Against a backdrop of economic uncertainty—both locally and internationally—government has managed to put together a budget that maintains fiscal discipline while prioritising key developmental areas.

“It’s bad, bad,” said one State Department official who works on the HIV program, which is called the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR. The official, who, like ...

In the wake of President Donald Trump’s broadside against U.S. foreign assistance, many aid advocates have voiced a familiar refrain: “Yes we know the system needs reform but …” It seems not a lot of ...

The US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) faces a pivotal moment, confronting one of its most challenging periods since its launch in 2003. The new policy priorities of the ...

On 6 February 2025, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy (GHSD), which oversees global implementation of PEPFAR, issued detailed guidance on activities ...

The Portfolio Committee on Health has raised serious concerns over the recent withdrawal of funding from the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). This comes after ...

In the first blog of the Around the world with the ICE series, we follow Tim Ashworth to Eswatini, where he volunteered to build a footbridge. Tim Ashworth standing on the completed footbridge. Image ...

This piqued my interest, and I jumped on the opportunity to study in a school in Eswatini when it arose. After almost a year of hearing stereotypes and concerns about Africa, I finally landed in the ...

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Copyright: © 2025 Published by Elsevier Ltd. After a temporary pause in all activities, the future of PEPFAR is in jeopardy as Donald Trump throws international aid ...

The shutdown of the USAID headquarters happened five days after over 215 000 people living with HIV in Eswatini heaved a sigh of relief as the United States approved an ‘Emergency Humanitarian Waiver.