Convicted kidnapper and killer Donovan Moodley arrived for his second day in the Johannesburg High Court early on Tuesday. Moodley was once again brought to court in a three car convoy with blaring sirens. Radio reports said Moodley’s father Stephen would testify on Tuesday during mitigation of sentence.
Malawi is to close four of its 19 embassies and recall 35 diplomats from Canada, France, Kenya and Libya as a cost-cutting measure, the foreign minister said on Monday. Foreign Minister Davies Katsonga said ”financial hiccups” had forced the closure.
Nasa will make a fresh attempt to launch the space shuttle Discovery on Tuesday afternoon, admitting on Monday that it was prepared to bend the agency’s own safety rules over a technical glitch that caused the last mission to be abandoned earlier this month.
Suicide is the main cause of death among young adults in China, the state media said on Monday in a report that highlights the growing pressures to succeed in love, work and education. Increasing stress, loneliness and a lack of medical support for depression are thought to have contributed to an suicide toll that is estimated at 250 000 people a year.
The Johannesburg Greater Metropolitan Council stands accused of wrecking the livelihood of the city’s 15 000 street traders in its pursuit of a "world-class city". Researcher at the Centre for Policy Studies Paul Thulare, who is studying the effects of the Jo’burg 2030 plan, said it "has undermined the city’s weakest members".
Fifty-three years after independence, Egypt continues to adopt a foreign policy with a focus on the Arab world, despite the fact that the country is physically located within the African continent, plagued by most of the economic and political problems faced by any African country and having suffered from a similar colonial onslaught.
The giant sable, unique to Angola and believed by many to be extinct after one of Africa’s longest and most bloody civil conflicts, is alive, well and breeding. But news of its survival could pose the biggest threat to its existence yet. Conservationist Pedro Vaz Pinto, said photographic and DNA evidence he had finally managed to obtain were conclusive proof of its survival.
It was revealed today that listed media conglomerate Primedia has acquired alternative media company Altmedia, in a deal reportedly valued at more than R70-million. Outdoor giant Clear Channel Independent has sold its 49 percent stake in Altmedia as part of the deal.
Civil society groups in Kenya have set their sights on an upcoming referendum in a bid to prevent the government from pushing through an altered version of the country’s draft Constitution. This comes after Parliament approved the amended draft at midnight last Thursday, by a vote of 102 to 61.
Kenyan environmental activist Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, visited South Africa recently. She spoke to the Mail & Guardian about her views on South Africa’s environment and what African leaders are doing wrong.