ABOUT 800 international experts meet in Durban on Monday to discuss the growing threat of malaria, estimated to kill two children worldwide every minute. That figure could be cut by one-third if treated mosquito nets were to be distributed throughout Africa, according to a study published by the Multilateral Initiative on Malaria. The conference will […]
TRADITIONAL leaders around South Africa will receive the same government salaries and benefits after talks between Constitutional Development Minister Valli Moosa, Deputy President Thabo Mbeki, Land Affairs Minister Derek Hanekom and the Congress of Traditional Leaders (Contralesa). Moosa announced at the weekend that the government plans to bring uniformity to the salaries of kings and […]
President Nelson Mandela will meet Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat for talks in the Finnish capital.
POLICE are holding two Zambian men in Lusaka and have deported two foreigners in connection with the bombs which exploded in in the city a fortnight ago. The foreigners, an American identified as Gilbert Herbert and an Austrian named David Clay, who were arrested together with the duo, were deported to South Africa and Zimbabwe […]
AN estimated thousand municipal workers in Welkom went on strike on Monday after the council unilaterally downgraded their conditions of service. The move will see employees losing all study leave, leave encashment provisions and travel allowances. 14
NIGERIA and five other countries in the Gulf of Guinea have provisionally adopted an international manual for monitoring marine pollution, independent newspaper The Guardian reported on Monday. Environmental scientists from Benin, Cameroon, Cte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Nigeria met at the weekend in Lagos and agreed to adopt the manual to co-ordinate tackling pollution in […]
JUSTICE Minister Dullah Omar launched Human Rights Week in Johannesburg on Monday, saying that political killings and the high crime rate are a reflection of the scant regard for human rights. Omar added that high levels of intolerance continue in the country despite having a “human rights friendly” Constitution. Human Rights Week runs until Human […]
President Nelson Mandela said while visiting Finland that he is confident South Africa and the European Union will reach a deal on a free trade pact.
A MUTTERING prosecutor has delayed a High Court action by media lawyers attempting to block a magistrate’s order that journalists surrender materials recorded during the death of vigilante Rashaad Staggie. Staggie, a notorious gangster and drug dealer, was killed during a People Against Gangsterism and Drugs march two years ago. Inquest Magistrate Johan Venter has […]
FORMER British heavyweight world champion Frank Bruno on Sunday put Lennox Lewis’ controversial drawn title fight with Evander Holyfield in New York down to American boxing politics and backed the Briton to easily win a rematch. Bruno, a former World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion himself, said he believes there have been stranger decisions in […]