SUTTNER IN SWEDEN RAYMOND SUTTNER, chairman of parliament’s foriegn affairs committee and a vociferious proponent of an “ethical” foreign policy, has been appointed ambassador to Sweden. Sheila Sisulu, director of World Wide Africa Investment Holdings, has been appointed consul general to New York.
MEYER MISSES MEETING MEYER-WATCHERS concerned with which way the National Party’s former “golden boy”, Roelf Meyer, is likely to jump read significance into two new signs on Thursday: the man failed to attend the NP’s weekly caucus meeting in Parliament and went instead to meet President Nelson Mandela at Genadendaal.
1 500 STOLEN CARS FOUND
POLICE announced that they have recovered more than 1 500 stolen cars, of which 563 were found in neighbouring states. They have also charged 240 people with helping criminals to steal their cars so that they can claim insurance, a scam known as “hulahoop”.
PAGAD IN GAUTENG
THE Pagad branch in Gauteng, relatively low-profile until now, has announced a series of marches and “other operations” after a “dissatisfying” reponse from Gauteng premier Tokyo Sexwale to demands for an immediate crackdown on crime and street children.
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