The environmental impact assessment of a planned nuclear reactor at Koeberg, near Cape Town, has been approved, the environmental affairs department said on Thursday.
The violence that led to the deaths of six military policemen in Majar al-Kabir appeared to have been sparked by a misunderstanding between soldiers and local people, the commander of British troops in Iraq conceded yesterday.
Ten million children under the age of five die every year around the globe and six million of those deaths are easily preventable, a leading medical journal reveals today.
The US supreme court yesterday overturned a Texan law banning sodomy between two men, in a landmark decision that gay rights advocates claimed was a ”turning point” in American attitudes toward homosexuality.
South African banking group Absa on Thursday night denied a media report that it is suing the Zambian government for $100-million. However, it confirmed that it had obtained a court injunction against Tazama Pipelines Ltd to prevent the it from
contaminating petroleum feedstock at a Zambian refinery.
Motorists at the National Arts Festival must abide by a new parking meter system this year.
For the Masithandane Women’s Group who sit under Drostdy Arch, the recently enforced plastic bag legislation has meant fewer products to sell and less money to take home.
Local artists and crafters have been given a boost by the new Egazini bus our, ‘Through Makana’s Eyes’ which now includes a stop at the recently refurbished Egazini centre.
It is quite sickening to see senior members of our "people’s" government ranting on about how they intend to bring runaway debt under some sort of control.
It is important to see that the controversial latest draft of South Africa’s Anti-Terrorism Bill is not a response to local threats or conditions, but a distant echo of September 11 2001.