With the final report on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) set to be handed over to President Thabo Mbeki on Human Rights Day on Friday, many are now hoping the way will be clear to settle the issue of reparations.
Former African National Congress (ANC) chief whip Tony Yengeni was freed on bail on Wednesday pending his appeal against a four-year sentence for defrauding parliament.
The Treatment Action Campaign confirmed on Wednesday it would go ahead with a programme of civil disobedience, starting on Human Rights Day, in support of its demands for a national HIV/Aids treatment plan.
The looming question for American and British troops as they prepare to attack Iraq within the next few hours is whether Saddam Hussein will play his most fearsome card: chemical and biological weapons.
The impression is that the US and Britain are going it alone against Iraq, helped only by a small contingent of Australians, a far cry from the wide-ranging coalition organised by George Bush’s father for Desert Storm 12 years ago.
Former African National Congress (ANC) chief whip Tony Yengeni was sentenced to four years in prison on Wednesday for defrauding Parliament.
Yengeni laments ‘harsh’ sentence
South Africa’s Finance Minister Trevor Manuel says the SA government’s stance on Iraq is not a position in support of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, but a position against unilateralism.
Saddam Hussein has always had a liking for doing the unpredictable. Within days of taking power in Iraq in 1979, he said: ”What is politics? Politics is when you say you are going to do one thing while intending to do another.” He added: ”Then you do neither what you said or what you intended.”
Saddam raises fears of chemical attack
SA human shields leave for Iraq
Dozens of opposition supporters were arrested across Zimbabwe on Tuesday as the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) launched its most widely followed protest against President Robert Mugabe’s government for years, the opposition said.