A South African government proposal that succeeded in blocking an examination of the human rights situation in Zimbabwe by the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) has drawn strong criticism both at home and abroad.
Home Affairs Minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s application for leave to appeal a ruling striking down new immigration regulations will be heard by the Constitutional Court.
The rain that fell last Thursday night on the royal court of KheThakong in Limpopo may not have warded off the withering drought gripping the province, but to the Balobedu people it was a sign that the gods were indeed happy.
It could only happen with a United States invasion. Poised behind the troops, waiting for a signal that Iraq is safe enough for them to operate in, are the evangelical Christians — carrying food in one hand and the Bible in the other.
Mortar shell explosions reverberated for several hours on Thursday near Burundi’s capital, prompting thousands of residents to flee their homes, officials said, accusing Hutu rebels of mounting an attack.
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo’s party secured control of parliament on Thursday, two days before a landmark presidential election, as the opposition called for ”mass action” to protest alleged vote-rigging.
Holocaust denialism seeks to deny the systematised massacre of the Jews of continental Europe that took place during World War II. Aids denialism involves a group of dissident historians, social commentators and scientists who have set about denying the forbidding fact of Aids.
Anton Ackermann, the man who prosecuted the apartheid regime’s chemical and biological warfare chief, Wouter Basson, is to head up a unit to oversee apartheid-era prosecutions.
Acting Transport Minister Jeff Radebe was emphatic on Wednesday that all South African drivers must have a new credit-card driving licence by May 1.
Workers are "fenced in" at a garment and textile factory in the Athi River export processing zone in Kenya. They earn less than $2 a day, work long hours for
25 days each month, and are not allowed to join a trade union.