British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said on Tuesday he hoped to discuss with President Thabo Mbeki his recent visit to Zimbabwe.
Government is to take a decision on the use of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs for the treatment of HIV and Aids in the ”very near future”, says Health Minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang.
Between 40 and 50 people were feared dead today after a series of suicide bomb explosions rocked the Saudi capital, Riyadh, overnight.
Thunderous applause, whistling and ululating filled the grounds of a Soweto school on Tuesday as more than 200 students welcomed British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw to the township.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) on Tuesday launched a strong attack against Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, labelling her incompetent and appealing to President Thabo Mbeki to remove her from Cabinet.<br>
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The Coalition of Traditional Leaders of South Africa says it is opposed to the notion that property in traditional communities should be taxed by municipalities in the same way as property in urban areas.
A rebel group that has seized the town of Bunia in the northeastern DRC, the Rwandan-backed Union of Congolese Patriots, said on Tuesday that if French soldiers were sent by the United Nations to keep peace in the area they would be viewed as ”enemies”.
Lawyers for chemical and biological warfare expert Wouter Basson argued in the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein on Tuesday that a re-trial for their client would probably not be fair.
The number of victims in last Thursday’s air disaster, which occured when the rear doors of a cargo plane flew open shortly after takeoff from Kinshasa, sucking passengers to their death, ”will never be known”.
At least nine women from Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change were arrested on Tuesday after a demonstration near the court where their leader is on trial for treason, the party said.