President Thabo Mbeki is to ask the government for money to help women to play their role in the transformation of Africa.
For 29 years they have eaten together, studied together, prayed together, even breathed in the same air — forced to live as one by a twist of fate. But at 1 o’clock this morning, Laden and Laleh Bijani were due to be put under anaesthetic at the start of a grim ordeal that could leave either or both of them dead — or liberated to begin a new and independent life.
The black sheeting looked like bin liners as paramedics yesterday tried to cover up the shredded remains of the 20 dead from the first suicide bombing to hit Moscow.
Putin’s silence after blasts
Skipper Graeme Smith says any psychological scars inflicted on England during the one-day tri-series will benefit South Africa in the five-test test series that follows.
Serena Williams beat her sister for the sixth time in a row. She beat Jennifer Capriati for the eighth time in a row. And she won Wimbledon for the second year in a row.
Southern African nations are entering the modern information age by hammering out policies to coordinate the growth of information and communications technologies (ICT) in their countries.
They were ”mannerless boys” for whom rape was a sport after a day on the army firing range and who perhaps never imagined their alleged deeds would come to light.
Scientists in the field of human fertility are coming under pressure to rein in maverick researchers whose experiments push ethical boundaries and caused public revulsion this week.
The US government ”remains concerned” that Microsoft is making it difficult for rivals to access Windows despite being ordered to open up its software to competitors last year.
Charles Taylor, the Liberian president, under siege from rebels in the capital Monrovia, yesterday renewed his promise to step aside and seek asylum in Nigeria.
A senior Nigerian government official said President Taylor had accepted an offer of asylum. ”[He] asked to be given 40 days, but Nigeria said it should be some time this month,” said the official.