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Overview In a groundbreaking development, scientists from Wits University have identified two previously unknown genes linked to breast cancer in Black South African women. These genes have not been associated with the disease in past international studies, signaling a critical step forward in understanding breast cancer risk among African populations…

South Africa lost another politician to a bullet. Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) MP Khethamabala Petros Sithole (68) was gunned down on Saturday night while attending a meeting at the Buyafuthi Hostel in Katlehong, Gauteng. Three unknown gunmen opened fire, killing him and injuring two others. One victim remains in the…

Olorato Mongale…. A name uttered with grief and despair by most South Africans, but amongst many voices silenced unnecessarily. The country’s statistics on gender-based violence are still worryingly high and are most concerning given that 2025 marks the midterm review on the progress of the National Strategic Plan on GBVF…

The Forum for South Africa (FOSA), a civil society organization, has called for all charges against five Walter Sisulu University (WSU) students to be withdrawn. The students were arrested last week amid a tense confrontation between police and demonstrators at the university’s Nelson Mandela Drive campus.

As South Africa commemorates Youth Month, which is a period that honors the courage and activism of the 1976 Soweto Uprising, a new chapter in student politics is being written at Wits University. On May 20, 2025, the uMkhonto weSizwe Student Movement (MKSM) was officially registered as a political society,…