An extraordinary session of the newly-launched African Union (AU) will be held in six months’ time, according to South African President Thabo Mbeki.
Playwright and songwriter Mbongeni Ngema — barred by a court order from marketing his controversial song amaNdiya — has been granted permission by another judge to promote the record, Durban news reports have said.
The African Union (AU) is now a reality, but the crisis in Zimbabwe casts a shadow over the festivities and will be a litmus test for the new AU.
KwaZulu-Natal has historically been one of South Africa’s more volatile provinces. With political tensions on the rise again, some analysts fear there may be potential for renewed conflict.
The ANC in Kwazulu-Natal has laid out a programme of action to consolidate and extend its support base if it takes over control of the provincial government after last week’s defection of five IFP MPs to the ANC.
Thousands of people started packing the Absa rugby stadium in Durban on Tuesday morning to attend an extravaganza to formally launch the new African Union.
Two of the University of Natal’s decision-making bodies are at loggerheads over the appointment of Professor William Makgoba as a vice-chancellor.
Developments in Zimbabwe are having an adverse effect on South Africa and causing it considerable problems, a government-business forum agreed this weekend.
A Tongaat man was shot dead and his son injured on their sugar cane plantation in northern KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday morning, police said.
DEFENCE Minister Mosiuoa Lekota has stated publicly that the government’s attempts to end the economic and political crisis in Zimbabwe had failed, his representative said on Saturday.
The Organisation of African Unity’s Council of Ministers began meeting in Durban on Sunday night in preparation for the launch of the African Union, which will replace the 53-member OAU on July 9.
South Africa’s first Beer Route was launched on Wednesday by the KwaZulu-Natal tourism department in conjunction with five independent micro breweries.
Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon on Tuesday strongly criticised the proposed new Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Bill, saying it undermined the Mbeki administration’s commitment to an open economy in a globalised environment.
Deputy President Jacob Zuma on Friday night condemned ”bully states” that attempted to coerce other countries and even international organisations into doing their bidding.
Home Affairs Minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi gave his support on Friday to a campaign promoting abstinence from sex, presiding over a ceremony where abstaining youngsters were rewarded for their self-discipline.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has declared a trade war on one of the world’s leading coffee producers, Nestle.
African nations on Tuesday signalled their intention to deal decisively with illegitimate regimes on the continent by barring Madagascar from the soon-to-be-launched African Union.
Two of the architects of an ambitious rescue plan for Africa will take centre at the World Economic Forum in Durban.
MORE weapons, not fewer, were needed to fight crime and political instability in South Africa and Africa, Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota told a meeting of church leaders in Durban on Friday, the SABC reported.