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.
South African financial services group Investec Plc detailed plans on Monday to raise nearly 100-million pounds via a London share sale to expand its businesses, braving jittery stock markets.
The Aids epidemic is causing the spiralling disintegration of some of the poorest countries in Africa, precipitating famine and social, political and economic collapse, says the latest official United Nations update.
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has told a British member of parliament that he will implement United Nations resolutions and allow arms inspectors into his country.
An English court has ruled that a father should get custody of his two children because his ex-wife uses the Internet to meet men.
A fiberglass bust that purportedly shows the true face of ancient Egyptian King Tutankhamun went on display this week at London’s Science Museum.