SA proud of record as BRICS chair
South Africa will present a perfect scorecard at the BRICS summit in Fortaleza,Brazil next Monday. Foreign affairs chief Maite Nkoana Mashebane says the report from South Africa will show full implementation of the decisions taken at the Durban summit last year by leaders from the five-power grouping of leading emerging markets. Minister of International Relations […]
Pistorius murder trial expected to wrap up today
The defence in Oscar Pistorius’s murder trial is expected to close its case in the Pretoria High Court today. The prosecution’s been trying to punch holes in the testimony of a medical expert who says that because the accused has no lower legs and is unsteady on his stumps, he opted for fight rather than […]
SA won’t tolerate terrorism anywhere in Africa
South Africa won’t tolerate terrorism or efforts to destabilise any country on its continent. Briefing reporters in Pretoria today, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana Mashebane pledged South Africa’s support for efforts to bring peace and stability in Kenya and Somalia. It’s political truism that there can’t be development where there is conflict. […]