The country’s first female deputy president had a group of women in the palm of her hand as she elaborated on Tuesday on daily tribulations facing the fairer sex, at a conference on gender issues. There were murmurs of agreement and some giggles as Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka painted a picture of the day in the life of an average woman.
A High Court hearing to sanction a scheme of arrangement for British banking group Barclays to acquire a controlling stake in South African banking group Absa has been postponed to Wednesday after three parties opposed the scheme. The hearing was postponed to allow more time for preparation of arguments.
Although the business confidence index of the South African Chamber of Business increased in June to its highest level so far this year, there are economic developments that could adversely affect future confidence, the chamber said. The index increased to 128,2 in June this year from 127 in May.
150 women from the Eastern Cape have taken the fabric of their daily lives and woven a tapestry of hope that dominates the quiet interior of the Grahamstown Cathedral, writes Dianne Tipping-Woods.
From bananas to wind farms, alcohol and the sun, the search for alternative energy sources has taken on a new urgency as oil prices hit record levels. Ideas once seen as the preserve of fringe environmental groups are getting more attention, but flicking most switches in cars, homes or industries in Asia still means tapping into fossil fuels.
A Japanese publisher will hold a national qualifying exam for nerds on their knowledge of comics, video games and other obsessive hobbies in a bid to smash prejudice and nurture a geek elite. Magazine <i>Elfics</i> is published every other month to offer information on the culture of the <i>otaku</i>, or men fanatic about their pastimes.
Armed paramilitary police swept through a Harare township, pulling down more than 100 prefabricated wooden cabins — including one in which screaming children had taken refuge, witnesses and opposition activists said on Tuesday.
The Durban bus driver accused of killing a toddler during a road-rage shooting incident at the weekend is due to appear in court on Wednesday. Three-year-old Luyanda Khanyile was shot in the back during an argument between the driver of the Mynah bus and her father, Cedric Khanyile.
British newspapers on Tuesday condemned French President Jacques Chirac as a ”nasty, petty racist creep” and someone who ”has lost his marbles” amid reports saying he scoffed at British food. Chirac reportedly said British cuisine is the worst in the world after Finland’s at a French-German-Russian summit on Sunday in Russia.
A former rebel group in Burundi has won the majority of seats in the first parliamentary elections in the war-ravaged Central African nation in 12 years, the top election official said on Tuesday. The Forces for the Defence of Democracy won between 60% and 80% of the polling stations in Monday’s election.