Technician Nozipho Mlotshwa works on samples at a laboratory in the University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, in Johannesburg, South Africa, in May. THEMBA HADEBE/AP JOHANNESBURG — Just a week ...

Technician Nozipho Mlotshwa works on samples at a laboratory in the University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, in Johannesburg, South Africa, in May. THEMBA HADEBE/AP JOHANNESBURG — Just a ...

Just days before South African scientists were set to launch clinical trials of a promising HIV vaccine, their progress was ...

The tenure of the previous board, led by Harare lawyer Gerald Mlotshwa, ended on May 31, 2025.

A laboratory technician Nozipho Mlotshwa works on samples at the Wits laboratory Antiviral Gene Therapy Research Unit, at University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, in Johannesburg, South ...

Nozipho Mlotshwa, a lab technician, says the loss of funding has personal consequences. "My position is grant funded," she said. "If the grant is there, they can pay my salary.

A laboratory technician Nozipho Mlotshwa works on samples at the Wits laboratory Antiviral Gene Therapy Research Unit, at University of the Witwatersrand Medical School.

Inside the Wits laboratory, technician Nozipho Mlotshwa was among the young people in white gowns working on samples, but she may soon be out of a job. Her position is grant-funded.

South Africa’s government has estimated that universities and science councils could lose about $107 million in U.S. research funding over the next five years due to the aid cuts, which affect not ...