A South African company will be producing affordable HIV-protective vaginal rings for increased accessibility. On Thursday, The Population Council announced that Kiara Health in Johannesburg will begin manufacturing silicone rings in the coming years. The projected annual production is around 1 million, with approval from almost a dozen countries and the World Health Organization. Currently, the nonprofit has about 500,00 …
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That’s Baller: Floyd Mayweather Drops $7 Million On South African Gucci Shopping Spree [Video]
Floyd “Money” Mayweather is used to spending big bucks on his lavish lifestyle, but this time, he may have outdone himself. The boxing champ recently traveled to South Africa for a vacation and spent a few million dollars in a Gucci boutique. The 46-year-old was seen with his entourage inside …
Read More »Burna Boys Speaks Out Following the Murder of South African Rapper AKA: “I Hope They Catch Whoever Did You Wicked”
Burna Boy is opening up about the recent death of South African rapper AKA, who was fatally shot outside a popular restaurant in Durban, South Africa, last Friday. Burna Boy took to his Instagram Story Thursday to express how shocked and saddened he was over the rapper’s death, even though …
Read More »Three White Men Arrested After Attacking Two Black Teens At A Resort In South Africa [Video]
Free State police investigating a charge of attempted murder after an alleged racist incident at Maselspoort Resort and Conference Center in South Africa. The initial case was opened by the family of two boys ages 13 and 18 who were assaulted by two white men at the pool. In the …
Read More »Viral Video Shows Black Teens Being Attacked For Using Alleged “Whites Only” Pool in South Africa
Over the holidays, two black teens were attacked in a now-viral video by white men at the Maselspoort Resort & Conference Center near Bloemfontein in the Free State of South Africa. According to the boy’s sister, a white man was seen yelling at one of the black teenage boys while …
Read More »Ballerific Fashion: South African Fashion Designer Thebe Magugu Announces New Collab with Dior
South African fashion designer Thebe Magugu recently took to Instagram to announce a new collaboration with the luxury designer brand Dior. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Thebe Magugu (@thebemagugu) “I am proud to introduce my new capsule in collaboration with DIOR (@dior); one that benefits CTAOP …
Read More »Twenty-One Teens Found Dead In South African Bar All Had Methanol In Their Systems
Authorities in South Africa are getting closer to finding answers regarding what happened to 21 teenagers who died inside a bar. Twenty-one teenagers dropped dead inside the Enyobeni Tavern in Scenery Park, East London, South Africa, on June 27th. The deaths made international headlines with theories from mass suicide to …
Read More »New Information About The Deaths Of 21 South African Teens Who Died In Nightclub: ‘They Died As They Danced’
New information has emerged after 21 teens mysteriously died while partying at a nightclub in South Africa. “They died as they danced,” says Police Minister Bheki Cele, CBS News reports. “They dance, fall, and die. Literally.” That’s the latest discovery from a strange incident that led to 21 teens dying …
Read More »Two Highly Transmissible South African Covid Variants Discovered in US
According to Deadline, two new and even more transmissible Omicron subvariants have been discovered in the United States. Initially, both BA.4 and BA.5 were discovered in South Africa earlier this year but have recently produced a significant increase in cases in their country. According to NBC News, the new subvariants …
Read More »South African Archbishop And Activist Desmond Tutu Dies At 90
South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, an activist for civil and human rights and leader during the apartheid movement, has died. He was 90. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed his death in a statement on Sunday. “The passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is another chapter of bereavement in our nation’s farewell to …
Read More »U.S. Ships More Than 2 Million COVID-19 Vaccines To South Africa
According to a White House official, the United States sent more than 2.2 million Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine doses to South Africa Friday. The doses were shipped as part of the global vaccination program Covid-19 Vaccines Global Access or COVAX. They are scheduled to arrive in the country on Saturday. The U.S. has …
Read More »25,000 Troops Deployed to South Africa to Stop Riots; 117 Dead
25,000 South African troops were deployed on Thursday to help end weeklong riots sparked by the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma. According to the Associated Press, authorities have confirmed at least 117 people have been killed in the violence. Government officials said 10,000 soldiers were on the streets by …
Read More »South African Woman Who Said She Gave Birth To 10 Babies Admitted Into Psych Ward
South African woman who claimed she gave birth to 10 babies at once has been admitted into a psychiatric ward. Gosiame Thamara Sithole, 37 went viral after news broke that she’d given birth to decuplets. However, her sanity is now being questioned after medical officials started questioning if she actually …
Read More »South African Woman Breaks World Record Giving Birth to 10 Babies at Once
A South African woman set a world record by delivering 10 babies at once on Monday, a record set just last month. Gosiame Sithole, 37, gave birth to the decuplets in a hospital in Pretoria, confirmed as the world’s largest-ever live birth. Sithole’s husband, Teboho Tsotestsi, told Pretoria News that his wife gave …
Read More »South African Variant of Covid-19 Detected In The US For The First Time
A new variant of the coronavirus originally identified in South Africa has emerged in the United States, posing another public health challenge to a country that is already overwhelmed and losing more than 3,000 people a day to COVID-19. According to Yahoo News, this mutated version of the virus was …
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