Global spending on HIV prevention programmes will have to increase three-fold to ,7-billion by 2005 to help reverse the global Aids epidemic, the latest report by the International HIV/Aids Working Group says.
The Stellenbosch-based Lawyers for Human Rights was closely monitoring a case in which a Kraaifontein farmer allegedly beat his employee, put a gun to his head, and subsequently evicted him.
A lawyer for the San Council of South Africa is confident that obesity drug trials based on a Kalahari cactus will continue despite pharmaceutical company Pfizer’s withdrawal from the project.
US President George Bush says Americans should respect homosexuals, but he wants to make sure marriage is defined strictly as a union between a man and a woman.
The main opposition parties in Zambia on Thursday continued their walkout from Parliament, vowing to pursue protests against what they have claimed is the unconstitutional appointment of Vice President Nevers Mumba.
FirstRand confirmed on Thursday that the a four-month independent inquiry into newspaper allegations of corrupt practices by former Transport Minister Mac Maharaj, a non-executive director of the group, has been concluded, but no decision has been taken on his fate yet.
A bid by Zimbabwe’s churches to start negotiations between President Robert Mugabe and the opposition was in jeopardy on Thursday after a top government minister denounced some of the religious leaders as opposition ”activists” under the control of ”foreign masters”.
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Fraudulent documentation in South Africa has reached epidemic proportions and it is now possible to buy a new identity complete with ID book, fake educational qualifications and letters of reference for as little as R300.
Diehard defenders of military intervention in Iraq argue that it’s too soon to carp, that time is required to restore order and prosperity to a country ravaged by every type of misfortune.
The recent theft of monies from private internet banking accounts using sleuth software highlights how business risk has altered dramatically since the adoption of the internet as a medium for business transactions.