ANC Chief Whip in Parliament, Nathi Nhleko, says any ”necessary steps” will only be taken when the legal process is concluded. In his response, Nhleko said the ANC respected the decision of the court.
A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up at a crowded train station in central Israel today, killing a security guard who tried to prevent him from entering the station.
According to the Medical Research Council, 40% of deaths in 2000 of those between the ages of 15 and 49 were Aids-related. Each year, the percentage increases as the epidemic matures. But communities are still not talking about HIV and Aids.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and co-accused Addy Moolman were convicted on dozens of fraud and theft charges in the Pretoria Regional Court on Thursday. The State’s evidence against the pair was ”overwhelming”, Magistrate Peet Johnson told a packed courtroom.
The international press watchdog Reporters without Borders (RSF) has protested the seizure by Rwandan police of the first issue of a new independent weekly newspaper.
Nigeria condemned the damning reports issued by foreign observers and some international media, including CNN and the BBC, on last weekend ‘s presidential and state elections.
Afrikaner weddings provide an equal chance of becoming the party of the year or the most grotesque event the guests have ever attended. And the main actors often feel the same way: the wedding is either the best day in the married couple’s lives, or they burn all the pictures and pretend it never happened.
The executive director of Nedlac, Phillip Dexter, will quit at the end of June. Ferial Haffajee asks him what he thinks he has achieved.
Eager United States companies are queuing up for a piece of what could be billions of dollars of work in rebuilding Iraq. Questions remain about the United Nations’s role after the war; how Iraq’s oil income will be used; and whether countries other than the US will help finance reconstruction.
Despite receiving a number of objections from the industry to the proposed acquisition of products by The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC) from Appletiser South Africa (Pty) Ltd, the Competition Commission has approved the intermediate transaction without conditions.