Friday’s Constitutional Court judgement on medicine pricing achieved nothing for the consumer and sowed more confusion, the Democratic Alliance said. The ”contentious matter” has been thrown ”back into the hands of the very people who were unable to find a solution to the problems in the first place”, the DA said.

Minster of Health Manto Tshabalala-Msimang is happy with the South African National Blood Service’s (SANBS) new race-free risk rating model, she said on Thursday. ”I am glad the SANBS has been able to implement the new risk model for blood donations that excludes race within timelines that we set,” she told reporters in Johannesburg.

Soweto’s spacious Ubuntu Kraal will be abuzz with ”cheeky noses” and ”extraordinary finishes” when Soweto’s first wine festival runs from Friday to Sunday. As part of the South African Wine Industry Trust’s (Sawit) drive to promote wine locally, the festival will be an ”elegant introduction to the juice of the Earth”, Sawit chairperson Gavin Pieterse said at a media launch on Monday.

The public’s right to participate in the law-making process came under scrutiny in the Constitutional Court on Tuesday. Lobby group Doctors for Life (DFL) is arguing that amendments to four health laws were passed without the proper participation by the public, called for by the Constitution.

The recent bomb blasts in the popular tourist city of London has forced countries around the world to examine their own ability to prevent similar attacks. Institute for Security Studies analyst Anneli Botha says a distinction has to be made between domestic and international terrorism.