There would inevitably be an economic backlash for smaller economies from the US-led war in Iraq, the unrest in the Middle East, and the surging oil and gold prices.
Real retail sales rose by 3.6% y/y and increased by 1.3% m/m in January 2003, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Wednesday, after real retail sales rose by 4.5% in 2002.
South Africa’s land reform process will lead to ”pain and sacrifices” for some, Agriculture and Land Affairs Minister Thoko Didiza warned on Tuesday.
The South African government has rejected a request from the United States to close Iraqi missions and to expel senior officials in this country.
Five people were shot and killed when a gunman went on the rampage in Bochabela township of Mangaung, Bloemfontein on Tuesday night, southern Free State police said on Wednesday.
Thousands of Namibian farmers face fines or jail terms for not filling in forms for a government inquiry aimed at discouraging foreign ownership of land, the Namibian newspaper reported Tuesday
Chanting anti-American slogans, thousands in two west African countries marched Tuesday to protest the US and British-led war in Iraq.
The UN Children’s Fund has granted the Democratic Republic of Congo ,5-million for the implementation of a three-year childrens programme.
The vice-president of Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change, arrested in connection with an anti-government strike, appeared in court Tuesday, but was denied bail, a party official said.
The death toll in the rockburst at gold miner AngloGold’s TauTona mine near Carletonville has risen to five, with the recovery of the body of a fifth miner who was missing following the incident on Tuesday.