Cote D’ Ivoire new communications minister said on Sunday he planned to open up the country’s airwaves to private television and radio networks in 2004.
The Scorpions unit is investigating allegations of corruption and fraud in some of the state’s training agencies. The Treasury has raised serious concerns about the extent of mismanagement and inefficiency bedevilling the Sector Education and Training Authorities (Setas).
The prosecution in the Marike de Klerk murder trial argued on Monday that the case against the former first lady’s alleged killer Luyanda Mboniswa was strong.
The Iranian authorities have banned several dozen websites for political and pornographic content, including those of US radio stations broadcasting in Farsi, the press reported on Sunday.
At least 30 people were killed and more than 70 injured early on Monday when a truck loaded with explosives blew up an administration building in the Chechen village of Znamenskoye, a local official reported.
The basic cause of hair growth has been identified by scientists in the United States. The research showed that a subtle interaction between two signalling molecules causes hair follicles to sprout.
The South African History Archives has concluded an out of court settlement with the ministries of justice and arts and culture over access to the reports of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
President Thabo Mbeki vowed on Sunday that government would do everything in its power to ensure that the Workers’ Day bus accident which left 51 dead was never repeated.
South Africa’s Growth and Development Summit to be held on June 7 in Midrand, near Johannesburg, is likely to be an "endorsing" summit, where President Thabo Mbeki and some 200 delegates will endorse a programme of action that has already been decided before the time
The country’s biggest banking group, Nedcor (NED), had no official comment Monday morning on reports that it had suggested to analysts that they lower their earnings forecasts for the group for the current year.