A TRAGIC new twist was added to the Middle East conflict when three 14-year-old Palestinian classmates were buried in Gaza this week after mounting a futile attack that ended with them being shot by Israeli soldiers
South Africa has asked delegations from the 189 UN member states expected at next month’s Earth Summit in Johannesburg to arrive two days early to hammer out a deal on sustainable development.
The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa (JSE) is expected to open flat to slightly weaker on Monday, taking its cue from the currency. Traders said that with no major economic data due out this week, the market is likely to look to the rand for direction.
Nearly 150 people have been killed and nearly 175 000 forced to flee their homes in eastern Africa because of torrential downpours in the region.
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has accused Rwanda of committing "genocide against more than 3,5-million people" in the DRC.
The <i>Mail&Guardian</i> on Friday rejected as "nonsense" a statement by a senior department of trade and industry (DTI) official challenging the newspaper’s report that the government was vastly inflating figures for offset investments resulting from the arms deal.<br>
<li><a class="arealinktext" href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?a=59&o=7032">The great arms for jobs sham</a><br>
<li><a class="arealinktext" href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?a=59&o=7033">Exactly what has SA gained?</a>
The reshuffle of the provincial cabinet by the Inkatha Freedom Party KwaZulu Natal Premier Lionel Mtshali was described this afternoon by the African National Congress as "unilateral".
Canada announced on Wednesday it was sending an additional CAN$34,2-million (US$22,2-million) in humanitarian assistance to Southern Africa.
The reputation of Silvio Berlusconi’s government sank to a new low at the weekend when newspapers published photographs of members of his coalition casting multiple votes.
The bankers of Cape plc — the company that reached an out-of-court settlement with asbestosis victims last year — would be held personally responsible if it is proved they were responsible for reneging on the agreement, says the victims’ legal counsel.