Black economic empowerment (BEE) is regaining impetus after the big slump of four years ago — but new complexities and challenges are emerging, particularly around the financing of deals.
UN special envoy Stephen Lewis was inspired on a recent visit to Kenya where he experienced first-hand the determination of the East African country’s government to battle the HIV/Aids pandemic. Read an excerpt of a speech he delivered on the subject at the UN recently.
One form of the virus that causes Aids made the jump from animals to people by 1940, a new analysis indicates. HIV-2 didn’t spread across West Africa until the 1960s, perhaps spurred by a war in Guinea-Bissau, where researchers say it originated.
The British-trained microbiologist Rihab Taha, known as ”Dr Germ” for her role in Iraq’s biological weapons programme, has surrendered to coalition forces, a US military representative announced yesterday.
Four explosions apparently targeted at westerners rocked the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh last night, injuring at least 50 people. It is feared that a number of people may have been killed.
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South African lawyer George Bizos, defending Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai in a treason trial, has claimed police tried to cover up for a key state witness.
Zimbabwe’s national airline has just two or three days worth of fuel supply left, as a result of a critical liquid fuels shortage that has hit the country.
The US military task force hunting for chemical, biological and nuclear weapons in Iraq is to leave within a month, having found no trace of any illegal weapons, according to a report yesterday.
Satirical clothing maker Laugh It Off was granted leave to appeal by the Cape High Court on Monday against a decision barring it from using the Carling Black Label beer trademark.