From Tuesday, health care services at public facilities will be offered free of charge to disabled people, Health Minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang said.
The Zimbabwean prosecution authority’s withdrawal of corruption charges against a retired judge was welcomed by the South African legal fraternity on Tuesday.
The National Union Of Metalworkers (Num) Eskom Shop Steward Council, which met over the weekend to review the wage talks at electricity utility Eskom, unanimously agreed on demands for a 12% wage increase, as opposed to Eskom’s offer of 9%.
Corbis Corporation, a photography-archiving company owned by billionaire Bill Gates, filed a federal lawsuit against Amazon.com and several partners, alleging copyright infringement.
Scientists and researchers from both sides of the Atlantic converged on Cape Town on Tuesday for the start of a three-day conference looking at commonalties in the drug abuse problem in the United States and southern Africa.
After its brief correction on Monday afternoon, the South African rand resumed its trend firmer on Tuesday morning helped by exporter dollar sales. A firmer euro overnight also helped the rand, currency traders said.
The provisional Afghan government revealed yesterday that widespread lawlessness might force postponement of the general election due next June.
Paul Bremer, the 61-year old former diplomat and counter-terrorism expert who is now the most powerful man in Iraq, looked every inch the politician on the campaign trail. Which in a sense he is.
The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) has launched a web based campaign calling for the firing of South African Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang.
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