Primary school pupils at around 250 schools in South Africa are reading hot-off-the-press world news in their own newspaper sent to them via e-mail. Created by Johannesburg journalist Duncan Guy, The Times I Am Living In also serves as a source of general knowledge, challenges pupils with quiz questions and provides a glossary.
The Commission on Gender Equality has structural problems, which has strained relations between its CEO and its commissioners, the Public Protector said on Tuesday. Mabedla Lawrence Mushwana released a report on his investigation into various allegations made against the commission, including abuse of power and mismanagement.
Representatives of security guards and employers will return to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration on Thursday, hoping to seal a deal to end a long pay strike. Until then, guards will be informed of the draft settlement, which will replace the previous offer signed earlier this year by 14 of the 16 unions representing guards.
![]()
Angola are aiming to create the biggest surprise of this World Cup when they take on Iran on Wednesday with an outside chance of reaching the second round. Written off as no-hopers when they arrived, a gritty performance to force a goalless draw with Mexico has given the Southern African nation a shot at finishing in the top two of Group D.
The recently announced amnesty for small business to regularise its tax affairs does not open the door to those who have profited from criminal activities, Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel told MPs on Tuesday. He was speaking in a debate in the National Assembly on legislation to provide for the tax amnesty.
Somali transitional President Abdullahi Yusuf on Tuesday arrived in Addis Ababa for talks with the African Union, whose plans to deploy peacekeepers in the country face a raft of challenges including opposition from increasing powerful Islamists, officials said.
At least 29 people were killed in lightning strikes across India’s western Maharashtra state, it was reported on Tuesday. State officials said the deaths were reported as heavy storms lashed the several areas in Maharashtra in the last three days.
Minister of Safety and Security Charles Nqakula on Tuesday reiterated his defence of a recent remark in Parliament that people who ”whinged” about crime should leave the country. He told journalists in Johannesburg that his words were directed at three negative opposition MPs taking part in the debate during his Budget vote.
![]()
Liverpool striker Harry Kewell was on Tuesday cleared by a (world soccer governing body) Fifa disciplinary committee to play in Australia’s crucial World Cup group match with Croatia over his full-time rant at a match referee, team officials said.
Former Liberian president Charles Taylor was flown from Freetown on Tuesday to The Netherlands where he will stand trial for war crimes allegedly committed during Sierra Leone’s brutal civil war, court and government officials told Agence France-Presse.