It took the Palestine Liberation Organisation’s establishment in 1964, an armed campaign against Israel and several terrorist attacks in the 1970s to force the Palestine question on to the international agenda.
South African motorists — and would-be motorists — are aggrieved. Car prices continue to outpace inflation, despite the international purchasing power of the rand improving last year.
US forces in Iraq have captured Saddam Hussein’s residential secretary, Abdel Hamid Mahmoud, the fourth most wanted official of the former regime, a US defence official said on Wednesday.
The foundation of mutual respect and trust that constitutes true reconciliation has not yet been laid in South Africa, according to Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi.
There is a need to move away from the notion that accountability and oversight can best be done by an opposition that has to be unnecessarily antagonistic to the executive, Deputy President Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday.
Investors should prepare themselves for the flip-side of the drop in interest and inflation rates, Sidney Place of Stanlib Asset Management said on Wednesday.
The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) on Wednesday warned government of the grave consequences of taking Christmas and Good Friday off the country’s public holiday calendar.
The alleged commander of an Irish Republican Army (IRA) breakaway group responsible for Northern Ireland’s worst act of bloodshed went on trial on Wednesday in a case unprecedented, on two counts, in Ireland’s legal history.
Police in Zambia fired tear gas on some 2 000 stone throwing street vendors Wednesday who began rioting after the police tried to shut down their businesses.
Whale and dolphin meat is being sold in pet food in Japan, thus negating Tokyo’s controversial claim that it needs more whale meat, three environmental groups charged on Wednesday.