The South African Government is fast-tracking the recruitment of foreign medical personnel to increase ”capacity building” for the implementation of the anti-retroviral roll-out plan, says Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang. Responding to a question in Parliament asking how many patients in Limpopo and Mpulalanga were receiving anti-retroviral treatment in terms of the plan, Tshabalala-Msimang said 83 and 448 respectively.

Britain’s Prince Harry is besotted with a blonde 19-year-old student in South Africa whose father runs a Zimbabwe game farm, UK newspaper Mail on Sunday newspaper reported. It said Chelsy Davy accompanied Harry during his two-week trip to a polo ranch in Argentina, even staying in the same guest house.

Rwanda massed thousands of troops on its border with Congo on Saturday as a scramble for mineral wealth risked fresh conflict in Africa’s Great Lakes region.
A clandestine network of plunder — illegally mining precious metals in the jungles of the DRC — has pushed neighbouring Rwanda to the brink of another invasion.

Climate change is ‘a myth’, sea levels are not rising and Britain’s chief scientist is ‘an embarrassment’ for believing catastrophe is inevitable. These are the controversial views of a new London-based think-tank that will publish a report on Monday attacking the apocalyptic view that man-made greenhouse gases will destroy the planet.

Britain was given a full outline of an illegal coup plot in a vital oil-rich African state, including the dates, details of arms shipments and key players, several months before the putsch was launched, according to confidential documents obtained by UK newspaper <i>The Observer</i>.
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New Zealand crushed France 45-6 off almost flawless kicking by flyhalf Daniel Carter, who also scored one of four second-half tries in a bruising encounter. The All Blacks’ other tries came from Rodney So’oialo, Jerry Collins, Byron Kelleher and substitute Ma’a Nonu. Carter converted four tries and four penalties.

Bryan Habana scored two tries on his first start and Jaco van der Westhuyzen collected a try and three drop goals on Saturday as South Africa outplayed Scotland 45-10. It was a far different result from the last time the South Africans came to Murrayfield when they lost 21-6 two years ago for their first defeat there since 1969.

South African captain Graeme Smith suffered a freak injury off the field, when a car ran over his foot outside the team hotel, but was likely to play in the second Test against India, a team official announced on Saturday.