A little more than 60 days into the implementation of a South Africa-brokered peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, the signs are good. In the agreement the Rwandan government said it would pull all its troops out of the Congo within 90 days.
The irony of our failure to halt the rapid spread of HIV, is that this very failure will halt the rapid spread of HIV. With more than half of all deaths now attributed to Aids-related illnesses, those returning from funerals are now acknowledging a "new disease" is the cause of death.
Oil prices jumped on Monday after a suspected terror attack on a tanker off Yemen raised tensions on world markets already fretting about the possibility of an assault by the United States on Iraq.
A week of Nobel Prizes opens on Monday with the award for medicine or physiology and culminates on Friday with the prestigious peace prize after months of secret deliberations.
South African stocks extended their early losses at midday, falling 1,8%, as local shares could not hold out against the sell-off on international bourses.
South Africa’s master-blaster Lance Klusener was the most notable absentee as the South African cricket selectors made four changes to their squad on Monday for the final match of the one-day international series against Bangladesh.
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Home-based health care is about to replace the system whereby community health workers are the care givers to those in the Western Cape that do not have access to hospitals and clinics. This follows a decision by the EU to end its association with the community health workers.
South Africa’s future is being eroded by the suffering of its children as the Aids epidemic takes away their hope along with their parents. Children are traumatised by losing those who should be nurturing them, first to illness and then to death.
After investigating traditional contraceptive techniques, an eminent Australian-based scientist has proved that lemon juice diluted five to one with water kills HIV and sperm within seconds. Roger Short’s findings will be made public in a scientific paper.