The International Federation of the Red Cross on Wednesday appealed for R175-million to help 10,6 million people currently facing hunger in seven Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries. The countries are Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland and Zambia.
Most <i>Scrabble</i> players presented with a rack containing a tile marked "LL" would be both puzzled and stuck. But for players of the newly released Welsh edition of the popular word game, it’s an easy score. Released on Wednesday, the new edition is aimed at the estimated 500Â 000 speakers of Welsh.
Nigerian police and army officers blamed each other on Wednesday after a clash between their forces left three civilians dead and triggered an orgy of arson and looting. At least three civilians were killed in crossfire and a police headquarters was burned down on Tuesday after a dispute between police and soldiers erupted in street fighting.
Authorities in north-eastern Ethiopia have advised 50 000 people to evacuate from a remote region following a series of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, an official said on Wednesday. A thick layer of volcanic ash has spewed from the volcano has covered grazing grounds.
Hundreds of would-be immigrants mounted a fresh assault on Spain’s North African enclave of Melilla on Wednesday, and 65 of them succeeded in breaking through its defences to what they hope will be a better life. Recent months have seen a sharp increase of such incidents.
Judge Sisi Khampepe on Wednesday ruled that commission hearings into the Scorpion’s future will be open to the public. Police advocate Philip Jacobs earlier submitted that discussions around intelligence functions in relation to the Constitution and those about cases that are pending should be held in camera.
The unpredictable and often confusing story of the British weather is to be told more simply in future in order to make forecasts more ”relevant” to the public. The Meteorological Office said efforts to introduce greater clarity to the weather report do not represent an attempt to make the weather appear ”more positive”.
Murder accused William Nkuna had threatened to kill missing police Constable Frances Rasuge and himself, her mother told the circuit court sitting in Garankuwa on Wednesday. Answering questions from the state, Caroline Rasuge said she had called Nkuna on January 1, last year, asking him to leave her daughter alone.
The improvement in mine health and safety in the years since the advent of democracy in 1994 is welcome, but the rate of improvement regarding fatalities and injuries in the mining sector is too slow, Deputy Minister of Minerals and Energy Lulu Xingwana said in a speech on Wednesday.
Listed beauty, health and pharmacy retailer New Clicks is facing strike action by members of the South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers’ Union, who are set to embark on what they termed would be a "protracted" stayaway over wage differences starting on Friday.