The year 2012 marks 20 years since the historic signing of the Sadc Treaty and Declaration and, presents an opportunity for Southern Africans to forge ahead with the region’s integration agenda.
On August 17, 1992, at their summit held in Windhoek, Namibia, the Heads of State and

AN American woman has given birth on a third consecutive Leap Day, tying a record set by a Norwegian family in the 1960s. David and Louise Estes’ daughter Jade was born February 29 this year in Provo, an hour south of Salt Lake City, four years after their son Remington was born on February 29, 2008, and

A woman was yesterday ordered to stand trial in Australia, accused of breaking into a man’s home and raping him. Rebecca Helen Elder (39) pleaded not guilty to one count of aggravated serious criminal trespass at the man’s home, and one count of rape. Prosecution documents, filed with the court, allege

Almost half of young women aged 18 to 25 would rather have larger breasts than high intelligence and a third would readily swap IQ for bigger boobs, a new study has revealed. Experts have held responsible the youngsters’ growing obsession with celebrity culture and the burgeoning market for plastic surgery.

A Chinese woman who was thought to have passed away woke up six days after she had supposedly died. 95-year-old Li Xiufeng was found in bed motionless and not breathing by a neighbour two weeks after tripping and suffering a head injury at her home in Beiliu, Guangxi Province. When the neighbour

TOULOUSE — Self-professed al-Qaeda militant Mohamed Merah died during a police assault on his besieged flat after jumping out of the window while still shooting, Interior Minister Claude Gueant said.
Gueant told journalists that during yesterday’s assault on Merah’s flat in the southern French city

BAMAKO — A Malian junta announced yesterday the closure of the country’s borders after claiming to have seized power from President Amadou Toumani Toure in a coup d’etat in the early hours of the morning. The coup comes just a month before Toure was due to step down ahead of April elections

RIO DE JANEIRO/NEW YORK — Chevron, the Number two US oil company, yesterday said oil from a new seabed seep at its Brazilian offshore field is chemically different to crude from a November spill, suggesting the two leaks are unrelated. Oil from a seep found this month 3 km from Chevron’s

BEIJING — China legally imports oil from Iran through normal channels in a reasonable and fair manner, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said yesterday. Spokesman Hong Lei said China imports oil based on its economic development needs without violating relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council and

PARIS — French Interior Minister Claude Gueant denied yesterday reports that a self-declared Al-Qaeda militant had been arrested during an armed stand-off in the southern city of Toulouse. “The negotiations continue. They are still under way,” he said in a call to AFP after French TV aired claims the

WASHINGTON — US Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney was projected Tuesday night to win his party’s Illinois primary by major U.S. broadcasters, as he hunts for enough delegates to become the party’s nomination. With over 65 percent of votes counted Tuesday night, Romney has garnered about