South Africa has received approximately -million in additional United States government assistance to combat the HIV/Aids pandemic. This new injection of funding completes South Africa’s -million allocation for 2004 under the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief.
Scientists in China have found away to curb smallscale outbreaks of the infamous red tide that threatens South Africa’s coastline, according to the Science and Development Network. The so-called red tides — coastal outbreaks of toxic algae — are on the increase in China.
The situation in Diepsloot remained tense after violence in the area on Monday, the police and members of the South African Civic Association (Sanco) said on Tuesday. "The situation is very bad for now. What I see is people running through the streets," said Nkosana Dube, the spokesperson for Sanco in Diepsloot.
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Botswana launched a stinging attack on Tuesday on the human rights group supporting San Bushmen in a land claim in the desert Southern African country, calling it a "fund-raising gimmick". Judges continued inspections in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve,where the Bushmen lived before they were evicted in 1997.
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In a direct reference to Africa’s undemocratic leaders, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Tuesday urged them to pass the baton to the next generation. ”There is no greater wisdom and no clearer mark of statesmanship than knowing when to pass the torch to a new generation.
Mbeki, Obasanjo arrive in Addis
South Africa and Rwanda will be sending troops to Sudan as part of a United Nations initiative to bring peace to the region, South African defence minister Mosiuoa Lekota said in Kigali on Monday. South Africa is expected to contribute 10 high-ranking soldiers to the peace effort to act as platoon leaders. Rwanda was expected to provide 100 soldiers.
Leading alcoholic beverages groups Diageo, Heineken and Namibia Breweries have finally unveiled details surrounding their new South African joint venture company, which will trade under the name of brandhouse. The new company will be a formidable competitor in the local market, boasting sales of about R3-billion a year.
Shaking his head incredulously, South Africa’s Minister of Defence, Mosiuoa Lekota, stared at a bed of skeletons when he visited the Murambi Genocide Memorial in southern Rwanda on Tuesday. Survivors of the 1994 genocide in which about 800Â 000 Hutus and Tutsis were massacred claim the killings have not stopped.
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Judges at Slobodan Milosevic’s war crimes trial on Monday ordered a ”radical review” of the hearing after the defendant’s poor health forced a fresh postponement of a case that has already dragged on for more than two years. So far he has defended himself against charges of genocide.
South Africa’s President Thabo Mbeki and his Nigerian counterpart Olusegun Obasanjo were among the first leaders to arrive at the conference centre where the third ordinary session of the assembly of the African Union is taking place. A brass band from the Ethiopian police force and a traditional Ethiopian band welcomed delegates on a wet and rainy Tuesday morning.