South Africa and Zimbabwe share a common destiny and the challenges facing Africa and the region can only be met through cooperation across national boundaries, the Minister of Labour, Membathisi Mdladlana, said in Harare Wednesday.
Hugo Chavez will come under further pressure to resign as the president of Venezuela today when bank workers join the paralysing strike which has already lasted more than six weeks.
President George Bush, hijacked by hardliners in his administration, is setting the world on a course towards nuclear disaster, a founder of the nuclear deterrence policy said.
Marauding rebels are massacring and eating pygmies in the dense forests of north-east Congo, according to UN officials who are investigating allegations of cannibalism in Ituri province, where fighting between several rebel groups has displaced about 150 000 people in the past month.
The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) has indicated that its leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi expressed misgivings that the ANC would keep its promise that pending defection legislation would be stripped of retrospective clauses..<br>
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The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa (JSE) retreated into the red at the start on Thursday in fairly quiet trade. The opening saw a reverse of the trend over the past two days, with gold stocks gaining ground boosted by a higher bullion price, but heavyweight rand hedge stocks slipping on the back of a firmer currency.
Ernie Els has a new equipment deal with Titleist, new clothing and new sponsorship. But what makes the South African excited about the season is an old outlook on his golf and his potential.
British premier Tony Blair said on Wednesday he was unable to stop England playing in Zimbabwe in the cricket World Cup next month, but urged England’s cricketers to boycott the match to be played in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare.
Piet Rooi adjusts his Union Jack cap, pushes his glasses up his nose and smiles at the inanity of my question about why he used the hoodia plant. ”Hoekom [Why]?” he asks. ”Because it helps us survive.” He holds up a hand to forestall further interrogation.