Egypt’s top prosecutor has ordered the detention of the country’s deputy culture minister in connection with the theft of a Vincent van Gogh painting. The deputy culture minister is to be investigated on suspicion of ‘professional delinquency’ after theft from Cairo museum. Thieves made off with the canvas, known by the titles of Poppy Flowers and Vase With Flowers, on Saturday from the Mahmoud Khalil Museum in Cairo. None of the museum’s alarms and only seven of 43 surveillance cameras were working at the time of the robbery. The prosecutor general yesterday ordered the detention of the deputy culture minister,... Continue Reading
On behalf of the government and people of the Republic of South Africa, we extend our good wishes and gratitude to the government and the people of the People’s Republic of China for their hospitality and successful State visit to this country. We thank our hosts for their warmth and the excellent facilities that have been put at our disposal during our stay. This visit has come at a most opportune time. We are marking 12 years of China-South Africa relations. We have just hosted the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup tournament, and are participating in the successful Shanghai Expo.... Continue Reading
BEIJING – South African Minister of Transport Sibusiso Ndebele today signed a ground-breaking agreement on railways and other transport-related matters with his counterpart Minister of Railways Mr Liu Zhijun in China. Minister Ndebele is part of the presidential delegation led by President Jacob Zuma during the state visit which started on 23 August 2010. The railways agreement recognizes the significant economic challenges and opportunities arising out of and consequential to relations between the two countries. It takes into consideration the framework of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) and the Forum on China-Africa Co-operation (FOCAC). The agreement recognises the... Continue Reading
JOHANNESBURG – Are you interested in climate change, earth history, water and mineral resources? The Wits School of Geosciences in the Faculty of Science invites you to the 6th Quadrennial Conference of the International Geoscience Educators Organisation (IGEO) at Wits from Monday, 30 August to Friday, 3 September 2010. Geoscience Education is less well developed than other fields of science education such as physics, biology and chemistry. In order to strengthen the field, educators at all levels, in both informal and formal contexts, need to collaborate to improve practice, pedagogy, curriculum development, and research. The meeting is jointly hosted by... Continue Reading
There was a time when the mention of human rights simply meant a question of ideology and recipe for international confrontation. Many countries viewed the.
