Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced a private partnership with the MAC cosmetics company that will expand medical and emergency support services for rape survivors in South Africa, where over 3 million people live with HIV/AIDS. Black Voices reports: Clinton and the cosmetics company pledged the commitment of $2 million to diminish the AIDS epidemic […]

STELLENBOSCH, South Africa — The 2011 International Conference on Women in Physics takes place in South Africa this week. ALSO READ: HelloBeautiful.com’s 25 Women To Know The guest list includes some of the world’s smartest women including the world’s first black female astronaut, the woman who discovered neutron stars, and a former head of the […]

Johannesburg, South Africa — A former South African rugby star will undergo mental observation after he was charged with the gruesome axe murders of three people in Durban on Monday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu is a “moral titan” who will be missed as he formally retires from public life Thursday on his 79th birthday. Obama says the Nobel Peace Prize laureate has been a voice of principle, an unrelenting champion of justice and a dedicated peacemaker. Tutu […]

From BBC.com: Reports suggest that the drugs are being sold by patients and even healthcare staff for money. Schoolchildren have been spotted smoking the drugs, which are ground into powder and sometimes mixed with painkillers or marijuana. Aids patients themselves have been found smoking the drugs instead of taking them as prescribed. Anti-retrovirals are used […]