Two more burial sites have been discovered in Kimberley, the South African Broadcasting Corporation reported on Thursday. The finding comes after last May’s discovery of 180 unmarked graves in the city. Developers and archaeologists are divided as to what should be done about the matter.
An army of firefighters struggled to contain an explosive wildfire that destroyed at least a dozen luxury homes and threatened as many as 1 000 other houses and businesses on the edge of Nevada’s capital, Carson City. In California a fast-moving fire threatened two rural communities in the Angeles National Forest.
The South African government’s policy to reduce the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV remains unchanged, Minister of Health Manto Tshabalala-Msimang said on Thursday. The Medicines Control Council has recommended that a combination of anti-retrovirals be used instead of a single dose of nevirapine.
The African National Congress is trying to achieve a messy compromise between state intervention in the economy and underpinning an open market, says Democratic Alliance leader. Leon also took issue with the South African Communist Party’s Blade Nzimande, who has disagreed with those saying the ruling party’s economic policies have shifted.
Two fires broke out at exactly the same time in two buildings at the New Somerset hospital in Cape Town on Friday morning, emergency officials said. Officials suspect they were started on purpose. The fires were put out within 20 minutes of firefighters arriving on the scene.
South African elder statesman Nelson Mandela, who turns 86 on Sunday.
Revenge has been declared against a writer who dares to express an opinion on the overwhelming ”snow-whiteness” of a festival. Quite bizarre, reckons Mike van Graan. Hopefully, this issue will not dwarf others of concern.
Investment in the South African economy appears to be on track, said Minister of Labour Membathisi Mdladlana in Pretoria on Thursday following President Thabo Mbeki’s meeting with big business. A meeting was held at the Union Buildings to discuss progress made since the establishment of goals during the Growth and Development Summit in June last year.
A fire that may have been caused by a short circuit igniting a thatched roof killed at least 70 children and injured more than 100 others in a southern Indian school on Friday. An earlier report quoted a senior police official as saying 77 bodies had been recovered. Most of those killed and injured were four to 10 years old.
The president of the transitional government in Burundi, Domitien Ndayizeye, and representatives of three of the country’s main political parties will be in South Africa this weekend to discuss power-sharing arrangements. In a parallel event, women of South Africa will be holding talks with Burundi women.