Dinilohlanga Mekuto

1 week ago | sabcnews.com | Dinilohlanga Mekuto

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday approved Gilead Sciences lenacapavir, a twice-yearly injection, for preventing HIV infection in adults and adolescents at high risk of contracting the deadly virus. Investors and AIDS activists had been eagerly awaiting the regulatory decision for the drug seen as convenient enough to help end the 44-year-old HIV epidemic. It will be sold under the brand name Yeztugo in the US at a list price of $28 218 a year.

1 week ago | sabcnews.com | Dinilohlanga Mekuto

Service delivery challenges in the Northern Cape have seen the Human Rights Commission (HRC) holding a two-day engagement in Kimberley with politicians, municipal officials and civil society groups, to find solutions. At the top of the agenda were issues around the lack of access to water in some communities and long-running sewage spills. The Commission plans to keep a close eye on municipalities failing to provide basic services.

1 week ago | sabcnews.com | Dinilohlanga Mekuto

Police have arrested over 200 suspects for rape during a nationwide operation this past week. The operation forms part of the police’s efforts to fight gender-based violence and femicide. National police spokesperson Amanda van Wyk says of the arrested suspects, 56 of them were wanted suspects found in different provinces. “Among the arrests was that of a man and woman in Bloubergstrand, Western Cape, for the alleged sexual abuse of their daughters, aged three and eight.

1 week ago | sabcnews.com | Dinilohlanga Mekuto

The family of the late former Zambian President Edgar Lungu has announced that he will be buried in South Africa. This after the family and the Zambian government could not reach an agreement on how to send-off the former leader. Lungu died while in South Africa receiving a specialised medical treatment. In a statement, Lungu’s family says he will be laid to rest in South Africa in accordance with their wishes.

1 week ago | sabcnews.com | Dinilohlanga Mekuto

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva has raised “vehement objection” to Iran addressing the Human Rights Council ahead of talks with European counterparts in Geneva to try to de-escalate the conflict, according to a letter seen by Reuters.