Al Jazeera  

Corruption is devastating economies across the continent. On June 22, South Africa’s Chief Justice Raymond Zondo released the final instalment of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into State Capture and found that the ruling African National Congress party, under Zuma, “permitted, supported and enabled corruption and state capture”. According to the Africa Youth Survey 2022 published on June 14, Africa’s …

South Africa is marred by COVID corruption
4 years, 7 months ago

South Africa is marred by COVID corruption

Deccan Chronicle  

Johannesburg: South Africa’s COVID-19 response is marred by corruption allegations around its historic $26 billion economic relief package, as the country with the world’s fifth highest number of COVID-19 cases braces for more. In South Africa’s new virus epicenter, Gauteng province, a company supplying the government with PPE, Royal Bhaca, charged more than four times the regular price — or …

South Africa seeks $24 million for Ebola-hit nations
10 years, 5 months ago

South Africa seeks $24 million for Ebola-hit nations

The Hindu  

The South African Department of Health on Thursday said it seeks to raise 250 million rand to coordinate and manage relief assistance for Ebolo-affected countries. The DOH is making an urgent call to South Africa’s private sector to donate to the Ebola Response Fund, set up by the department last month, Xinhua quoted department’s spokesperson Joe Maila as saying on …

Discover Related