By Donal Lenihan Wednesday, November 04, 2009 I LOVE this phase of the season when the big boys from down under come to town and we are treated to a host of quality international rugby. Between now and December 5 when New...
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KANO, Nov 28 (IPS) - Nigeria ratified the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in 1985 without reservations. But few of its citizens have ever heard of the document. Day-to-day life for women in...
CAPE TOWN, Nov 27 (IPS) - More than seven months after the Cape High Court ruled in favour of the Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce (SWEAT), interdicting the police for harassment and arrests, sex workers are losing...
PRETORIA, Nov 27 (IPS) - The 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) ended one of Africa's longest and complex civil wars, with nominal agreement reached on security, wealth sharing, and governance issues. But there are...
Thulani Mbeki is married to Cebile, and together they have 9 children. Thulani was not able to produce enough food for all of them on his land, and was unable to find work in the towns in Swaziland. So he left his family to...