It was all sweetness and light as South African President Thabo Mbeki and United States President George Bush faced the world media in Pretoria after a brief meeting.
The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) has invoked the Promotion of Access to Information Act to obtain state documentation on an alleged oil deal involving South Africa and Nigeria.
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Parliament’s ethics committee will meet behind closed doors on Thursday to discuss Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota’s alleged failure to disclose certain business interests to Parliament, committee chairperson Luwellyn Landers said on Tuesday.
Shadow falls on Lekota
DA calls for Lekota’s head
Thunderous applause, whistling and ululating filled the grounds of a Soweto school on Tuesday as more than 200 students welcomed British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw to the township.
Tributes to the late anti-apartheid activist Walter Sisulu continued to pour in as government agrees to President Thabo Mbeki’s request for a state funeral.
Winnie Madikizela was sentenced to five years in jail on Friday after her conviction on dozens of fraud and theft charges. She will serve eight months of her sentence in prison.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the former wife of Nelson Mandela, could be sentenced to 15 years in jail today after being convicted for fraud and theft in a bungled banking scam.
Kurdish fighters and US forces today swept into Iraq’s third city, Mosul, after Saddam Hussein loyalists abandoned one of the last strongholds of his dying regime.
One US marine was today reportedly killed during a heavy gun battle around a Baghdad mosque that the soldiers suspect may be providing sanctuary for Saddam Hussein.