Nelson Mandela and seven others were sentenced to life imprisonment 56 years ago today. Mandela would go on to spend 27 years in prison before he was released. This is what happened at the Rivonia Trial, and the sentence they received. Fifty-six years ago, Judge Quartus de Wet, sentenced Nelson Mandela and seven others to life imprisonment in…
Soccer World Cup (Gallo Images) Thursday marks the 10th anniversary of South Africa hosting the 2010 Soccer World Cup, the first and only time Africa has staged the biggest single-sport global tournament.A decade on, the report card about football in the country is mixed with successes including a thriving national league and multi-sport use of…
Zukisa Sibango was sentenced to 42 years in prison for the hijacking of an abalone truck in the Western Cape in 2017.Sibango is currently serving a life sentence for a murder he committed in the Eastern Cape.He committed the hijacking with three other men, including his uncle. However, his uncle and one suspect have since…
The Khosa family together with a few individuals buried their son Collins. (Supplied) Protests "speak to a growing rage across the globe at continued white supremacy and the use of state violence to support it", the NMF says.The foundation argues the use of violence can be "rational and carefully targeted as part of a strategy…
It seemed mundane on paper … but SA v Canada at the 1995 World Cup proved anything but that.The ill-tempered affair would be costly for Messrs Dalton and Hendriks; an unanticipated blessing for other Springboks.The Canucks smelled a rat with the floodlight failure that pushed back the kick-off by some 45 minutes.The match on 3…
3 min read This story is part of a series on 10 life-saving medical breakthroughs. Click here to read the rest. ANTONIO TORRES, A 24-year-old from Denver, used to spend six hours each day bathing and meticulously wrapping the red, raw skin along his shoulders and spine. “My wounds take up a large percentage of
The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended granting marketing authorization for Moderna’s new RNA-based vaccine, mNexspike, for preventing COVID-19 in people aged 12 years or older. The vaccine was approved in May 2025 by the US FDA for individuals aged 65 years or older or aged 12-64 years
KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed Affordable Care Act subsidies on Crooked Media’s What a Day on Dec. 10 and on Slate’s What Next on Dec. 9. Click here to hear Rovner on What a Day. Click here to hear Rovner on What Next. KFF Health News Washington health policy reporter Amanda