Fake ”dead” people are costing South Africa’s life insurance industry R3-billion a year in false claims, Parliament’s public service and administration portfolio committee heard on Wednesday.
2.30pm Iraq today claimed ”many, many” civilians were killed after coalition bombs or missiles hit a market in Baghdad. An Iraqi defence ministry representative said there were at least 12 dead and 30 injured in the air raid.
Zimbabwean officials lashed out Wednesday against the United States for its criticism of the government’s violent response to an an opposition-led national strike, denying there had been a brutal crackdown against dissent.
Rebels of the Lord’s Resistance Army reportedly killed a government peace envoy on Monday, dampening hopes for a peaceful end to the 17-year insurgency in northern Uganda.
African National Congress Women’s League president Winnie Madikizela-Mandela will be publicly reprimanded by National Assembly Speaker Frene Ginwala for failing to disclose donations, whether she is present or not.
The Cape Town High Court has ordered the government to hand over key arms deal documents to a group which is challenging the validity of the multi-billion rand deal.
Iraqi state television was back on air this morning despite a heavy dawn bombing raid that targeted the country’s national station.
Fiery MP Patricia de Lille says she is quitting the Pan Africanist Congress to launch a new political party, to be called the Independent Democrats.
The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa drifted into the red on Wednesday morning in lethargic trade.
The Congress Of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) said on Wednesday it was shocked that the official unemployment rate had risen rapidly in the past year, rising from 29,4% in February 2002 to 30,5% in September 2002.