Новости за 12.04.2016

Advocate Thuli Madonsela has absolved Davies from wrong-doing in a 2013 event in which the Democratic Alliance complained state funds were misused.

Research in Alex township shows that "effective parenting" in one culture won't necessarily yield the same results in another, writes Nicola Dawson.

The South African GDP will only grow by 0.6% this year, the International Monetary Fund predicts.

The number of minors used by Boko Haram in suicide attacks is 11 times higher than it was a year ago, a Unicef report finds.

There is a big move afoot to alert SADC members to the concessions on intellectual property rights that they can take advantage of.

Smoking causes cancer, heart disease and diabetes. In Kenya, the ministry of health wants to curb smoking with an anti-tobacco law.

With just nine cases of the virus so far this year – in Pakistan and Afghanistan – the WHO is confident the battle against polio is nearly won.

The ruling party's Gauteng branch has accepted the president's Nkandla apology but believes it is not enough to restore confidence in the ANC.

Former player Allister Coetzee will take the reins of the South African rugby team for the next four years.

Yellow fever continues to spread. The disease, which has caused 200 deaths in Angola, has now killed 21 people in the DRC.

The party has announced they will withdraw from all parliamentary activities until the Concourt provides clarity on their recent Nkandla judgment.

Child marriage affects nearly half of Mozambique's girls. The country has unveiled a national plan to end this practice.

After his Colorado convention loss over the weekend, the Republican presidential front-runner was quick to lay the blame on a "crooked" process.

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Des van Rooyen raised eyebrows with a brief visit to Dubai when the Guptas were also there.