Pietermaritzburg is set to be the sole seat of the KwaZulu-Natal legislature, despite opposition from the Inkatha Freedom.
In an unusually harsh sentence in a corruption case, a state security court on Tuesday jailed the news director of Egypt’s state-owned television station to 18 years at hard labour after convicting him of bribery and the illegal possession of drugs.
Iraq is drafting a reply to a UN letter demanding to know if it agrees to a resumption of weapons inspections and has still not ruled out striking a deal, diplomats said on Tuesday.
Interest rates should drop by three percentage points by the end of the first quarter of 2004, Sanlam Investment Management chief economist Jac Laubscher said on Wednesday.
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Energy targets are the only outstanding area of disagreement among negotiators at the World Summit on Sustainable Development.
A 46-year-old man, Hussaini Maidoya, has been arrested by police in northern Nigeria for amputating his wife’s right leg after suspecting her of infidelity.
A former chief prosecutor for UN international criminal tribunals on Wednesday praised the new UN resolution calling for the disarmament of Iraq, but warned the United States not to be seen as violating the Geneva Convention.
The Congress of SA Trade Unions on Thursday called on the Independent Communication Authority of SA to reject the new tariffs proposed by Telkom.
The Democratic Alliance on Sunday came out in strong support of judges who criticised the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development’s plan to change the Constitution to regulate the country’s judiciary better. Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Brigitte Mabandla last week said the judiciary is slow in introducing transformation.
Two groups bid on Thursday for a 51% stake in a new South African fixed-line phone licence to rival state utility Telkom, setting the scene for the country’s long-delayed start of telecoms competition.