Zimbabwe’s first HIV/Aids conference ended last Friday with delegates recommending more coordination among groups fighting the disease.
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa on Wednesday alleged that 18 workers at TCE Engineering based in Benoni faced disciplinary hearings and possible dismissal after they complained about dogs being set on fellow workers. The trade union claimed that workers are constantly intimidated by ten dogs in the vicinity of the working stations, canteens and office of the director.
”That readers of Sowetan saw their paper as an advice office was a consequence of the aura projected by Klaaste. Upon his death this weekend, it is time to appreciate and celebrate his life.” Guy Berger pays his respects to Aggrey Klaaste — an editor for whom making money was not the main purpose, nor the main utility, of a South African newspaper.
The Gauteng deputy director of public prosecutions, (Scorpions) Cornwell Tshavhungwa, had his R100 000 bail on corruption charges cancelled by a Pretoria magistrate on Wednesday. Specialised Commercial Crimes Court magistrate Desmond Nair found that Tshavhungwa had breached his bail conditions by contacting a witness.
A Swiss appeals court on Tuesday ruled that the United States computer giant IBM may have helped Adolf Hitler pursue mass murder more quickly and more efficiently than would otherwise have been possible, opening up the prospect of a -billion lawsuit against the company by Gypsy organisations.
HIV/Aids is devastating Africa’s armed forces in a wave of HIV infections driven largely by foreign peacekeeping missions, according to new research. The disease has overtaken combat and malaria as the leading cause of death among soldiers and sailors. Western diplomats and military officials have expressed alarm that sub-Saharan countries will be left without the means to tackle insurgencies, disorder and terrorism.
The British government’s attempts to resolve a deepening diplomatic row with Iran over the capture of British sailors and marines were poised on a knife edge on Tuesday night after a day in which two of the men appeared in blindfolds on Iranian television and apologised for entering the country’s territorial waters.
The largest epidemic of polio in recent years has broken out in Nigeria and is spreading across central and western Africa, threatening 74-million children with the paralysing disease and jeopardising hopes of eradicating it from the world by the end of the year.
US conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh has been a big factor in Republican Party victories over the last decade, but now the shoe is on the other foot. Can left-leaning talk radio oust Bush? Tim Spira phones it in.
The threat of journalists’ eviction from their offices in parliament has blown over for now, but it could easily have become a matter for the courts. Reggie Manyakara explains what office space has to do with the right to freedom of expression.