Ecologists at the Kruger National Park are puzzled over the recent spate of crocodile deaths, the park’s management said on Wednesday.
The international Red Cross said on Wednesday it plans to distribute food and relief aid to half-a-million Somalis in the coming weeks amid warnings the country faces its worst crisis for a decade.
Although now is not the right time to meddle with the inflation-targeting framework, an assessment will be appropriate once the dust has settled, said an economist on Wednesday.
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is to send up to 400 observers to this month’s run-off poll in Zimbabwe, double the number who oversaw the first round.
A hearing to consider arguments regarding the sentencing of Andrew Jordaan, convicted killer of seven-year-old Sheldean Human, was postponed in the Pretoria High Court on Wednesday.
Butch James is back in the Springbok green and gold and relishing the chance to add a second chapter to a glorious 2007.
African telecommunications operator Moov, controlled by Emirates Telecommunications Corp (Etisalat), launched the first nationwide cellphone coverage in Côte d’Ivoire on Tuesday using Thuraya satellite phone technology.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) on Wednesday welcomed the announcement of a pay increase for public servants. On Tuesday, Minister of Public Service and Administration Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi said public-sector workers would receive a wage increase of 10,5% with effect from July 1.
Stocks were sharply weaker at noon on Wednesday, led by miners on weakening metal prices, while renewed concerns over the United States economy added to selling pressures, traders said.
Honeybees can communicate with others from far-off continents by learning to interpret their dance moves, scientists have found.