South African sugarcane farmers are concerned about the recent move by Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs Thoko Didiza to introduce an amendment to the Restitution of Land Rights Act, South African Cane Growers chairperson Bruce Galloway said in a speech on Wednesday.
Scottish scientists, renowned for creating Dolly the cloned sheep, on Tuesday secured a British government licence permitting controversial stem cell research using human embryos.
The South African government does not support compensation lawsuits by apartheid victims against businesses, its president Thabo Mbeki reiterated here Tuesday.
When he was 19, Bongo Woodley won a tug-of-war with a crocodile that had sunk its teeth into his girlfriend’s ankle as they waded across a river.
A district surgeon testifying in the trial of the four alleged murderers of Mdantsane pupil Lydia Mankwente described to the Bisho High Court on Tuesday the injuries sustained by Mankwente during the alleged attack.
Terror abduction
The governments of South Africa and Switzerland signed a declaration of intent on joint co-operation in Africa during an official visit by South African President Thabo Mbeki to Switzerland this week.
The US has bitterly attacked European leaders for trying to stop the UN security council voting tomorrow to renew America’s exemption from prosecution by the new war crimes tribunal.
Israel drew stinging criticism from Washington, accusations of terrorism from its Palestinian partner in the peace process and a vow by Hamas to respond in kind after an army helicopter tried to assassinate the Hamas political leader in Gaza.
Palestinians promise ‘an eye for an eye’
Hans Blix, the UN chief weapons inspector, lashed out last night at the ”bastards” who have tried to undermine him throughout the three years he has held his high-profile post