The South African Paediatric Association (Sapa) added its voice on Friday to the chorus of concern regarding the possible banning of anti-retroviral Aids drug Nevirapine, saying it was safe.
The saga of South Africa’s ambassador to Indonesia, found guilty by the department of foreign affairs of 21 cases of sexual harassment, dragged on this week; 19 months after the matter first came to light.
A Western Cape Congress of South African Trade Union (Cosatu) official who met leaders of the Zimbabwean trade union movement in the Cape Town on Friday says President Robert Mugabe’s time as head of his state should end.
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) says it may take legal action over the Medicines Control Council’s (MCC) threat to deregister nevirapine.
As the deadline looms for Deputy President Jacob Zuma to respond to a series of question from the Scorpions, there was no indication by late on Thursday on whether the elite investigating unit had actually received a reply.
The Stellenbosch-based Lawyers for Human Rights was closely monitoring a case in which a Kraaifontein farmer allegedly beat his employee, put a gun to his head, and subsequently evicted him.
Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma was slated on Thursday for failing to resolve sexual harassment charges brought against South Africa’s ambassador to Indonesia.
Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon on Thursday called on other opposition parties to join the DA in a ”coalition for change” in South Africa, ahead of next year’s general election.
As the date for the final announcement of the successful bidder to develop an internationally competitive film studio in Cape Town approaches, a possible legal challenge could halt the process.
Amid calls for a speedy investigation and his suspension, it remained to be seen on Wednesday whether Deputy President Jacob Zuma will provide answers to the 35 questions put to him by the Scorpions.
South Africa reiterated its commitment to the Kyoto Protocol during a bilateral meeting with the United States on climate change this week.
The Wildlife and Environment Society of Southern Africa (Wessa) has added its voice to a call on government to ban gin traps, currently being used by farmers to trap ”vermin” on their properties.
The Treatment Action Campaign’s (TAC) suspended civil disobedience campaign will be high on the agenda when the organisation meets for its national congress on Friday.
Opposition parties strongly criticised the African National Congress on Wednesday for not taking strict enough disciplinary steps against Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota and former chief whip Tony Yengeni.
ANC cleans house
The Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Wednesday that a new sex complaint has been lodged against South Africa’s ambassador to Indonesia, Norman Mashabane.
The ANC has "seriously reprimanded" and fined its national chairman and Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota and suspended the membership of former chief whip Tony Yengeni, although the latter’s sanction was conditionally suspended for three years.
It would cost billions of rands to establish a mass production facility in South Africa for an Aids vaccine, the director of the South African Aids Vaccine Initiative Dr Tim Tucker said on Tuesday.
Mopane worms could aid nutrition
Mopane worms, edible stinkbugs and other indigenous insects could be an important dietary supplement for poor people living with Aids, delegates to a symposium on the role of nutrition and traditional medicines in managing the disease heard in Cape Town on Tuesday.
Various political parties entered the fray on Tuesday over leaked information on the Scorpions’s probe into Deputy President Jacob Zuma’s alleged involvement in the multi-billion rand arms deal.
Mbeki says he will not interfere
Halfway through one of the Western Cape’s driest winters for decades, leading scientists and experts are set to gather in Cape Town to exchange ideas on the impact invasive alien plants are having on South Africa’s water resources.
Scorpions investigators met Durban businessman Schabir Shaik on Tuesday morning regarding his alleged involvement in a reported R500 000 bribe from a French arms firm.
South African National Parks should follow the lead of South Africa’s former High Commissioner to London, Cheryl Carolus, when deciding on the future of Paul Kruger’s statue in the Kruger National Park, says the Democratic Alliance.
Environmental Affairs Minister Valli Moosa has stood firm in the face of a storm over the allocation of traditional line fishing rights, saying those who believe they have been unfairly treated should lodge an appeal to him.
Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota and former African National Congress (ANC) chief whip Tony Yengeni will know their fate on Tuesday when their party’s disciplinary committee announces its decisions.
The leaking of questions put to South African deputy President Jacob Zuma to the media by the elite investigation agency, the Scorpions, is evidence that a succession war has begun, says United Democratic Movement leader Bantu Holomisa.
The violent death rate in Africa is more than double the world average and ”substantially higher” than that of other parts of the world — such as Latin America and Eastern Europe — where violence is also a major public health issue.
Four out of 10 South Africans find it very embarrassing to take their own plastic bags to a store, according to survey results released on Monday.
The alleged Absa hacker Johannes Jacobus Fourie appeared briefly in the Bellville Magistrate’s Court on Monday in connection with fraud reportedly involving R500 000.
It was highly important that the work of the African Review Panel was independent and it was well resourced, South African president Thabo Mbeki said on Sunday.
South Africa and Ghana will be the first African countries to be scrutinised under the New Partnership for Africa’s Development’s (Nepad) peer review mechanism, SABC news reported on Friday.
As temperatures rise regarding the development of the Koeberg-based Pebble Bed Nuclear Reactor (PBMR), South African nuclear engineers have added fuel to the fire by saying that the system is ”walk-away safe”.