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Pieter-Dirk Uys — better known in his drag role Evita Bezuidenhout who plays the former ambassadress to the imaginary apartheid homeland of Bapetikosweti — has resigned as a member of the official opposition Democratic Alliance.
A Pretoria judge reserved judgement on Wednesday on whether one of the 22 Boeremag treason trialists should be released on bail. Judge Anna-Marie de Vos has heard argument in Dr Lets Pretorius second bail bid and was asked on Wednesday to refuse his application.
The exploitation of Swazi mineral resources has long been a sensitive area of debate, as the colonial era saw a considerable portion of these resources being depleted by foreigners. However, the overtures of a South African businessman might be about to change all that.
Tanzania’s National Aids Control Programme (NACP) has called for increased donour assistance to replenish stocks of condoms, saying a looming shortage could adversely affect campaigns against HIV/Aids.
There were no al-Qaeda cells operating in South Africa, Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula said on Wednesday. He was responding to a question from U Managing Conflict director Yvette Geyer at an international criminal justice conference in Cape Town.
Plastic and steel containers for dispensing condoms in prisons were used by inmates to manufacture lethal weapons, the Jali Commission of Inquiry heard on Wednesday. When cardboard boxes were used instead, the containers and their contents were often destroyed by prisoners, according to Correctional Services health director Maria Mabena.
First it was the fridge mountain, then it was the tyre mountain. Now discarded computers have got environmentalists worried. According to a new study, the world’s relentless appetite for buying new computers — and the ease with which we throw out old ones — is having a major impact on the environment.
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The African National Congress in Gauteng on Wednesday lodged a formal complaint with the Independent Electoral Commission, accusing Inkatha Freedom Party leaders of obstructing it from campaigning for the upcoming election.
Special Report: Elections 2004
The Harare court appearance of 70 men alleged to be mercenaries involved in a coup plot in Equatorial Guinea was called off on Wednesday as new charges under anti-subversion laws were prepared.
Manuel warned a Cape Town hotel – which he did not name but said it was close to Parliament – which was charging R120 for a toasted sandwich that it would price itself out of the tourism market. Addressing pupils from Western Cape schools on Wednesday, Manuel noted that "the balance of payments situation" in South Africa "is not so bad".