Madagascar, barred from the African Union (AU) inauguration summit last year because of doubts over the legitimacy of its president, has been re-admitted, AU president Thabo Mbeki said on Thursday.
The New National Party said on Thursday it believed negotiations for change in Zimbabwe were taking place, despite denials from the official opposition there.
South Africa’s Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism has allocated the first fishing rights for traditional linefish fishery, the government announced on Thursday. The allocation of rights signals a major shift in the management of the country’s traditional linefish resource as traditional linefish fishers operated under exemptions granted to them instead of rights.
Mississauga Indians, who once owned the land Toronto now sits on, say they should have been paid more than the 10 shillings they got in 1805 — and Ottawa has its cheque book open.
Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has welcomed the outcome of Wednesday’s meeting of the presidents of America and South Africa, and urged South African President Thabo Mbeki to ensure formal talks between the opposition and government in Zimbabwe begin ”within days, rather than weeks.”
The current wage talks between the National Union of Mineworkers and the Chamber of Mines, which represents major gold and coal producers, are at an impasse, with the union indicating that strike action is imminent.
Delegates to the Liberian talks in Accra, have shifted focus from discussing a peace agreement between the country’s warring parties, to intense negotiations over the transitional government that is to replace President Charles Taylor.
Until a few months ago, the Shreim family could see the plains of central Israel from their living room. Now all they can see is the wall.
Yahoo! Inc. announced its fifth consecutive quarter of profitability as income more than doubled, and the internet bellwether boosted its income and sales forecasts for the rest of the year.
The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa opened weaker on Thursday as a slightly stronger currency compared to recent days took its toll on heavyweight rand hedge stocks. A softer close on the Dow overnight also had a negative effect.