Myanmar’s military government on Monday accused the United States and its allies of ”blind and prejudiced meddling” in the country’s internal affairs.
Most US troops on the ground in Baghdad have no say in how the Iraqi capital is rebuilt, but many are laying down their own blueprint of the city — with American street names ousting the traditional Arabic.
South Africa’s nine provinces have notched up a steadily improved performance in spending their nationally allocated HIV/Aids conditional grants during the last three financial years, according to Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang.
The US defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, said yesterday that he expected more attacks on US troops in Iraq this month but that the 150,000-strong force was likely to stay for the ”foreseeable future”.
It was unacceptable that, despite South Africa’s skills shortage, training bodies had failed to spend the R6-billion allocated to them over the past two years, the United Democratic Movement (UDM) said on Friday.
They staggered out of jail as scarred stick figures. A few slumped on the pavement in exhaustion — too ill to show any emotion about their newfound freedom. One prisoner was so traumatised he no longer recognised his sister.
Nineteen people died in South African mine accidents in June, two people were disabled and 334 people were injured, Department of Minerals and Energy data for the month shows.
The one-year-old African Union has rolled up its sleeves, determined to show the world it has the muscle to settle Africa’s crippling disputes.
South African President Thabo Mbeki said on Sunday that rich countries must pay up if the international agenda for tackling world poverty is to be successful.