The bomb which ripped through a hotel in the Indonesian capital Jakarta was detonated by a mobile phone, police said on Wednesday.
The drafters of the Sexual Offences Bill are investigating the cost of providing anti-retroviral treatment to rape victims, Parliament’s justice portfolio committee heard on Wednesday.
The Medicines Control Council (MCC) played with semantics at the South African Aids conference on Wednesday when it said it would not ban nevirapine — except, perhaps, for use in preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
Gene Robinson, the first openly gay bishop in the Anglican Communion, said on Wednesday he had ”great confidence” that rifts caused by his appointment could be healed.
An investigation by the Public Protector into the affairs of Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota, who earlier this year was found guilty of contravening Parliament’s ethics code, has recommended he not be penalised again for the offence.
South Africa, with the highest rate of Aids infected babies in the world, is the only country — of 72 using nevirapine — to consider delisting the drug which is used to prevent HIV in infants.
South African listed pharmaceutical group Aspen Pharmacare — southern Africa’s largest generics manufacturer — on Wednesday launched Aspen-Stavudine, the first generic anti-retroviral (ARV) drug developed and manufactured in Africa.
African governments must divert more resources into their decrepit and crumbling health services, a conference in Addis Ababa heard on Wednesday.
South Africa’s real retail sales surged by 2,9% m/m (40,9% annualised) in May after seasonal adjustment, Statistics South Africa said on Wednesday.
A stronger rand and weaker world markets pulled the rug up from under heavyweight dual-listed and resources stocks on the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa (JSE) on Wednesday, leaving the overall index almost 1% lower just after midday.