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By Nthambeleni Gabara
Pretoria - Women are still under-represented in the Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) fields, says Dr Cheryl de la Rey, Chairperson of Science, Engineering and Technology for Women (SET4W).

Speaking during a symposium on changing the perceptions of women in SET on Wednesday, Ms de la Rey said women have progressed since the dawn of democracy, but that not enough has been done and the SET is still a male-dominated sector.
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By Shaun Benton

Cape Town - Government is making biosafety a priority not only in terms of genetically-modified organisms in food but also in terms of food products entering the country's borders.

Chantal Arendse of the Biosafety Directorate in the Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday that while government was treading a fine line between those in favour and those opposed genetically modified organisms (GM organisms), strides were being made in biosafety. ...

By Bathandwa Mbola
Pretoria – The year-on-year producer price inflation (PPI) for all commodities in South Africa came at an unexpectedly high of 16.4 percent for May 2008 compared to the 12.4 May 2007.

Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) reported Thursday that month-on-month PPI, representing domestic output, stood at 4.9 percent compared to 2.1 percent previously.

Economists say the figure was well above expectations.

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By Luyanda Makapela

Sharm-El-Shaik – The current situation in Zimbabwe is to be discussed in the African Union Assembly at the 2008 AU Summit being held in Egypt.

Although it had not been mentioned on the agenda of the African Union's Permanent Representative Committee, a report is to be presented following the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Troika’s meeting in Swaziland.

This is according to the committee’s Chairman Mohammed ...

HARARE, 26 June 2008 (IRIN) - More than 200 supporters of the Zimbabwean opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), including women and children, are camping in the grounds of the South African embassy in the capital, Harare, hoping to get refugee status. They say they are trying to escape the violence unleashed by the militia of ZANU-PF, the previous ruling party.

Police have set up roadblocks on all roads to the embassy, apparently to stem a suspected tide of asylum seekers ...