South Africa

47% give Mbeki thumbs down
CAPE TOWN -- Forty-seven percent of metropolitan South Africans do not believe President Thabo Mbeki is doing a good job as president, according to a poll conducted by Research Surveys. It said in a statement yesterday that in February this year ...

NNP apologises to Leon
CAPE TOWN -- Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon and the New National Party yesterday agreed on an out-of-court settlement regarding Leon's move to sue the NNP, plus two of its top officials, for defamation. In June last year, Leon lodged papers...

Winnie: judgment reserved
CAPE TOWN -- Judgment was reserved in the Cape High Court yesterday in ANC MP Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's bid to stop National Assembly Speaker Frene Ginwala publicly reprimanding her. The reprimand was recommended by Parliament's joint ethics co...

Africa's future lies in its own hands says Erwin
CAPE TOWN -- With the world's attention on Iraq, Africa must realise that its future, now more than ever, lies in its own hands, Trade and Industry Minister Alec Erwin said yesterday. "Whilst we are sure that the United States administration will...