Creating more business opportunities to counter rising unemployment is expected to take centre stage at an upcoming jobs summit in Swaziland. The summit, scheduled to take place in July, follows a pledge by King Mswati III to initiate a R1-billion public-private fund to bankroll the development of small- and medium-scale enterprises.
With little time left before the end of the school year and exams, 1Â 600 Togolese refugee children went back to school on Monday in camps set up in Benin for refugees who have fled Togo’s post-election unrest. Children of all ages, flopped down on mats laid out on floors of makeshift classrooms provided by the United Nations Children’s Fund at the Lokossa refugee camp.
Former president Nelson Mandela’s ex-lawyer and an art publisher were ordered on Tuesday to stop selling art work purportedly by the elder statesman. The interdict against lawyer Ismail Ayob and art publisher Ross Calder was granted to Mandela by the Johannesburg High Court.
From next year, world leaders visiting South Africa will undergo a similar ritual to Hollywood film stars leaving behind a concrete imprint of their palms to ensure they are remembered. They will leave behind a symbolic footprint at the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, currently receiving a major makeover.
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The Democratic Alliance has accused minerals and energy committee chairperson Nathi Mthethwa of assisting the government to hide alleged irregularities concerning a donation to the ruling party. This follows a court decision to interdict the Mail & Guardian from running a follow-up to its ”Oilgate” report last week.
Police in Zimbabwe continued demolishing thousands of shacks and vendors’ kiosks in opposition strongholds on Monday, burning a 10km-long line of curio stalls near Victoria Falls. A spokesperson for the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change called the crackdown a ”tyranny” and urged people to resist.
Archaeologists have discovered the skeletons of a lord and his retainers in a burial mound at Germany’s most celebrated Bronze Age site. An archaeologist said the intact, 4 200-year-old mound was one of at least eight ”barrows” within view of the ancient site that yielded the 3 600-year-old Nebra celestial disc.
The spectacular crash suffered by McLaren’s world championship challenger Kimi Raikkonen in the European Grand Prix has sparked safety concerns over the tyres used in formula one. New rules have stopped teams from changing tyres during the race unless they are deemed to be in dangerous condition.
Argentinian duo Gaston Gaudio and Guillermo Coria saw their 2005 Roland Garros dreams come crashing down in the fourth round on Monday. Teen sensation Rafael Nadal swept past the challenge of French hope Sebastien Grosjean; Justine Henin-Hardenne beat Svetlana Kuznetsova; and Maria Sharapova beat Nuria Llagostera Vives.