A battle of wills between the government and the opposition over the release of crime statistics continued to rage in the South African National Assembly on Tuesday — with the police minister insisting that he would only release them ”later this year”.
The National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) was outraged on Tuesday by what it said were attempts by steel maker Iscor to undermine its strike action through the hiring of 1 500 replacement workers
The Cape Bar Council on Tuesday appointed two senior counsel to probe a dispute over legal representation in a Cape High Court challenge to the multi-billion rand arms deal.
South Africa’s health budget has increased steadily over recent years, but if inflation and population growth are taken into account, the country is spending little more on the treatment of individual patients than it was in the mid-1990s.
Egyptian art censors have banned the screening of the ‘The Matrix Reloaded’ due to religious and social reasons, according to press reports on Tuesday.
A senior South African official has dismissed as ”utter rubbish” claims that the country was secretly sending arms to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Tuesday’s attempted assassination of Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Al-Rantisi has placed the curent US-led peace efforts in the Middle East in dire jeopardy, with US President George Bush being ”deeply troubled’ by the attack.
‘Not a single Jew in Palestine is safe’
South Africa has got the blessing of its regional partners to become the seat of the proposed Pan African Parliament (PAP).
De La Rue, the world’s largest commercial security printer, has announced a R43-million investment in South Africa.
Young jazz musicians from historically disadvantaged communities in Cape Town are set to benefit from free professional jazz training in a new initiative by Artscape, the performing arts hub of the Western Cape.