The impact of HIV in children does not only manifest through poor physical health. Often, children living with HIV have difficulties with their cognitive development.
THE chairperson of the Otjozondjupa Football Region, Roger Kamabatuku, will head the organisation of the leo NFA Cup, as decentralisation becomes reality at the NFA.
TROUBLE at the NBC - again! At this stage it's become almost par for the course that as soon as any new or acting Director General tries to get things together there, the ruling party rises up in protest.
HILTON Worldwide and the United Africa Group yesterday signed a management agreement with UAG Group Executive Director Haddis Tilahun for the Eliakim Namundjebo Plaza Hotel in Windhoek.
The CEO of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee South Africa, Dr Danny Jordaan, said the 2010 Final Draw held in Cape Town on Friday, 4 December 2009, delivered on the promise of a world-class event.
The deadline for entries into the 2010 Daniel Pearl Awards competition is 15 January 2010. The awards honour the world's best cross-border investigative journalism and are given by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), a project of the Centre for Public Integrity in Washington, DC.
As South Africa steps closer to the first-ever hosting of the FIFA World Cup on African soil, it is becoming increasingly difficult for Local Organising Committee (LOC) CEO Danny Jordaan to contain his smirked expression. And rightly so, since being awarded with the privilege to host the event, the LOC has overcome many a hurdle to convince world perception that South Africa has the capacity to ...
EISH peeps, I'm as stuffed as a ballot box oops, I mean a Christmas turkey!
THE Department of Works needs an estimated N$1 billion to maintain Government properties across the country.
SOME of the eight horses found grazing on the Gross Barmen road outside Okahandja in early November, and rescued by Okahandja Police Detective William Grey, are currently living on a nearby farm.
THE sole ownership of football teams in our domestic league can have serious implications for the future sustainability of the clubs' operations, while the financial well-being of the players can be severely compromised.
AS 2009 draws to a close, the final month of the year ushered in a new all-time high for the gold price, trading in excess of US$1 200 per ounce.
THE national and presidential elections were "the most shambolic to date" and Victor Tonchi, Chairman of the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN), should be fired immediately, the president of the Congress of Democrats (CoD) said yesterday.
Early speaker names for the Design Indaba, running from 24-26 February 2010 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) have been announced.
ZIMBABWE booked a berth in the quarterfinals of the 2009 Orange CECAFA Senior Challenge tournament despite losing 0-1 to Rwanda at the Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi Kenya Saturday.
Africa's big three -- Ghana, Cameroon and Cote d'Ivoire have announced their training bases for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations and World Cup giving Zimbabwe a wide berth.
ZIMBABWE'S Sevens rugby team, the Cheetahs lost 38-7 to Wales in the Bowl final of the IRB Sevens World Series last night ending their fruitless tour to conquer the world.
REIGNING South African premiership champions, Supersport will be assessing Caps United midfielder Lionel Mtizwa next week.
The success of the new constitution-making process hinges on the national healing and reconciliation programme that seeks to address Zimbabwe's deadly culture of political polarisation, Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Eric Matinenga said recently.
WHEN Lilly Napata was diagnosed with HIV in 2005, she thought it meant the end of life and for some moments, the whole world seemed to be crumbling on her. Narrating her ordeal, she said she could see all hopes of a better life vanishing in the air and all that lay ahead was misery, a hell on earth experience.
THE United States Agency for International Development (USaid) last week honoured groups and individuals for their contribution to raising awareness about HIV and Aids as well as fighting stigma. The annual Auxillia Chimusoro HIV and Aids awards were presented by visiting American actor Debra Messing on Thursday.
Three Western Cape teenagers have asked the climate dealmakers in Copenhagen to consider their future in a book of messages from children around the world.
Metrorail has announced scores of under-utilised trains are to be temporarily withdrawn from service for maintenance reasons - with a 10 percent average service reduction on weekdays.
Thieves have also targeted Cape Town Stadium. Although the city's 2010 spokesman Pieter Cronje downplayed the situation there, "kilometres of cabling", copper wire and a ton of bolts have disappeared from the site. Most of the thefts are believed to be inside jobs.
TOP South African female disk jockey DJ Cndo is expected in the country for a show at Stars Club on Saturday. She returns to Stars due to public demand following a sold-out show at the same venue in October.
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