It seems to be an unavoidable fact of the human condition that former altar boys, especially the Catholic ones, end up being the best revolutionaries.
The flamboyant tycoon behind Mpumalanga’s infamous R50-billion Dolphin Deal has been arrested in Kenya after almost a decade on the run.
Mohammad Kaif struck an unbeaten 95 to power India to a 153-run victory over South Africa in the three-nation tournament here on Sunday.
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Lionel Mtshali is expected to make an announcement on Monday on whether he will bow to ANC threats and reinstate three ANC members of his provincial cabinet.
South African Trade and Industry Minister Alec Erwin says he will once again meet US pharmaceutical companies next month to help resolve the impasse over compulsory licensing of pharmaceutical products to third parties.
Rich and industrialised nations are failing to demonstrate leadership and are putting multilateral processes of world trade negotiation in jeopardy, South African Trade and Industry Minister Alec Erwin said on Monday.
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President Thabo Mbeki chided sections of the African media on Saturday for suggesting Africans could not be trusted to promote democracy without Western guardianship.
Light drizzle covered Duiwelskloof in the Limpopo province for much of Friday morning as Makobi Modjadji was inaugurated as the new Rain Queen of the Balobedu people.
The leader of Burundi’s main Hutu political party went on air on Saturday to dispel panic-triggering rumours that he had been assassinated. ”I am alive. Nothing has happened. This story of an assassination is a rumour put about by troublemakers,” said Jean Minani, president of the Democratic Front (Frodebu).