RC 260826702Bongani Bingwa
Wednesday, 26 August 2026
SAFA faced mounting accountability questions over VAR funding and leadership, while an HIV and TB research funding reversal offered scientists a route back to work.
- 07:22
Sports Minister Gayton McKenzie demanded SAFA return VAR funding after the association confirmed it received R20 million but had not appointed a service provider before the PSL season.
- 07:20
SAFA Cape Town president Bennett Bailey said Danny Jordaan’s absence from Parliament reflected poorly on the organisation and called for experienced leadership to accept responsibility during difficult moments.
- 06:53
Dr Glenda Gray said the US funding freeze put roughly R1 billion in South African HIV and TB research at risk, costing jobs and halting new clinical-trial enrolments.
- 06:55
Researchers are rushing to reactivate studies this year after funding reopened, with ethics committees and South Africa’s regulator reviewing protocols; alternative support came from government, Gates Foundation and Wellcome.
- 08:56
Old Mutual said its R1 billion social-investment effort backs more than 400 SMEs and has created over 13,000 jobs, focusing on finance and long-term support for young and township entrepreneurs.