The eldest of the 15 South Africans who are being held in the Democratic Republic of Congo was barely in the country for 24 hours before being arrested, News24 reported on Friday. It said the project manager of the group, Eric Rademeyer, dodged arrest by being on a few days leave in Malawi.
Research published this week could help explain why a little-known African virus recently became rampant, infecting nearly one million people in an unprecedented disease outbreak that is still raging. The study suggests that the chikungunya virus has mutated in a way that makes it better at infecting the mosquitoes that spread the virus to people.
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? According to a scientist, a philosopher and a chicken farmer, it was the egg, British newspapers reported on Friday. he key to the age-old question apparently lies in the fact that genetic material does not change throughout an animal’s life.
A sex theme park designed to enhance its visitors’ lovemaking skills will open in the heart of London within months, the academy’s director announced on Wednesday. "Amora: The Academy of Sex and Relationships" is hoping to seduce up to 600 000 visitors through the doors in its first year.
Calls made by Brett Kebble in the hours before his death provide a fascinating window on the company he kept.
South Africa will be playing a leading part in building an affordable broadband network for the continent, Minister of Communications Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri has told parliamentarians. She said the initiative to build the network involves in the initial stages 22 countries in Southern and East Africa.
The former Enron bosses Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling were on Thursday convicted on fraud charges stemming from one of the most infamous scandals in corporate history. Jurors in the trial returned their verdict after just five days and two hours of deliberations, despite dozens of charges and often complex financial detail during the trial.
Tine van der Maas, the Aids ”healer” accused of indirectly causing last week’s Aids-related death of Nozipho Bhengu, also provided nutritional support and treatment to Yfm DJ Fana Khaba, known as Khabzela. Khabzela stopped taking anti-retrovirals and died as a result of Aids at the age of 35 in January 2004.
National Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi is linked to shadowy figures who were associated with slain businessman Brett Kebble. A <i>Mail & Guardian</i> investigation has revealed a web of relationships connecting Selebi to Clinton Nassif and Glenn Agliotti, who worked with Kebble on a series of "security" and other projects.
Two striking security guards have been arrested for setting fire to a warehouse at a Mondi paper mill, causing millions of rands in damage — this against a backdrop of intensifying industrial action and solidarity strikes. Business Unity South Africa has urged the warring parties to break the two-month-long strike deadlock.