Opening the Western Cape provincial hearings on the South African Broadcasting Corporation’s draft editorial policy on Monday, premier Marthinus van Schalkwyk highlighted the power the corporation has to do good or to do harm.
Malawi’s high court has barred the deportation of five foreigners suspected of belonging to the al-Qaeda terror network, their lawyer said on Monday.
Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), on Monday launched an appeal for help in raising the steep bail set last week for the release of its leader Morgan Tsvangirai, charged with treason.
Prominent South African lawyer George Bizos on Monday took a new "Anti-Terrorism" Bill to task on behalf of the Legal Resources Centre (LRC), with him questioning the definition of terrorism.
Israel debated assassinating Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, Chief of Staff Moshe Yaalon admitted, quoted on Monday by the Israeli media.
Moscow’s press lamented on Monday that Russia was slipping back to Soviet-era bad habits after the weekend closure of the country’s last major private television network TVS.
The City of Cape Town is to install what is probably the world’s first ”penguin crossing” in an attempt to reduce fatalities among the jaywalking feathered pedestrians on the Simon’s Town main road.
The Inkatha Freedom Party in KwaZulu-Natal has resolved to review its working relationship with the African National Congress in the province, ”in the light of the prevailing behaviour of the ANC ministers in the coalition (provincial) government”.
Hedging policies could see publishing and electronic media group Naspers (NPN) reporting a headline loss when it releases its results for the year ended March on Thursday.
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