A second arms cache has been found in the KwaZulu-Natal legislature building at Ulundi, the province’s safety and liaison minister Bheki Cele said on Wednesday. An intensive search was under way at the legislature buildings on Wednesday morning, after police found a second arms cache there on Tuesday.
Small entrepreneurs, not a handful of magnates, were benefiting most from black economic empowerment, the Department of Trade and Industry said on Wednesday. More than 90% of the beneficiaries of cheap loans, incentives and contract opportunities were black, small, medium and micro enterprises, deputy director-general Lionel October said in Pretoria.
Israel’s construction of its West Bank barrier went ahead full force on Wednesday, hours after the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling for the structure to be torn down in compliance with a World Court ruling. An Israeli adviser said Tuesday’s resolution "signifies the bankruptcy of the UN".
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A succession plan or a renewal of contract for South African Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni should be made public to avoid any "unnecessary uncertainty" that might arise in financial markets, Democratic Alliance finance spokesperson Raenette Taljaard has warned in a statement to parliamentary media.
Kigali on Wednesday welcomed this week’s arrest in South Africa of a suspect in Rwanda’s 1994 genocide who now faces trial at a United Nations-mandated court. ”That’s great news. This is what we have been asking all countries around the world to do,” Attorney General Jean de Dieu Mucyo told the Hirondelle news agency.
The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday it has received less than half the money required to feed 27 000 refugees from the Central African Republic in Chad and warned it will stop assisting them at the end of July unless it receives fresh funds urgently.
Britain on Tuesday night joined with all 25 nations of the European Union in calling on Israel to dismantle its barrier dividing the country from the occupied West Bank. One hundred and fifty nations voted at the United Nations in favour of dismantling the wall, 10 abstained, and six — Israel, the United States, Australia, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Palau — rejected the motion.
Alarm at US drift over Middle East
Icann, the United States body managing global website allocation, on Wednesday announced a powerful new technology that makes it possible for every human being to have an internet address. ”This next-generation version of the internet protocol, IPv6, provides trillions more addresses than the IPv4 system that is in use by most networks today,” said Icann.
The trial of 70 men accused in Zimbabwe of plotting to topple the government of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea was postponed on Wednesday until the following day, the defence lawyer said. "It’s just a postponement until tomorrow. We are going through the charges," lawyer Jonathan Samkange said.
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The JSE Securities Exchange (JSE) was forging ahead in noon trade on Wednesday, fuelled by a weaker rand and stronger world markets. While gains were seen across the board, they were most pronounced on the Top 40 index, on which only four shares were in the red.