The Nelson Mandela Medical School in Durban will begin recruiting 360 HIV patients next week to participate in clinical trials for a new non-invasive treatment for the disease.
The Democratic Alliance has demanded that the Commonwealth report on Zimbabwe be released, following the body’s recent decision to extend the suspension of the southern African country from the grouping of mostly former British colonies.
South Africa must protect the advantage it has over many other emerging market economies, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel said on Wednesday.
Swaziland’s chief justice said on Thursday he had resigned in the aftermath of a dramatic showdown between the southern African nation’s modern court system and its absolute monarchy.
Baghdad was plunged into darkness tonight as US officers said they had launched an attack on the city’s international airport, just ten miles from the city centre.
African governments must exert more pressure on Zimbabwe to solve that country’s political and economic problems, the South African Chamber of Business said on Thursday.
The Anglican Church in southern Africa has released what it calls a ”preliminary report” on same sex marriages — a union it currently refuses to recognise.
Pick ‘n Pay CEO Sean Summers said on Thursday that Pick ‘n Pay would have no alternative but to comply with the South Africa’s new legislation on plastic bags that comes into effect on 9 May that forces consumers to pay for their bags.
South Africa’s Inkatha Freedom Party parliamentary caucus on Thursday discussed the impact of the defection period on the party — and party sources indicated that the party could withdraw from national government if its control of KwaZulu Natal is snatched away.