A prayer protest against a bid by Malawi President Bakili Muluzi to seek re-election in 2004 has received a green light from the government despite earlier threats that any such protests would be crushed by force.
Democratic Alliance Western Cape leader Gerald Morkel says he has a perfectly innocent explanation for the Harksen ”exhibit X” documents lodged with the Desai Commission.
South Africa made history by recording its first ever victory in a world cup final, beating Slovenia 1-0 in an inspired performance.
Rioters set alight government buildings and cars in Algeria in protest against a worsening water shortage.
Mpumalanga’s politicians are living rent-free in flats paid for by the taxpayer and are fighting for even more luxurious lodgings in Nelspruit. The legislature has requested the government to build between 16 and 20 units at a cost of R53-million.
Gripped by severe food shortages, with a potentially vast famine looming, the Zimbabwean authorities have rejected a United States government donation of 10 000 tonnes of maize, worth $6-million, because it has not been certified as free from genetic modification.
The rand’s recent recovery is not just a cause for optimism, but also a window of opportunity to be exploited in order to realise job-creating growth and a trigger for stabilising key indicators, says Iraj Abedian, group economist of Standard Bank.
Drew Forrest tries to disguise his animus towards Tony Leon and the Democratic Alliance behind the mask of the objective political analyst, but a careful reading of his comment always unmasks it for the anti-DA agitprop it is, in his latest offering, "The DA’s Harksen morass".
Critics say the government has come out in favour of whale hunting to curry political support for its proposals to trade in ivory and rhino horn. At a meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) late last month, government representatives supported a scheme that would make it possible for commercial whaling to resume. Japan and […]
The government’s apparent desire to grant amnesty to all apartheid-era political criminals is heading for an unexpected obstacle — that of a Constitutional Court challenge by victims. Piers Pigou confirmed that his organisation was exploring legal options.