Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was in intensive care with a broken skull on Wednesday following what he says was a brutal police attack while in custody, his spokesperson said. ”He has just had a brain scan because his skull is cracked,” said spokesperson William Bango.
A large, green moving truck is parked at the MTN Sciencentre in Canal Walk shopping centre in Cape Town. The movers’ mission: science on the move. Their destination: the yearly Sasol SciFest in Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape. An ancient glider, a chariot, and superbly crafted astronomical instruments are on the payload.
North Korea’s top nuclear negotiator has snubbed the chief United Nations nuclear inspector by claiming he was too busy to meet him during the International Atomic Energy Agency’s first trip to Pyongyang since being thrown out of the country four years ago.
An independent review of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) operations in Africa says the lender’s work is confused, vague, lacks transparency and suffers from a large gap between rhetoric and practice. "The fund should be clearer and more candid about what it has undertaken to do," says the report.
South Africa launched a revamped national Aids plan on Wednesday as new research showed the high cost of government inaction on the epidemic — 1Â 500 South Africans are infected with HIV every day. South Africa’s national strategic plan aims to cut new HIV infections by 50% and bring treatment and support to at least 80% of HIV-positive people by 2011.
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Every time England seamer Liam Plunkett wants inspiration, he just reaches for his iPod. The England cricket team has downloaded clips of the greatest moments of its players on to their digital music players and portable-game consoles, as well as their laptops.
Manchester United turned David Beckham into an international superstar and on Tuesday he bid an emotional farewell to Old Trafford before he quits European soccer for the United States. Beckham joined United in 1991 at 16, debuted the next year, and transferred in 2003 to Real Madrid.
Moments of wayward brilliance and woeful finishing were the overriding features of Bafana Bafana’s 1-1 draw with Swaziland’s minnows at Ellis Park on Tuesday in a nightmarish performance that will probably leave new Brazil-born coach Carlos Alberto Parreira waking up at nights in sweaty disbelief.
Double world champion Fernando Alonso hopes to get his McLaren career off to a winning start on Sunday in an Australian Grand Prix that is far more than just a season-opener. Formula One is also entering what promises to be a fascinating new era after the retirement last October of Ferrari’s seven-time world champion, Michael Schumacher.
Late on Monday Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama went head to head for a key demographic group: Jewish voters. Supporters from the Clinton and Obama camps flooded the hallways of the Washington Convention Centre, distributing fliers and shouting through loudhailers in their bid to draw people in.