Spraying walls or cloths with spores of a fungus that kills mosquitoes could greatly reduce malaria transmission, according to a report on the non-profit Science and Development Network website. Two studies were published on Friday on the issue in the reputable peer-reviewed journal Science.
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw this week told Palestinian leaders in Ramallah that the creation of a Palestinian state was in their own hands, whatever the intentions of the Israeli government. Straw brushed aside a growing belief among Palestinian politicians that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has no desire to return to peace negotiations.
I am so disappointed with the Congress of South African Trade Unions this week. The federation, which projects itself as the nation’s moral torch-bearer since 1994, has fallen on its sword in its response to the political future of Deputy President Jacob Zuma.
In a rare move, the Nigerian President and head of the African Union, Olusegun Obasanjo, has publicly rebuked an AU Commission decision to appoint a special envoy to resolve an ongoing political standoff in Togo. Obasanjo told journalists in Lomé that he ”repudiated” a commission statement last week appointing former Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda as special AU envoy to Togo.
The JSE Securities Exchange, currently trading at record levels of about 14 Â 000, ”has got the legs” to breach 15 Â 000 points, Mark Wurr, the head of trading at Global Trader 24/7, said recently. At 14 000 points, the JSE Securities Exchange is valued at a shade less than R2-trillion.
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The Mail & Guardian this week faced a new legal assault on its right to investigate and publish information relating to financial flows surrounding the payment of R15-million by PetroSA to African National Congress-aligned oil company Imvume Management in December 2003.
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This week, the M&G brings you — in full — the story we had to black out a fortnight ago after being gagged write Stefaans Brümmer and Sam Sole.
One of the unions involved in the Metrorail pay protest called off its strike on Thursday, with the second waiting for word from its members on whether to continue the strike. The United Association of South Africa said it called off its strike on Thursday morning and asked its members to return to work.