The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) will on Wednesday request Parliament to set up a multiparty committee to investigate the arms deal, says opposition leader Tony Leon.
Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, has pulled out of Israeli-Palestinian talks on the US-driven ”road map” announced earlier on Tuesday by his Israeli counterpart, Ariel Sharon.
The Department of Labour has de-registered more than 150 trade unions and employers’ organisations that were either bogus or had failed to adhere to labour law requirements.
Three rightwingers were sentenced on Tuesday in the Bloemfontein Regional Court to prison terms ranging from five to eight years for plotting to blow up the Vaal Dam.
The Discovery Everest 2003 Expedition said on Tuesday that one of its members, film maker Sean Wisedale, had stayed behind at base camp to make another attempt at the summit.
The United Democratic Movement appealed to the government on Tuesday to take urgent action to restrict the ”easy access” to dangerous weapons, especially guns, in schools.
Leaders of the world’s Anglican churches said on Tuesday that they cannot support ceremonies blessing homosexual relationships, which one bishop in Canada has permitted.
The two earthquakes struck within days of each other, unleashing roughly the same devastating power. The killer quake in Algeria left thousands dead. Its counterpart in Japan left hardly a scratch.
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