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Gates Foundation

Commit, invest, deliver — what SA should do to end TB

Maverick Citizen

Commit, invest, deliver — what SA should do to end TB

By Yogan Pillay and Gaurang Tanna for Spotlight

We can finally see hope on the horizon for beating TB, the world’s deadliest disease

Africa

We can finally see hope on the horizon for beating TB, the world’s deadliest disease

By Willem Hanekom

Melinda French Gates exits foundation with $12.5bn for ‘next chapter of my philanthropy’

World

Melinda French Gates exits foundation with $12.5bn for ‘next chapter of my philanthropy’

By Bloomberg

Proposed healthcare ‘New Deal’ should help set scene for this week’s Agoa Forum talks

South Africa

Proposed healthcare ‘New Deal’ should help set scene for this week’s Agoa Forum talks

By Anthony Carroll

How Open Society Foundations' new ‘One Africa’ strategy befits our broken world

Africa

How Open Society Foundations' new ‘One Africa’ strategy befits our broken world

By Kevin Bloom

High-tech ‘agri-box’ will help Africa’s crop farmers tackle climate crisis challenges

Africa

High-tech ‘agri-box’ will help Africa’s crop farmers tackle climate crisis challenges

By Estelle Ellis

Global gender equality only by 2108, says sixth annual Goalkeepers Report projection

World

Global gender equality only by 2108, says sixth annual Goalkeepers Report projection

By Estelle Ellis

War against HIV – we have the drug to stop it, yet the world is at a turning point once more

South Africa

War against HIV – we have the drug to stop it, yet the world is at a turning point once more

By Liesl Page-Shipp

Bill Gates calls for global response team to tackle future pandemics

Maverick Citizen

Bill Gates calls for global response team to tackle future pandemics

By Estelle Ellis

Gwede Mantashe vs academia and activism (and the media, and the world)

Business Maverick

Gwede Mantashe vs academia and activism (and the media, and the world)

By Rebecca Davis

Covid-19 pandemic the most dramatic setback to global sustainable development ‘in at least a generation’

South Africa

Covid-19 pandemic the most dramatic setback to global sustainable development ‘in at least a generation’

By Estelle Ellis

Putting women and girls at the centre of the Covid-19 response is crucial to rebuilding, says Gates Foundation

Africa

Putting women and girls at the centre of the Covid-19 response is crucial to rebuilding, says Gates Foundation

By Zukiswa Pikoli