The Public Accountants and Auditors Board (PAAB) is to probe a complaint by defence contractor Richard Young that PricewaterhouseCoopers had a conflict of interest in taking part in the arms deal investigation.
At least four civilians were killed on Friday when mortar shells fired by Hutu rebels rained down on the north of the Burundian capital.
Zimbabwe customs officials have refused to allow 30 tons of emergency food into the country obtained by the main opposition party, citing import regulations.
Former Western Cape finance minister Leon Markovitz on Thursday denied a claim by German fugitive Jurgen Harksen that he had received a million rand bribe.
In an attempt to rein in soaring legal costs, the Big Three automakers have been fighting to get thousands of lawsuits filed by people who say they were sickened by asbestos in car brakes out of state courts and before a federal judge.
The African Christian Democratic Party on Tuesday said it was against the Nelson Mandela Metro councillor Mikey Kwenaite’s plan to establish a nudist beach on the Port Elizabeth coast.
The 130 people trapped in vehicles by heavy snowfalls in the northern parts of the Eastern Cape province were all rescued on Friday night, a disaster management co-ordinator said.
An Iraqi minister threatened Israel with attack if it participated in any US-led military action against the regime of President Saddam Hussein, in comments published in an Emirati daily on Friday.
Guinea-Bissau’s President Kumba Yala dissolved parliament on Friday, officials said, in a move that means an end to Prime Minister Alamara Nhasse’s government in the west African country.
Once heralded as a bastion of free of speech, a realm which transcends national law and court whims, the internet is now facing up to a harsh new reality after a supreme court ruling on Tuesday which has thrown internet publishers into disarray.