The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) is going to make sure vitamin entrepreneur Matthias Rath gets arrested, TAC chairperson Zackie Achmat said on Tuesday. The TAC is seeking to stop Rath and his Dr Rath Foundation from claiming that it is acting as a front for the pharmaceutical industry in promoting antiretroviral drugs for people with Aids.
World number two gold miner AngloGold Ashanti on Tuesday said that following a review of its exploration activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), it believed that its presence improved the country’s economic prospects and reinforced the country’s peace process.
About 216 000 workers in the steel, automobile and motor industries will join the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) in its protest action against job losses next week, the National Union of Mineworks (Numsa) said on Tuesday. This year alone, 5l 000 workers lost their jobs due to outsourcing and labour brokering, says Numsa
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has welcomed the G8 business summit on Africa which will be held on the eve of the G8 Summit in Gleneagles, Scotland. Part of the G8 programme of events, the G8 Business Action for Africa Summit will bring together business leaders from Africa and across the G8.
Spoornet is to consider a move to a vertical separation model between infrastructure and operations, chief executive Siyabonga Gama told the African Rail conference in Johannesburg on Tuesday. Gama said private sector participation in rail services in the form of concessions was a useful tool to fund and manage operations.
Senior members of the judiciary were present on Tuesday when Minister of Justice Brigitte Mabandla officially opened the Equality court in the Cape High court. ”It is my hope that this Equality court will be successful in further eradicating the legacy of inequality and at the same time enhance our ability to bring justice closer to an increasing mass of our people,” said Mabandla.
A 23-year-old man has died while attending a school offering circumcision rituals illegally, the Eastern Cape health department said on Tuesday. The man died of dehydration at the school in Sada outside Queenstown on Monday, said department spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo.
Anglican delegates from the United States and Canada were going before a divided church gathering on Tuesday to explain their stance on homosexuality — an issue that threatens to split the 77-million-strong global communion. Emotions were high at the Anglican Consultative Council meeting in Nottingham, as pro-gay and traditionalist wings of the church appealed for understanding.
The White House attempt to push through the confirmation of its controversial choice of John Bolton as United Nations ambassador was blocked on Monday for the second time by Democrats in the Senate. The vote left President George Bush facing difficult choices about how to proceed, with analysts saying it could leave him appearing weak when his popularity is falling in the opinion polls.
In the shadow of the glittering Shah Abdul Azim shrine, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the unexpected contender in the Iranian presidential run-offs, is seen as a pious working-class hero. ”We can identify with him. His style is humble and not luxurious,” said Mehdi Nasrollahi (32) a stallholder selling the Qur’an.