Transport Minister Dullah Omar was in a serious condition in a Cape Town hospital on Thursday, following more than a year of treatment for cancer. Omar was admitted on Tuesday with respiratory problems and was in the intensive care unit on a ventilator, Constantiaberg Medi Clinic hospital manager Clive Lake said.
The Coega Development Corporation said on Wednesday that problems relating to a Coega industrial development zone contractor had been resolved. The CDC said that it had noted that the contractor on the Coega Construction Village Management contract was involved in irregular and ”unacceptable practices with regards to the appointment of labour”.
South Africa has come under pressure to abort its plan to sell ivory stockpiles after seven African states this week called for the proposed sales to be halted. The International Fund for Animal Welfare said in a statement on Wednesday that Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Mali, Cameroon, Tunisia and Ghana were concerned that conditions under which the ivory should be sold had not been met.
The Miami and Miami Beach police have a black ring-binder six inches thick that starts with 50 Cent and ends with Ja Rule. In between come photographs, arrest records and other information on all the other major rappers in the United States, from P Diddy to DMX.
Pristine Amazon forests have begun to change dramatically because of rising levels of carbon dioxide, according to US scientists. Plants need carbon dioxide in the way that animals need oxygen — but the 30% extra carbon dioxide in the last 200 years has begun to accelerate growth and change the composition of the world’s biggest rainforest.
North African pirates abducted and enslaved more than one million Europeans between 1530 and 1780 in a series of raids that depopulated coastal towns from Sicily to Cornwall, according to new research. Thousands of white Christians were seized every year to work as galley slaves, labourers and concubines for Muslim overlords.
The Cape Peninsula National Park is the site of an award-winning public-private partnership that stands out for its sustainability, community and biodiversity benefits. The partnership is responsible for a project that collects and propagates seeds of the CPNP’s indigenous forests, as well as generating employment and for residents of Imizamo Yethu, a nearby low-income settlement.
The South African netball team kept their promise and reduced the goal difference in the second Test in the Spar Challenge series on Wednesday night. Australia won the match 63-42 — South Africa’s best result against Australia in 24 matches. But the deficit of 21 was still well above coach Marlene Wagner’s target of a difference of 10 goals.
The South African Broadcasting Corporation announced on Thursday that it has signed a historic agreement with the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne, Switzerland, to secure the broadcast rights of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games as well as the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
We have been here before, facing the the stumbling block that is Nigeria. The South African women’s national team, Banyana Banyana, will have to beat Nigeria at the Caledonian Stadium in Pretoria on Friday if they are to represent Africa at the Olympic Games in Greece.