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The British government is reportedly planning to stop giving direct aid to South Africa from 2015, according to media reports.

The BBC reported that British international development secretary, Justine Greening, will announce that the United Kingdom's relationship with South Africa will now be based on trade and not development.

The British government's aid programme to South Africa is currently worth R264 million a year. At its peak in 2003, British aid amounted to more than R556 million.

The Ghana Coalition of NGOs in Health (GCNH) has questioned the selection of AngloGold Ashanti by the Global Fund for HIV, Tuberculosis and malaria control, to carry out malaria programmes in Ghana.
 
GCNH argues that it is often CSOs that are responsible for such activities in all countries, and is therefore baffled as to why in Ghana a multinational company has been given that mandate.
 

An entrepreneur who won a R22.4 million Powerball jackpot is donating R1 million of his winnings to a community in the Eastern Cape.
 
The man, who wanted to remain anonymous, points out that, “I am so thankful for this. If I can give to people, especially people of my community, I will be the happiest person.”
 
Gidani spokesperson, Thembi Tulwana, says that the 57-year old father of six, who benefitted from a charity when he was a child, is eager for the money to reach the beneficiaries as soon as possible.
 

South Africa will launch its own development aid agency in 2011 in a move likely to boost the country's status as an emerging economic power and champion of the African continent.

The South African Development Partnership Agency is expected to become operational before mid-2011 and will work with other donor agencies to coordinate development programmes, mainly on the continent.