Negative attitudes toward sexual assault survivors hamper specialised treatment. Models of care for sexual assault survivors who access the public health system will feature in hearings on gender-based violence and the health sector in Parliament.
Eastern Cape premier says proposals for tertiary education fail to tackle historical imbalances. Eastern Cape Premier Makhenkesi Stofile has called on Minister of Education Kader Asmal to <i>hamba kahle</i> — Zulu for "tread carefully".
How Colombia’s ancient U’wa tribe sent a US oil giant packing. When geologists from the United States oil giant, Oxy, found what they believed was one of the largest oilfields in Latin America in 1994, there was jubilation in the company’s Los Angeles headquarters.
In one fell swoop German tax-fraud fugitive Jurgen Harksen implicated Western Cape Democratic Alliance leaders in a web of financial favours, illegal foreign currency contraventions and a high life of whisky, wine and good food.
Botswana has one of the most progressive and successful land policies in Southern Africa. Part of the reason for this is that upon independence Botswana did not inherit the same kinds of problems that South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia did.
Americans are at last asking whether their government did enough to protect them on September 11. Normal service has resumed. Republicans are once more hurling abuse at Democrats, Democrats are slamming Republicans.
The translocation of young elephant bulls has taught scientists the value of the animals’ social structure. In 1994 rhinos were being found dead in the Pilanesberg Game Reserve with their horns ripped out, their backs broken and their bodies mutilated.
Political intervention helped force the settlement this week of a protracted dispute between two well-connected empowerment groups over the ownership of MTN (later M-Cell) shares valued at about R120-million.
The United Nations Security Council last week finally agreed to an overhaul of sanctions that were imposed against Iraq 11 years ago at the end of the Gulf War, replacing a blanket ban on a whole range of goods with "smart" sanctions.
Communities surrounding Grahamstown are reaping the benefits of "ethnic tourism". Xhosa women are now doing beadwork as they have recognised "they can make business out of their culture and tourism can be used to boost rural economic development.