If the UN were a kindergarten, it would definitely be time to call a time out. The diplomatic fun and games over Iraq have grown way too intense. What started as an orderly, sit-down, knees-crossed group discussion is now an over-excited, slightly hysterical free for all.
The next round in the protracted litigation around the controversial multi-billion rand arms deal is scheduled to take place in the Cape High Court next week, with a possible challenge to the constitutionality of the Armaments Act and the Defence Act.
The South African Navy’s corvette acquisition programme is back on track after a delivery delay, chief of navy staff Rear-Admiral Johannes Mudimu said on Thursday. A hitch with defective cables late last year had delayed the delivery of the first of four new corvettes under South Africa’s arms procurement package.
National Assembly Speaker Frene Ginwala’s decision to proceed with a public reprimand of ANC MP Winnie Madikizela-Mandela despite a legal challenge was tantamount to contempt of court, says Madikizela-Mandela’s lawyer.
Winnie faces tongue lashing in Parliament
The sudden collapse of the rand in the fourth quarter 2001 was due to a flood of money printed by the South African Reserve Bank according to monetary economist Richard Grant, a former chief economist at the Chamber of Mines.
Two agreements have been struck to settle all claims involving asbestosis against mining group Gencor for a total amount of R460,5-mllion, Gencor announced on Thursday.
Members of Ivory Coast’s main opposition party who are named in a new unity government will not participate in the first cabinet session on Thursday due to security concerns in the war-torn country, the head of the party said.
Libya has agreed to take some responsibility for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing and pay billions of dollars in compensation to the families of the victims, US officials said on Wednesday.
Two former Enron Corporation executives have been charged with fraud for using accounting tricks to generate -million in fake earnings from the bankrupt energy trader’s failed attempt to start an Internet movie-on-demand service.
Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana on Wednesday slated the commercial farming union AgriSA’s reaction to minimum wage laws, saying he would welcome a move by the union to take the government to court.