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/ 1 December 2005
De Beers, the world’s largest producer of diamonds, on Wednesday said it has agreed to pay -million to settle four United States class-action lawsuits that accused it of overcharging. The settlement ends 11 years of litigation and ”the majority of civil class actions filed against De Beers in the US,” the company said.
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/ 1 December 2005
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Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday blamed former colonial ruler Britain for ”compromising” his country’s battle against HIV/Aids by trying to block anti-Aids funds from global organisations. ”We have suffered further setbacks through the unjustified British-led international demonisation of our country,” he said.
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/ 1 December 2005
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Europe, led by the United Kingdom, on Wednesday night signalled a major split with the United States over curbing the Aids pandemic in a statement that tacitly urged African governments not to heed the abstinence-focused agenda of the Bush administration.
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/ 1 December 2005
<img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/257998/special_rep_icon_template.jpg" align=left>With only a quarter of Kenyans who need anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) receiving them from the government, the race is on to ensure that many more people get treatment to fend off Aids-related diseases. But ARV recipients also need enough, good food, without which ARVs cannot work properly.
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/ 1 December 2005
Jean Benjamin, Ntombazana Botha, Thoko Didiza, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, Nomatyala Hangana, Lindiwe Hendricks, Loretta Jacobus, Brigitte Mabandla, Rejoice Mabudafhasi, Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Naledi Pandor, Susan Shabangu, Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu, Buyelwa Patience Sonjica, Elizabeth Thabethe, Mantombazana Tshabalala-Msimang, Susan van der Merwe, Lulama Xingwana.
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/ 30 November 2005
A man who allegedly held a woman hostage for four-and-a-half hours in central Johannesburg on Wednesday, demanding the delivery of his identity document, was marched off to Johannesburg Central police station at 7.45pm and will appear in court on Thursday.
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/ 30 November 2005
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Nearly half of South Africans aged 15 and older find nothing wrong with marrying an HIV-positive person and would not have a problem having sex with them. This is according to the Second South African HIV Prevalence, Incidence, Behaviour and Communications Survey released on Wednesday, on the eve of World Aids Day.
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/ 30 November 2005
United States President George Bush, facing growing doubts about his war strategy, said on Wednesday that Iraqi troops are increasingly taking the lead in battle, but that ”this will take time and patience”. In a speech defending his policy, Bush said Iraqi forces have made substantial progress in the past year.