Zuma visit Tehran to increase business exchanges
President Jacob Zuma says South Africans continue to be inspired by Iran’s 1979 revolution that overthrew the Shah. He was speaking in Tehran after talks with President Hassan Rouhani at the start of a three-day state visit designed to dramatically expand trade with the Islamic republic. ends intro With international sanctions against Iran now lifted […]
WHO says 21 countries can become malaria free
The World Health Organization says South Africa and two of its neighbors, where malaria is most widespread, could be free of the disease by 2020. The UN’s health arm says on World Malaria Day that its aiming to wipe out the disease in at least 10 countries by the end of this decade. ends intro […]
Top security advisor and wife killed by Burundi attackers
High ranking Burundian army officials continue to be targeted in the turmoil following President Pierre Nkurunziza’s decision to cling to power. A security advisor to the country’s vice-president has been shot dead while dropping off his daughter at school in the capital Bujumbura. ends intro No group’s claimed responsibility for the attack on General Athanase […]