South Africa will use its presidency of the United Nations Security Council in March to push for the organisation to pay for African Union peacekeeping operations. The Security Council has agreed on a so-called hybrid force in Sudan which will comprise African Union peacekeepers supported technically and financially by the UN.
A woman accused of running a prostitution ring threatened to immerse Washington in a sex scandal on Friday by saying she was considering selling 13 years of phone records to raise funds for her legal defence. Lawyers claimed that the records would lead to a client list of 10 000, including some of Washington’s most influential figures.
Carbon dioxide emissions from shipping are double those of aviation and increasing at an alarming rate which will have a serious impact on global warming. Studies suggest that maritime carbon dioxide emissions are not only higher than previously thought, but could rise by as much as 75% in the next 15 to 20 years.
When Ahmad Khidr’s wife, Nadia, was close to her pregnancy’s full term, the Shia grocer drove her to a friend’s house each evening before the curfew began. "We were terrified she would go into labour during the night," said Ahmad (23). "I did not want to risk taking her to a hospital at night."
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has amended its laws so that match referees, rather than umpires, will decide whether games should be terminated if a team refuses to play. The amendment to the law follows last year’s row at the Oval when Pakistan lost to England by forfeit.
Honourable representatives, esteemed ambassadors, ladies and gentlemen of the press, and our young visitors from Mammy Jubilation’s Old Timey Kindergarten up yonder in the cheap seats; welcome to this session of the United Nations General Assembly, my first as Secretary General.
Fidentia’s collapse had further repercussions in the Cape High Court on Friday when two closely linked companies were also placed under curatorship. The court granted a provisional order placing Ovation Global Investment Services and Ovation Global Investment Nominees under curatorship.
A group of men armed with rifles and pistols robbed a Coin security van collecting money at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) head offices in Auckland Park on Friday, Johannesburg police said. Police spokesperson Captain Bheki Mavundla said a white Ford Bantam bakkie was seen pulling up behind the security van at 11.15am inside the public broadcaster’s complex.
Mozambican marines rescued more than 1Â 700 people, including 900 children, from flooding in central Mozambique on Friday. The marines used eight boats to mount the rescue operation in the central town of Buzi in the province of Sofala, where at least 28Â 000 people have been affected by the floods.
Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota has challenged the South African business sector to partner the government in improving the performance of other African economies through meaningful investment. He said South African business needed to be more active in issues of African development.