People being infected with more than one strain of HIV is becoming increasingly common, the South African Aids conference in Durban heard on Tuesday.
The broad definition of rape as set out in the draft Sexual Offences Bill might undermine existing legislation, Parliament’s justice portfolio committee heard on Tuesday.
Liberian rebels will fight on ”till the last man drops” if President Charles Taylor fails to leave the country next week as promised, a rebel leader said on Tuesday.
No South Africans were reported killed in the Jakarta, Indonesia, hotel blast as far as could be determined at this stage, says South African Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ronnie Mamoepa.
Indonesian National Police Chief General Da’i Bachtiar said there were similarities between the scenes of the bomb attack on a Jakarta hotel on Tuesday and the devastating blast in Bali last October.
The British-based banking group Standard Chartered is in the process of acquiring the local on-line financial services firm 20twenty and is to open a full-service bank in South Africa.
Liberian President Charles Taylor expects to be shielded from prosecution for war crimes once he is in exile in Nigeria, his spokesperson said Tuesday.
If South Africa does not implement a large scale Aids treatment plan soon, five million South Africans will die from Aids in the next eight to 10 years.
Child-headed households find it impossible to access help from community members or government, the South African Aids Conference in Durban heard on Tuesday.