Two of the University of Natal’s decision-making bodies are at loggerheads over the appointment of Professor William Makgoba as a vice-chancellor.
Mozambique, suffering from a withering hunger crisis, may reject future food donations that contain genetically modified corn.
Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon on Tuesday strongly criticised the proposed new Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Bill, saying it undermined the Mbeki administration’s commitment to an open economy in a globalised environment.
Hundreds of thousands of prison inmates and sick people in hospitals may be disenfranchised as there is no provision to register them when a review of the voters’ roll begins next week.
The governor of Russia’s far eastern region of Magadan, Valentin Tsvetkov, was shot dead by unknown gunmen on Friday in central Moscow.
South Africa said on Tuesday it was relaxing its 2004 inflation target because of higher prices linked to the rand’s slide in 2001, which have prompted the central bank to raise interest four times this year.
The Desai commission’s report, which finds the Democratic Alliance (DA) did accept tainted money, is to be referred to the Scorpions for further investigation.
The DA donor that didn’t exist
Whenever Mohamud Ali Abdi’s captors went out, they tied one of his toes to the trigger of an AK-47 assault rifle pointed at his stomach.
Nigeria’s uncompromising brand of zero-tolerance policing, dubbed ”Operation Fire for Fire”, came under attack after two innocent students were shot dead.
Nigeria, host of this year’s Miss World pageant, has warned beauty queens competing in the contest to avoid parts of the country where Shariah law is enforced.