A number of civil-society organisations will form a coalition to address the problems that have beset the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), a statement issued on Wednesday said.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions said on Wednesday it would call a strike to protest job losses linked to the electricity generation crisis.
A decision has yet to be taken on whether Belgian rider Tom Boonen will be allowed to start next month’s Tour de France following his positive test for cocaine, Patrick Lefevere, manager of his Quick Step cycling team, said on Wednesday.
Vusi Malinga passed his first test on his mission to try to topple Thai legend Veeraphol Nakhonluang in Nonthaburi, Thailand, when he made the weight for their WBC bantamweight title eliminator scheduled for Thursday.
As the senior member of the back three and one of the leaders of the back line, Bryan Habana is no longer just the Boks’ most potent attacking weapon. He’s now also tasked with an important leadership role, but it is responsibility he welcomes.
Israeli forces killed a nine-year-old Palestinian girl and a militant in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Wednesday.
Burma’s junta said on Wednesday that detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi deserved to be beaten for threatening national security.
The current climate in Zimbabwe was ”not at all” the proper one for an election, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said in an interview broadcast on Tuesday.
The Zambian government has begun treating people living with HIV earlier, a move intended to reduce deaths.
A section of the Gautrain is slated to come into operation about two weeks ahead of the 2010 Soccer World Cup kick-off.