New York – Addressing the 17th International AIDS Conference currently underway in Mexico, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has called for bolstered global efforts to tackle HIV and AIDS.

He said the virus impeded economic development and that discrimination against people living with HIV remained widespread.

“Most countries still have a long way to go to meet the goal set two years ago at the General Assembly to move towards universal access...

By Proffesor Ndawonde

Mexico - HIV and AIDS experts attending the 17th International AIDS Conference in Mexico have examined the recent progress made towards treating people living with HIV and AIDS and prevention programmes.
They have called for sustained action to eliminate the barriers to universal access.

The panel of global researchers, public health and civil society leaders on Monday presented their perspectives on recent advancements and...

By Edwin Tshivhidzo, tel: (012) 314-2454

Pretoria – Science and Technology Minister Mosibudi Mangena has said he hopes the Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) Expo 2008 will highlight the tremendous innovations occurring in IKS in South Africa as well as satisfy the growing demand for information.

The IKS expo is organised by the department, in partnership with the Northern Flagship Institution and other government departments and science councils.
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Pretoria - It can now take up to an average of 68 days, or just slightly over two months, to be issued with an Identity Document.
The Department of Home Affairs has improved the turnaround time for issuing identity documents from an initial baseline of 163 days, to an average of 103 days (just over 3 months) in February this year to the current average of 68 days.

Briefing the media following the July Cabinet Lekgotla, chairperson of Government’s Governance...

TZANEEN, 5 August 2008 (IRIN) - When Steve Matlhabela, 16, left his home on a chilly June morning to visit some relatives in a village not far from his in the rolling hills outside the town of Tzaneen, in South Africa's Limpopo Province, he didn't expect that it would be a month before he returned.

At his relative's village Steve met a boy he knew, who invited him to go see a movie. Steve agreed and they walked for some distance before reaching a remote camp where it soon became...