International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola reiterated the need to respect Ukraine’s territorial integrity but SA abstained from the resolution tabled by Kyiv
South Africa attributes the cancellation of a photograph of foreign ministers at the G20 meeting to logistical constraints, rather than Western diplomats avoiding Russia’s Sergey Lavrov
South Africa intends to lobby for reform of the UN Security Council when it takes over the G20 presidency from Brazil
The international relations minister pressed the point after talks with British Foreign Secretary, David Lammy.
David Lammy is on a visit to the continent to strengthen relations with South Africa and Nigeria
Parental duties must not be done in anger and corporal punishment is therefore not justified
Emergency services worked to restore order to a London district on Sunday after rioters torched vehicles and buildings and looted shops.
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/ 19 October 2007
A Nobel Prize-winning scientist who reportedly claimed black people are less intelligent than white people has pulled out of a British book tour and gone home, his publicist said on Friday. James Watson won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1962 for his part in discovering the structure of DNA.
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/ 18 October 2007
An American scientist who won the Nobel Prize for co-discovering the molecular structure of DNA has caused an uproar in Britain by reportedly saying tests have indicated that Africans are not as intelligent as whites. A government minister, scientists and a human rights activist condemned James Watson’s comments as racist.