Former President Nelson Mandela on Monday paid tribute to his former Rivonia Trial co-accused and South African Communist Party (SACP) leader Rusty Bernstein who died at his home in Johannesburg.

Four people were hospitalised after police fired rubber bullets at Lenasia squatters protesting an eviction order on Tuesday, Soweto police said.

Another 33 brutalised boys were taken away from initiation schools to hospitals on Tuesday, bringing the total number of hospitalised initiates to 51, East Rand police said on Wednesday.

The University of Natal and Harvard University will be able to collaborate in Aids research thanks to two grants totalling about R38-million (,75-million) from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

African Christian Democratic Party MP, Cheryllyn Dudley, says she accepted an apology from a fellow MP for alleged sexual harassment only to end the ”tedious” matter.

Artist Mbongeni Ngema’s controversial song ”AmaNdiya” was banned from public broadcast as it constituted racial hate speech.

With only 69 days to go before the start of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, concern is mounting over whether heads of state from several key industrialised nations will attend the event.

Political transformation in South Africa was necessary, and the way to reach it was through political realignment, says UDM Bantu Holomisa.

The African National Congress and family members of Peter Mokaba on Monday criticised the media for announcing his death before his next-of-kin had been informed.

In an effort to stop the high incidence of crime in Sauer Street in Johannesburg, First National Bank has employed a private security company to patrol the area with dogs.