Households headed by children whose parents have died from HIV/Aids are an increasing problem for banks, which already face high levels of home loans defaults. The traditional route of eviction becomes unpalatable when the family consists of children
A speech by the Palestinian Authority leader to win support fell short of concrete proposals. Yasser Arafat, fighting to resurrect the Palestinian Authority, tried to win over his people this week with promises of sweeping reform
Talks between the MDC and Zanu-PF have broken down – now negotiators are looking to their leaders for help, ahead of next month’s Group of Eight (G8) summit in Canada
Gail Smith joined the historic mission to return the remains of Saartjie Baartman to South Africa.
An alarming rise in the ratio of boys among newborns in China suggests that increasing numbers of female foetuses are being aborted by parents intent on having a male child. More than 116 male births were recorded for every 100 female births
A policeman and three suspected robbers were killed in a shootout after a high speed chase north of Durban on Thursday. This brings the number of policemen killed since Saturday to at least four.
Michael Woerfel likes Italian food. That much is clear from an expenses schedule attached to the state’s case against him and Tony Yengeni.
Chances are remote that the tale of Fanie Olivier will become the South African byword for resistance to bureaucratic tyranny – in the way that the story of William Tell came to represent Swiss defiance of an unjust order
The cardinal of Los Angeles, the largest Roman Catholic archdiocese in the United States, covered up the case of a confessed paedophile priest for 16 years.
Ministers from eight Commonwealth countries are due to meet in a safari lodge in northern Botswana Friday to discuss the situation in Zimbabwe, where President Robert Mugabe won re-election in March in a disputed poll.