Bill Blumenfeld

Former deputy social development minister David Malatsi has rejected any suggestion of improper involvement in another controversial property development.

Western Cape police made another breakthrough in the Sizzlers massacre case when the second suspect, arrested on Thursday night, made a full confession before a Cape Town magistrate on Friday.

The announcement by G8 summit leaders to grant up to one billion dollars in additional debt relief to some of the world's poorest countries represented neither progress nor a breakthrough on debt relief, says Jubilee South Africa.

Nepad takes centre stage at G8 summit

G8 pledges -billion debt relief to world's poorest

Cape Town's disaster management services were hard at work on Monday mopping up after gale force winds and heavy rain lashed the Cape Peninsula at the weekend.

The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) may embark on a campaign of civil disobedience to push the government into a commitment to antiretroviral treatment programmes, the TAC said on Wednesday.