The South African Communist Party (SACP) said on Thursday it was ”deeply disturbed” by the comments of the Cabinet in response to the SACP’s central committee discussion document. ”The dismissal of the genuine observations of the central committee of the SACP as a ‘false assertions’ and ‘fulminations of the imagination’ demonstrates a rather disturbing intolerance towards well-considered criticism, said the party.
The African Union expressed "deep regret" on Thursday that hold-out Darfur rebel groups had failed to meet a midnight deadline to sign a peace deal for the troubled western Sudanese region. At the same time it held out hope that dissident factions of the two groups would accept the Darfur Peace Agreement.
After a month of heated debate punctuated by a walk-out by female lawmakers, Kenya’s predominantly male national assembly on Wednesday approved a watered-down version of new sex-crimes legislation. The law boosts penalties for rapists and other sex offenders but drops provisions from earlier drafts that rights activists had deemed key.
The United Nations has appealed for a near doubling of emergency aid to the Palestinian territories to alleviate a crippling economic crisis after the freezing of foreign funds to the Hamas government and Israeli sanctions against the Palestinians.
There comes a time, in the middle of every Cannes festival, when everyone asks themselves the same question. What’s the film we’re all talking about? What has grabbed us by the lapels? In previous years, it’s been Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11, or Gaspar Noe’s rape-revenge nightmare Irreversible, or Michael Haneke’s surveillance thriller Hidden. And this […]
South African listed media group Primedia has completed three acquisitions valued at R40-million. This follows Primedia’s recent successful placement of R150-million of perpetual preference shares. The company said on Thursday that the acquisitions will bolster existing businesses as well as further diversify its media base.
Even if the latest round of the protracted Doha trade negotiations broke down, it was imperative for developing countries to deepen trade among themselves, the World Economic Forum (WEF) summit heard on Wednesday. Trade and Industry Minister Mandisi Mpahlwa was speaking at an update session of the Doha negotiations at the three-day WEF summit on Africa.
South African left-hander Cassius Baloyi knocked out Mexican veteran Manuel Medina in the 11th round in Washington on Wednesday for the vacant International Boxing Federation junior lightweight crown. Baloyi appeared to be outboxed for much of the fight but then came alive in the 11th and dropped Medina three times to end it.
United Nations said hospitals were still overcrowded and lacked basic supplies to treat the mass of injured. The death toll rose to 6Â 234 while the number of those hurt in the disaster more than doubled to about 46Â 000, with more than 33Â 000 of them suffering serious injuries.
Johannesburg detectives have discovered another body buried in Moffat Park — the third in six months, The Star reported on Thursday. The three victims were buried within 500m of each other at the park near Rosettenville, south of the city. All had shirts or jerseys wrapped tightly around their heads, raising fears of a serial killer in the area.