An article in an African National Congress publication implies that the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and the South African Communist Party should have walked out of the alliance, as Anti-Privatisation Forum (APF) leader Trevor Ngwane did, over their differences with the government’s economic policy.
The launch of the Cape Town International Convention Centre last week buttresses the claim that tourism is much more than just leisure.
President Thabo Mbeki is likely to sign controversial legislation this month to outlaw the use of lethal force against fleeing suspects who do not pose an immediate threat.
Efforts by the Department of Labour to deal with poorly performing sector education and training authorities (Setas) have been met with resistance from business and labour.
A judge in Zimbabwe on Friday ordered the high court to set a date for hearing an opposition petition challenging President Robert Mugabe’s victory in polls last year, a lawyer said.
South Africa and India have embarked on a strengthening of economic and political ties via the Fifth South Africa-India Joint Ministerial Commission, taking place over the past three days with the visit to South Africa by India’s Minister of External Affairs, Shri Yaswant Sinha.
Ghanaian health authorities have ordered anti-retroviral drugs from undisclosed sources to cater for the treatment of 2000 HIV/Aids patients for the next two years.
The Zambian government has bought new vehicles for its ministers at a time when the country is facing a huge budget deficit that has led to some donors to withhold aid, an official said on Friday.
South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal provincial economic development and tourism Minister Roger Burrows has released the draft Liquor Licencing Bill for public comment and input.
An organisation campaigning for freedom for Boers met Provincial and Local Government Minister Sydney Mufamadi in Pretoria on Friday to convey their concerns.