A rescue ship is making its way to Liberia to evacuate thousands of Sierra Leonean refugees who have been caught up in the fighting in the country, the United Nations (UN) refugee agency said on Thursday.
Africa is greeting the first trip to the continent by US President George Bush with a dose of scepticism, with analysts wary of American intentions and questioning the benefits of such a visit.
A top militant and al-Qaeda member wanted in connection with the Riyadh suicide bombings killed himself on Thursday, an interior ministry official said.
Sixteen English grammar school teachers have posed nude for a calendar to raise money for a school in South Africa.
Agave Distillers, South Africa’s ”tequila” producing distillery, has invited potential shareholders or equity partners to invest in the business ahead of its product launch into the global market.
South African Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana on Thursday condemned trade unions that use racism in order to mobilise workers. The minister was agreeing with concerns raised by Fedusa General Secretary Chez Milani over the weekend regarding the activities of the all-white Solidarity Union.
Corporate America bowed to the growing power of the gay rights movement yesterday when the country’s largest private employer banned discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi showed his true colours when he likened a German member of the European Parliament to a lowly Nazi concentration camp guard, an outraged European press charged on Thursday.
Not the movie of the week: Dumb and Dumberer is not funny. Not once. Not ever, writes Danny Leigh.
The Democratic Alliance is invoking the Promotion of Access to Information Act in an attempt to force the health ministry to release the Antenatal HIV Prevalence Survey for 2002.