March 15, 2001
South Africa: Drug Company Makes Key Concession in Generic Drug Dispute
As part of what it calls an "accelerated program to fight HIV/Aids in Africa," the international pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb has decided not to fight the manufacture… Read more »
March 08, 2001
South Africa: How to Rock the Boat Without Tipping it Over - The Challenge for Women
On the occasion of International Women's Day, South Africa's ambassador to Washington D.C., Sheila Sisulu, granted allAfrica.com an interview about the progress - or otherwise - of… Read more »
March 06, 2001
South Africa: Drug Companies Refused to Talk to Us, Says Ambassador
According to Sheila Sisulu, South African Ambassador to the United States, her government has always been willing to talk with pharmaceutical companies opposed to 1997 legislation… Read more »
March 05, 2001
South Africa: Marchers Protest International Pharmaceutical Giants As Drug Companies Go To Court
As several thousand AIDS activists took to the streets of Pretoria carrying signs that said "Lives before profits," global drug giants went to court seeking to prevent the South… Read more »
February 12, 2001
South Africa: Mbeki Taps Top IT Execs to Battle Digital Divide
In an initiative designed to overcome the global digital divide, South African President Thabo Mbeki has reached out to leading technology figures, including five from the United… Read more »
January 07, 2001
Africa: Regional Leaders Hail Democratic Transition
African leaders present for the swearing-in of Ghanas new president, John Agyekum Kufuor, have praised Ghana for its transition, for the first time, from one elected president,… Read more »
November 21, 2000
Eswatini: Workers Plan Blockade To Achieve Democracy
The Swaziland Federation of Trade Unions (SFTU) is consolidating plans for an economic blockade next week, to try to force King Mswati III and the government to agree to democratic… Read more »
October 22, 2000
South Africa: Journalists Honored In U.S.
Mpumalanga journalists Justin Arenstein and Sharon Hammond received the prestigious Knight International Press Fellowship Award this week for their contributions to international… Read more »
September 30, 2000
Africa: Athletes Scoop Up Seven Medals
Africa again had a clean sweep in a long-distance race Saturday, when her runners took all three medals in the men's 5,000m race. Her athletes won two medals in the women's 10,000m… Read more »
September 29, 2000
Africa: Runners' Teams Join Relay Finals
Three Nigerian relay teams have joined long-distance runners from Ethiopia, Kenya, Algeria and Morocco, and a high jumper from South Africa, in the athletics finals' festival at… Read more »
September 28, 2000
Africa: Long-distance Runners Gear Up For Finals
Nouria Merah-Benida of Algeria and Kutre Dulecha of Ethiopia on Thursday qualified for Saturday's finals of the women's 1500m race, setting up an absorbing day of athletics for… Read more »
September 27, 2000
Africa: Long-distance Runners Move To Finals
Athletes from Kenya, Ethiopia, Morocco and Algeria dominated the long-distance athletic heats at the Olympics on Wednesday. Read more »
Africa: Africans Win Four Medals, Silver For Alozie
In a storybook tale of triumph over hardship, Nigerian athlete Gloria Alozie has won a silver medal in the women's 100-metre hurdles - three weeks after her fiance, Hyginus Anugo… Read more »
September 25, 2000
Africa: Africa's Medal Tally Lags
Africa's tally of Olympics medals is growing, but there's a long way to go to beat the total of 34 won in Atlanta in 1996. Read more »
September 24, 2000
Africa: Athletes Break Through to 400m Finals
The eyes of Africa will be on her athletes at the Sydney Olympic Games on Monday. Read more »
Africa: Two More Medals For Africa
African athletes won two more Olympic medals on Sunday, giving Kenya and Algeria their first wins at the Sydney games. Read more »
September 23, 2000
Africa: Runners Break Through To 800-metre Semifinals
African runners achieved their best results in long-distance events at the Olympics on Saturday. Read more »
September 22, 2000
Africa: Women Dominate Long-distance Heats
Athletes from Ethiopia and Kenya dominated the first round of the women's 5000-metre heats in Sydney on Friday. They took five of the 12 top places to move ahead to the next round,… Read more »
September 20, 2000
Africa: Africa Wins Two More Medals
Africa won another two medals at the Olympics on Wednesday, bringing the tally so far to three. Read more »
August 09, 2000
South Africa: Ma Mofokeng: An Unsung Heroine For Women's Day
An woman unknown to the vast majority of South Africans has won hearts and been dubbed the mother of the nation after appearing on a national radio show. Read more »
July 25, 2000
South Africa: Tutu Presses Aid Plan in Washington Visit
The unprecedented international attention being focused on the HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa and the election of a new U.S. Administration could provide the impetus for a major new… Read more »
July 24, 2000
South Africa: Tutu - "Our Country Is a Scintillating Success Waiting to Happen"
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the retired South African cleric and Nobel Peace Prize winner, visited Washington Monday to appeal for a Marshall Plan-style aid for his country. In a day… Read more »
July 12, 2000
South Africa: Grass-roots Message for Mbeki: Stop Debating, Start Fighting AIDS
Lucy is South African. She is 17 and HIV positive. Lucy's baby daughter, Pearl, is fifteen months old. Pearl is a product of rape which, like AIDS, is a scourge in South Africa. Read more »
July 06, 2000
South Africa: South Africa's World Cup Dreams Dashed
South Africans are heart-broken, disappointed and angry about losing the 2006 Soccer World Cup bid to Germany. They are learning that the politics of soccer can be cut-throat. Read more »