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Disgraced MPTony Yengeni agreed to step down this week after being convinced by ANC heavyweights that his resignation from Parliament would favourably affect his sentencing, according to party insiders.
A national prevention and treatment programme for HIV/Aids would save three million lives and cost no more than R18-billion a year by 2015, according to a cost-benefit analysis conducted by the University of Cape Town.
Elephants in the Knysna forest are medicating themselves with "magic mushrooms" that could be used by people to counter the effects of HIV.
The key witness in the treason trial of Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, Thursday made an emotional plea to the judge to be dismissed from the case, saying he was being ”abused” by both state and defence lawyers.
Bridgette Radebe, a mining magnate and the wife of Minister of Public Enterprises Jeff Radebe, is embroiled in a mining rights dispute in Mmakau village in the North West province.
The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa drifted weaker at the start on Friday, taking its cue from world markets. Volumes remained subdued as belligerent comments by US President George Bush regarding Iraq saw many players take to the sidelines.
South African Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni said that the SARB’s inflation targeting policy was compatible with growth in his inaugural lecture as Extraordinary Professor at the University of Stellenbosch.
The president of Burundi has ordered private radio stations not to broadcast statements by opposition rebel groups, media reports said on Thursday.
The main rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is backed by Rwanda, rejoined a final plenary session of peace talks in Pretoria late on Thursday after walking out earlier in the day.