One of the largest funded Aids programmes undertaken by a church was announced by Anglican Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane. The R222-million programme aimed to reduce the stigma and discrimination surrounding HIV/Aids.
Senior African National Congress members Dumisani Makhaye and Mike Mabuyakulu were restored to the KwaZulu-Natal government on Wednesday as the MECs for agriculture and public works respectively, after the second stand-off this year between the ANC and the Inkatha Freedom Party.
Zimbabwe was largely brought to a halt yesterday by a three-day strike called by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions in protest at the government’s decision last week to triple the price of fuel.
South Africa’s differences with the United States over the war in Iraq will not affect ”the many sided relations” South Africa had with the US, says Deputy President Jacob Zuma.
About 80 women and children urged 26 African countries on Wednesday to honour promises they made three years ago to help fight malaria.
Microsoft head Bill Gates has donated 28-million dollars to a South African initiative to prevent HIV infection in women by supplying them with latex diaphragms.
American Airlines yesterday reported a first quarter loss of more than -billion , underlining the urgency with which it needs to resolve its dispute with unions.
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Humans could be close to deliberately altering their evolutionary ”destiny” and one day even introducing a natural cancer vaccine into their inheritance, claimed the giants of genetic research gathered in London last night to celebrate ”50 years of DNA”.
Colin Powell, the US secretary of state, who is generally considered the most dovish member of the administration, warned France yesterday that it would pay a price for its opposition to the Iraq war.