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International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane and Deputy Minister Marius Fransman successfully led South Africa’s delegation to the XVI Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit...
Your Excellency, Mr. Jacob Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa; Your Honour the Vice President of the Republic of Botswana, Dr. Ponatshego H. K. Kedikilwe Your Lordship, Chief Justice...
The national legislature on Friday said Parliament's chief financial officer Leslie Mondo had been dismissed with immediate effect following the findings of a disciplinary hearing.
Mondo was found...
Ethiopian state-run television has reported that Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has died from a sudden infection while recovering from an undisclosed illness at a hospital abroad.
Speculation that...
African National Congress NEC member Joel Netshitenzhe said the killings at the Marikana mine of Lonmin Platinum symbolise that South Africa may be reaching points of crisis that need to be nipped...
Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel on Thursday ruled out imposing a youth wage subsidy without social consensus.
In a debate on the measure in Parliament, Patel said a consensus on how to...
Civil rights NGO Section 27 says that the Gauteng health department's poor financial management is seriously impacting on patient well-being within public health facilities.
The NGO says it has...
Syrian Government and opposition forces have perpetrated war crimes and crimes against humanity, according to a new report by the United Nations independent panel probing abuses committed during...
Justice Albie Sachs says Parliament must embrace its connection with voters and the public voice.
He said the Constitution wasn’t just a document that was chosen because it looked good and...
Arriving in the Syrian capital of Damascus, the United Nations top relief official today called on the parties in the Middle Eastern country’s ongoing conflict to respect international...
As hundreds of people continue to flee Syria on a daily basis, the United Nations today announced it is scaling up its capacity to register Syrian refugees in order to facilitate and speed up their...
Violence and the indiscriminate use of heavy weapons by the Government as well as targeted attacks by the opposition are increasing in Syria, the head of the United Nations observer force said...
Lakhdar Brahimi of Algeria, the man tipped to replace Kofi Annan as the UN-Arab League mediator on Syria, has urged world leaders on Friday to overcome their differences on the 17-month-old...
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today said that, according to reports it has received, Syria is experiencing critical shortages in medicines and pharmaceutical products. “The...
The head of United Nations observers in Syria today spoke out about the ongoing fighting taking place in the Middle Eastern country, particularly in the city of Aleppo, and on its impact on...