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Motlanthe swearing in likely to be delayed

African National Congress leader Jacob Zuma will be sworn in on Wednesday as a member of Parliament on Wednesday by Chief Justice Pius Langa.

Calls for Aids TRC

Activists say Aids-related deaths in the Mbeki era should be investigated. Qudsiya Karrim reports.

Govt, TAC should ‘bury the hatchet’

The government and the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) should bury the hatchet and unite in the fight against HIV/Aids, African National Congress (ANC) national executive…

Aids activists dismayed by ANC leadership race

The battle to lead the African National Congress (ANC) pits an Aids dissident against a rival who took a shower as a form of safe sex, in a country that has the world’s highest…

Zuma: Umshini Wami part of SA history

African National Congress deputy president Jacob Zuma questioned the ”Americanisation” of culture in South Africa, criticising television images of sex and violence during a…

Manto’s revenge: Govt may pull ads

Minister in the Presidency Essop Pahad is not yet pursuing his opinion that the government should pull advertising from the Sunday Times, presidential spokesperson Mukhoni…

Motlanthe differs with Mbeki over Madlala-Routledge

African National Congress (ANC) secretary general Kgalema Motlanthe has dismissed President Thabo Mbeki’s call for the party to take action against axed deputy health minister…

Tutu reflects on joy, shame of SA today

Archbishop Desmond Tutu berated South Africa’s government on Friday over delays in introducing an HIV/Aids drug treatment plan and said its leaders’ unorthodox views had led to…

ANC: We knew of Manto’s theft charges

The African National Congress (ANC) said on Wednesday it knew about Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang’s dismissal on theft charges from a Botswana hospital in 1976, South…

Activists accuse Manto of hampering Aids fight

Embattled Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang was accused by Aids activists on Wednesday of fuelling the country’s HIV crisis by obstructing efforts to combat the disease. A…

Mbeki and Zille meet on range of issues

President Thabo Mbeki and Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille met in Cape Town on Tuesday to discuss a range of current issues. These included crime, skills shortages,…

SA recalls 20-million risky condoms

South Africa’s Health Department said on Tuesday it has recalled 20-million potentially defective condoms approved by an official accused of taking bribes from a manufacturer.…