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Some 100 children under five years of age will die today in Zimbabwe, a bleak statistic that is part of new social development data released by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Government, revealing that the situation there for women and children has deteriorated in the past five years.
Department of Communications has announced the approval of a R1.473 billion bank guarantee for the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC).
ALTHOUGH poverty levels were at their lowest for at least 10 years due to the effects of social grants, four out of 10 South Africans still lived in poverty last year , the South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) said yesterday.
THE corruption trial of former police commissioner Jackie Selebi has been delayed until next Tuesday to allow State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele 's advocate to get further instructions.
YOUNG Communist League (YCL) national secretary Buti Manamela says the call by its counterpart in the African National Congress (ANC) to nationalise mines only amounts to "state capitalism" and would not restore SA's mineral wealth to the people.
ZIMBABWE will receive about US$180 million from the Global Fund to Fight HIV and Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria, with the first phase of the grant expected in January next year.
South Africa's economy turned around in the third quarter of 2009, registering marginal growth, the government's statistics agency reported Wednesday.
New evidence has emerged showing that both local and foreign lawyers probably did not want the Chiluba corruption case to die because they were making a killing.
The MP for Lobatse, Nehemiah Modubule has appealed to President Ian Khama to strike out the 'D' for Democracy because he has shown no commitment towards it.
GOVERNMENT has no money to pay teachers invigilating this year's Ordinary and Advanced Level examinations and is urging the educators to make sacrifices for their students, Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart said yesterday.
Minister of Women, Children and People living with Disabilities, Noluthando Mayende-Sibiya, has called for perpetrators of abuse towards women and children to be given stiff sentences.
Africa has a responsibility to ensure conditions prevail for a stable political situation in Sudan, Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane said on Wednesday.
President Jacob Zuma is expected to depart for the Port of Spain, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
GAUTENG roads and transport MEC Bheki Nkosi yesterday moved to quash speculation that the government was considering making additional funding available to the Bombela Consortium to complete the airport link of the Gautrain in time for the Soccer World Cup.
WITH 450000 soccer fans expected to descend on SA next June, it is not surprising that there is already a scramble for accommodation and flights.
With little more than two months to go before media accreditation for the World Cup closes, governing body Fifa and local media are locked in a standoff over restrictive terms and conditions imposed by Fifa on journalists and their publications.
DIALOGUE is an important avenue through which pertinent issues could be resolved amicably. Consensus can be reached through dialogue rather than resorting to violence in any situation, including in negotiations for better salaries and conditions of service.
WIFE of former Western Province MMD provincial chairman Simasiku Namakando, Ruth, has ruled out any foul play in her husband's illness, saying he had been unwell long before he travelled to meet President Rupiah Banda for the reconciliatory meeting at State House.
PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda has learnt with deep sorrow the death of Mr Otema Musuka who died on Sunday.
INFORMATION and Broadcasting Services Minister Ronnie Shikapwasha has said the MMD is willing to iron out the differences that exist between the party and former Defence minister George Mpombo.
VICE-PRESIDENT George Kunda has arrived in Port of Spain, the capital city of Trinidad and Tobago to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) which officially opens this Friday.
PARLIAMENT yesterday heard that the influx of old second-hand vehicles and the Government's decision to allow sale of second hand tyres is a contributing factor to the high number of road accidents in the country.
A YOUNG man yesterday caused a stir after he almost drove into Founding President Sam Nujoma's car, in a manner that could be mistaken for an assassination attempt.
THE National Society for Human Rights has launched a scathing attack on the integrity of the Electoral Commission of Namibia, three days ahead of Namibia's watershed election, but the electoral body has opted to reply with silence.
A BUSINESS trip to Namibia went badly wrong for an Israeli woman involved in the diamond industry last week, when she found herself being arrested, charged and finally fined N$50 000 for having brought diamonds into Namibia without a licence.
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