ISRAELI Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s popularity at home has soared. So too has Yasser Arafat’s, both among Palestinians and throughout the Arab world. Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah is winning acclaim for his peace efforts, as is President George Bush.
Inkatha Freedom Party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi this week refused a request by the African National Congress for his party to reappoint two ANC KwaZulu Natal ministers axed last week.
Amnesty International has asked the Mauritanian government to take "practical steps" to end slavery, saying that it still existed despite its legal abolition 20 years ago.
Six men have been jailed for terms of up to 20 years for their involvement in a failed coup attempt in early 2001 in Cote d’Ivoire.
Concern over the health of Kenya’s main opposition candidate in this month’s presidential elections has cast a cloud over the opposition’s chances of winning the poll, regional analysts said on Thursday.
South African oil and chemicals group Sasol (SOL) is planning to transfer its American Depository Receipt (ADR) listing on the Nasdaq to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in April 2003, Sasol corporate communications manager, Brenda Kali said on Monday.
At Kiffa, in the heart of the "triangle of poverty," the desert is synonymous with scorching winds, sand in the streets and a sky tinged by red dust.
The four interest rate increases this year as well as the notable appreciation of the rand in 2002 will in due course brake the inflation spiral decisively, says South African Reserve Bank (SARB) governor Tito Mboweni.
The Sappi KwaDukuza Resource Centre is a lifeline of hope to the surrounding community
The trial of Swaziland opposition leader Mario Masuku, charged with demanding the overthrow of Africa’s last absolute monarch, was adjourned on Tuesday after police threw his supporters from the courtroom