The World Bank has approved an -million credit to help Kenya in its fight against Aids, which the government says kills hundreds of people daily. The money will be used to improve governance in the state-run National Aids Control Council, which coordinates activities of NGOs involved in the fight against Aids. Some of the money will also be given as grants to NGOs.
World number four Adam Scott will defend his Singapore Open title in November, with world number five Vijay Singh and world number six Ernie Els attempting to dethrone him. The golfing big guns are heading to the city-state with prize money for the tournament at the newly renovated Serapong course at Sentosa Golf Club boosted by -million.
Israeli forces killed at least 11 Palestinians, most of them gunmen, on Wednesday in their biggest raid in the Gaza Strip since Hamas Islamists took over the territory two weeks ago, medical workers and residents said. The operation in Gaza City and the southern town of Khan Younis appeared to signal that Israel intended to keep strong military pressure on Hamas.
The JSE remained under pressure at noon on Wednesday as weaker metal prices weighed on heavily weighted resource stocks, while investors digested the slightly above forecast inflation data. At noon, the all-share index was off 1,37%. Resources gave up 2,38% and the gold- and platinum-mining indices were down 0,84% and 1,69% respectively.
Delegates were on Wednesday morning filling up the ballroom at Gallagher Estate, venue of the African National Congress’s (ANC) policy conference in a bitterly cold Midrand, Gauteng, raising the roof with song. About 1Â 500 delegates are expected to attend the four-day conference, due to be opened by President Thabo Mbeki.
President Thabo Mbeki on Wednesday drew a line in the sand for the left-wing elements in the tripartite alliance who are seeking to push the African National Congress (ANC) in a more radical direction. He was speaking at the opening of the ANC policy conference in Midrand, Gauteng.
Saudi Arabia on Wednesday said it beheaded three men convicted of various crimes, bringing the total number of executions announced by the ultra-conservative kingdom so far this year to 101. The Interior Ministry announced in a statement that it had executed two Indian nationals for murder and one Saudi national for rape.
With street protests banned and a once-vibrant press muzzled, dissident theatre productions are becoming an increasingly popular outlet to vent frustration towards Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. Cont Mhlanga’s satire The Good President has been playing before packed audiences — but police are not impressed.
Australian rugby authorities are resigned to hosting a below-strength Springbok line-up next month despite complaining of a betrayal on the part of their South African counterparts. Australian Rugby Union chairperson Peter McGrath sent a letter of complaint to the South African Rugby Union.
Police in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town, have unveiled a strategy to take the battle against crime to drug dealers and gangs, media reports said on Wednesday. The strategy includes the deployment of 54 more reservists and assigning five more flying-squad vehicles to patrol routes into Mitchells Plain.