Indecisive and underfunded, the African Union is in danger of not becoming the primary peacekeeping authority for the continent that it wants to be.
Technical guidelines to help employers manage HIV/Aids in the workplace were published on Monday. Releasing the document in Pretoria, Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana said he was confident it would contribute to the fight against the disease.
Gaye Derby-Lewis, wife of former Conservative Party MP Clive Derby-Lewis, was acquitted on one of three charges against her in the Pretoria Regional Court on Monday.
Many African ports can anticipate the kind of pressure on their infrastructure South Africa is currently experiencing, as trade booms and economies grow through the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (Nepad), Trade and Industry Minister Alec Erwin said on Monday.
South Africa’s former ruling party, the New National Party, says the South African Government should explain to Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s government what media freedom is ”as it is clear it does not understand the concept”.
Wrangling over legal aid delayed the Pretoria High Court treason trial of 22 alleged Boeremag members on Monday to June 9.
An earthquake measuring 7,0 on the Richter Scale rocked northeast Japan on Monday causing tremors that could be felt hundreds of kilometres away in Tokyo, the Meteorological Agency said.
”This is how I survive — selling rosary beads,” volunteered Cornelius Monaheng as he traipsed up and down the steps of the Johannesburg Stadium in the midst of the multi-cultural Africa Day celebrations.
SABMiller CEO Graham McKay last week threatened to take the government to the country’s highest court if it "ignored reality" and pressed ahead with the controversial Liquor Bill.
The postmodern archangels’ presence in our midst may prompt the thoughtful to recast received notions of gender, sexuality and — even — of work, play and pleasure.