Though South African scientists feel they have a duty to communicate their research to the public, they don’t trust local journalists with the job.
People living with HIV/Aids in South Africa could soon be able to access cheaper anti-Aids drugs under a new project which will manufacture generic medication in the country.
Two Zambian Air Force colonels were charged with stealing state funds, their lawyer said on Monday, and a Cabinet minister, in court fighting fraud charges, was fired as an anti-corruption campaign gains steam.
The implementation of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (Nepad) is on course and the first two major projects — the power interconnections between Nigeria, Benin and Togo, as well as between Algeria, Morocco and Spain — will be announced shortly, Wiseman Nkuhlu, the chairman of the Nepad Steering Committee, said on Monday.
Moody’s Investors Service, in its latest annual report on South Africa, points to the improving health of the economy and balance of payments as the basis for its positive outlook on the country’s Baa2 foreign currency ceilings.
The war on Iraq without United Nations approval should fill African countries with unease, President Thabo Mbeki contended on Monday.
The floor crossing legislation, which allowed MPs and MPLs to defect to the party of their choice without losing their seats, is an indictment of South Africa’s democracy, KwaZulu-Natal agriculture and environmental affairs MEC Narend Singh said on Monday.
Seedy bars and brothels around Germiston are providing much-needed refuge for horny young students from the local college who are flocking to dens of iniquity to release the stresses of academic life, City Press reported on Sunday.
A Roman Catholic priest has criticised the Ugandan army’s use of helicopter gunships during operations against rebels, saying many children abducted by the insurgents had been killed in such raids.
The Zimbabwe government has rounded on white farmers, accusing some of being ”British-sponsored lawless elements” behind recent mass action in the country, a newspaper said on Sunday.