The government’s barring of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and the Aids Law Project from the United Nations General Assembly’s special session on Aids later this year in New York has evoked outrage from the Congress of South African Trade Unions and deep disappointment among the Aids-fighting NGOs.
Whites are two to three times more likely than Africans to graduate from universities in fields such as engineering, commerce and management sciences that are crucial to both the South African economy and the success of the government’s empowerment initiatives, the South African Institute for Race Relations said on Tuesday.
Australia achieved the first whitewash of South Africa in South Africa in more than a hundred years when they won the third Castle Lager Test at the Wanderers on Tuesday by two wickets. The small crowd that came to the ground knew that they were in for an exciting morning, and while they would have been disappointed with the result, they enjoyed an hour of thrilling cricket.
Telkom has made a firm offer of R9 per share for leading IT services provider Business Connexion (BCX). The Internet Service Providers’ Association of South Africa has already stated that it intends to lodge an objection with the Competition Commission if Telkom attempts to purchase a controlling stake in BCX.
Ilham could not hold back the tears as she recounted how her six-year-old sister Eglal bled to death under the knife of a traditional midwife circumcising her, even though it happened way back in 1980. Twenty-six years later, young girls in the poverty-stricken African country are still subjected to this ancient tradition, branded by human rights organisations as ”female genital mutilation or cutting” (FGM).
A suspected former member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) was sentenced to six years in prison by a German court on Tuesday for his role in the foiled bombing of a British army base here 17 years ago. The court said it was clear that Leonard Joseph Hardy (45) had taken part in the bombing of the Quebec barracks in Osnabrueck, in western Germany, in June 1989.
Profit-taking, following its strong run in recent days, saw the JSE in negative territory just after noon on Tuesday. A stronger rand, gold coming off its highs and weakness in dual-listed stocks offshore all encouraged the selling locally. By 12.07pm, the all-share index shed 0,68%.
With World Health Day (April 7) rapidly approaching, attention is being directed this week to the widespread shortage of health workers. The theme for World Health Day, <i>Working Together for Health</i>, was chosen to add momentum to efforts at resolving the crisis — something that is nowhere more evident than in Mozambique.
Telling stories is still the lifeblood of the newspaper business, but industry executives are worried they’re not doing a good job explaining one of the biggest stories of the day: the turmoil roiling their own industry. ”The world changed a lot, and we changed a little,” says the outgoing chairperson of the Newspaper Association of America.
Housewives and donkeys are much the same except that the beasts of burden are better companions, complain less and are more loyal, according to a school textbook used in India’s western state of Rajasthan. The book, for 14 year-olds, was approved by the state’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party administration but has sparked protests from its women’s unit, the report said.