Germany agreed on Tuesday to write off â,¬187-million (about -million) in Zambian debt to help boost development in the poor African country.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) will take to the streets
if the government does not ”come to the party” on the issue of Aids
treatment, a spokesperson said on Tuesday.
Two South Africans are using their single shares in Royal Dutch Shell to get the international office to sort out severe local pollution problems.
The government and farmers called a reluctant truce in an emotional meeting last week , over legislation that guarantees farm workers at least R650 a month if they work for more than 27 hours a week.
The government should stop meddling in the telecommunications sector and leave it to private companies to run as they see fit, says the Democratic Alliance.
As the world celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first conquering of Mount Everest in May 1953, hundreds of porters who assisted the climbers ”behind the scenes” remain largely forgotten.
The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an offshoot of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s Fatah movement, on Tuesday claimed a West Bank ambush that left a Jewish settler dead and his six-year-old daughter seriously wounded.
The Côte d’Ivoire’s armed forces and three rebel groups in this troubled west African country have agreed to a weapon-free zone where both sides could move freely without weapons.
The SA Students’ Congress said on Monday that a group of Afrikaans-speaking students had assaulted a black student at the University of Pretoria.