Sky News examines the gold mining trade in South Africa

When the banks are broken - a rush to gold is regarded as a safe bet for investors.

Today prices jumped more than 4% on the latest shares meltdown.

But as ever it comes at a cost.....and in this case a HUMAN cost.

Sky's Emma Hurd reports from South Africa - the world's second biggest producer of the precious metal.

Zimbabwe's U.S. Visit Discussion

Interview with Newton Kanhema of the Zimbabwe Independence Assistance Network talks about Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's U.S. visit.

Right wing white supremacists in Ventersdorp

Right wing white supremacists today descended on the small South African town of Ventersdorp , where the court case of two farm workers accused of killing right-wing leader of the Afrikaner Resistance Movement, Eugene Terre'blanche is to be heard. Terre'blanche who led the AWB, that pushed for the preservation of apartheid in the 1990s, was hacked and battered to death by two black farm workers in a suspected dispute over pay.

Sudan poll boycott threatens peace

AlJazeeraEnglish — April 06, 2010 — South Sudan's main political party has announced a partial boycott of the elections scheduled for April 11. The Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) has withdrawn its candidates from local and parliamentary polls in North Sudan. A History of Modern Sudan

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