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Evelene Taadira Herald Reporter THE agriculture sector should increase efforts to protect its employees to reduce workplace accidents, a senior Government official has said. Labour and Social Services permanent secretary…
Govt on sexual health
Herald Reporter THE Ministry of Health and Child Welfare has underscored the need to strengthen reproductive health services at all Government health institutions with special attention to adolescents.
Ex-PM Keita holds lead in Mali vote
Former Malian Prime Minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keita holds a comfortable lead and could win an outright first-round victory in the West African nation’s presidential election, according to preliminary results released…
Meshoe slams Tutu over ‘homophobic God’
Cape Town – ACDP leader Rev Kenneth Meshoe has slammed Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu for his “homophobic God” statement, The Cape Times reported yesterday.
Pretoria woman guilty of bestiality
Johannesburg – A woman has been convicted of bestiality by the Pretoria Regional Court, Beeld reported on Tuesday.
Iranians protest Syria ‘shrine desecration’
Thousands of protesters have gathered in a central Tehran square on the anniversary of the death of the first Shia Imam to demonstrate against damage to a gravesite in Damascus…
Over 10 dead as heatwave hits Shanghai
Shangai – More than 10 people have died in China’s commercial hub Shanghai, a local health official said yesterday as the city swelters in its highest temperatures for at least…
Kuwaiti emir pardons those who insulted him
Kuwait’s ruler has used the opportunity of Ramadan – the month of fasting associated with forgiveness – to pardon all those convicted of offending him.
UN details rise in Afghan civilian casualties
Violence against civilians is on the rise in Afghanistan as international forces hand over security to Afghans, the UN has said. The organisation put the mid-year toll of civilians killed…
Syrian army strips rebels of ‘revolution capital’
DAMASCUS – The Syrian army took 20 days of fighting to strip the western-backed rebels of a strategic central district regarded by the rebels as the capital of their revolution…