Some underdevelopment challenges could only be met by a global transfer of resources from the rich to the poor, President Thabo Mbeki said on Wednesday.
Nigeria on Wednesday warned potential investors about fake documents offering crude oil for sale on behalf of the state-run oil group Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
Columbia is the most dangerous place to be a trade unionist, while Zimbabwe tops the list of trade union repression in Africa, according to the survey on violations of trade union rights released by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) this week.
Honda has developed a system called the Collision Mitigation Brake System (CMS) that anticipates a collision based on driving conditions, distance to the vehicle ahead and relative speeds.
If those who say that beauty is only skin-deep while ugly goes right down to the bone were correct, then Fiat’s recently launched Multipla would be a good car to avoid.
President Joseph Kabila of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has become the first president of the vast country, formerly known as Zaire, to pay his annual income tax, an official said.
The Southern African Clothing & Textile Workers’ Union (Sactwu) reported on Wednesday that it had stepped up the pace of its HIV/Aids awareness programme in the clothing, textile and leather industries.
Egypt’s chief antiquarian is dismissing a new theory that Queen Nefertiti could have been buried in the Valley of the Kings, doubting that a political outcast like her could have enjoyed such an honour.
Fresh herbs grown in the dusty plains of Beaufort West in the Karoo, packaged and transported to the international market in 24 hours — this is the ultimate goal of the Western Cape’s first hydroponics farm.
South Africa’s National Industrial Participation Programme (Nipp) has already produced more than 6 000 jobs of the 14 000 direct jobs targeted by 2011, says Department of Trade and Industry Deputy Director General Lionel October.