As the country braces itself for a mass public-sector protest action on Wednesday, government and union negotiators moved closer to clinching a deal in the wage talks. Talks between the two parties at the Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council in Centurion continued well into the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Countries that take the lead in directing domestic efforts against HIV and Aids seem to have the greatest success. ”We get the best results in countries where the host government assumes the leadership for the response,” said Dr Tom Kenyon, chief deputy coordinator of the United States President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief.
South Africa’s civil-service strike broadened on Wednesday as other union workers walked out, piling more pressure on the government in a dispute stoking political tensions in Africa’s largest economy. Union leaders have vowed to shut the country down in sympathy with civil servants, whose two-week-old strike has already caused chaos in hospitals, schools and public offices.
If Napo Masheane tired of the performing arts, she could make a suitable candidate for Africa’s second female president, writes Vuyo Sokupa.
Nicole Johnston speaks to Mavis Cheek about her road to wisdom.
The first digital terrestrial broadcast in Africa happened at the MediaTech Africa 2007 exhibit in Sandton, Johannesburg on Tuesday.“We decided to have a digital terrestrial trial for three days to demonstrate to the consumer what HD (high definition) will look like at home. This has never been done in Africa before,” says project leader Manny Coelho.
Associated Magazines’ public relations manager Jaco-Louis Groenewald has resigned after three years at the publishing house. Groenewald has been appointed as online and communications manager at Media24’s Creative Living Magazines division.<
‘Transman’ Robert Hamblin is no longer a woman, but he has always been an artist. He spoke to Shaun de Waal about his work and his journey.
Tens of thousands of Sahrawi refugees living in dusty camps in the desert of south-western Algeria rely heavily on the international community for sustenance. But in the context of the Western Saharan conflict, food and politics are inseparable, especially when a problem arises. And lately, things have gone wrong.
Malick Sidibé offers an aesthetic, poignant and fresh representation of Mali, writes Bronwyn Law-Viljoen.