December 19 2007
The report “Arms deal: ‘Ministers got millions’” (December 14 2007) stated that Rolf Wegener had been given a one-year suspended prison sentence on June 9 last year after being found guilty of involvement in a transfer fee scandal at the French soccer club Olympique Marseille in the late 1990s.
The Mail & Guardian was not aware that the above judicial decision was revoked by an appeals court on October 17 2007. We apologise for any confusion.
November 30 2007
The report “Mbeki bares his knuckles” (December 1 2007) misstated ANC leadership voting figures in KwaZulu-Natal as 94 for Thabo Mbeki, 262 for Jacob Zuma. The correct figures are nine for Mbeki, 580 for Zuma.
November 28 2007
A report sourced from the South African Press Association on November 27, titled “No judgement yet in chieftaincy tussle“, wrongly attributed some quotes to advocate Geoff Budlender instead of to adv McCaps Motimele, who appeared for the respondent in the case. We apologise for any confusion.
November 23 2007
A report sourced from the South African Press Association on November 22, titled “Student body cries racism at UKZN”, has been found to be inaccurate and was removed from the site. We apologise for any confusion.
November 19 2007
The report “Cape writer freed on threat charge“, sourced from the South African Press Association on November 9, regarding the court appearance of Cape writer David Robert Lewis, referred to a “black magician”. It should have read “black musician”.
August 24 2007
The Mail & Guardian erroneously reported (August 3) that Cape Judge President John Hlophe was the presiding judge in one of three court cases brought against financial services firm Oasis. Hlophe was not the presiding judge. The M&G regrets the error.
In the editorial ‘The Full Manto” (August 17), we said that lawyer Christine Qunta had commented on the dismissal of the deputy health minister, Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge. She has not and we apologise for the oversight.
August 10 2007
A photograph of Sports Minister Makhenkezi Stofile incorrectly accompanied a quote by Saru deputy president Mike Stofile in Verbatim (August 10). We apologise for the error.
July 27 2007
In ‘Red Blade’s bourgeois life” (July 13), the Mail & Guardian said it understood SACP general secretary Blade Nzimande’s salary to be equivalent to that of a deputy minister, ranging between R700 000 and R800 000 a year. Nzimande says this is ‘completely false”.
We also reported that Nzimande ‘has been known to have up to four luxury vehicles in his garage”. Nzimande says his property cannot accommodate four cars and that he only drives the black Jeep Grand Cherokee as reported.
We retract and apologise for these reports. We also apologise for our failure to contact Nzimande ahead of publication about the questions of lifestyle.
We note that our information on his salary was calculated as follows: Nzimande earns a total package of a parliamentary portfolio committee chairperson, which ranges between R625 476 and R683 973 per annum; plus a R250 000 car allowance.
April 26 2007
In ‘Why the Kruger’s rivers ran dry” (April 13), the sentence ‘Department spokesperson Hilgard Matthews said that the Water Act was not being enforced …” should have read: ‘Department spokesperson Hilgard Matthews denied that the Water Act was not being enforced, adding that it was incorrect to say Kruger’s rivers had dried up.” We regret the error.
April 12 2007
In “LeisureNet convicts agree to R6m forfeiture” (April 11), it was reported that former LeisureNet joint chief executives Peter Gardener and Rod Mitchell had agreed to a forfeiture order on the R6-million they each received in an underhanded gym deal. This is incorrect. Their legal team in fact indicated they had no objection to a high court order that a forfeiture inquiry be instituted in terms of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act, and that the inquiry take place in September. We apologise for the error.
April 5 2007
In the article “Walter Sisulu University fights for survival” (March 23), we reported that student debt at about R180-million. The university has since informed us that this figure is out of date and that the debt now stands at R102-million.
March 30 2007
In its final opinion on the Ronnie Kasrils matter, the South African Human Rights Commission said the South African Jewish Report had indicated that the majority of its readers took the view that Kasrils’s remarks were hate speech, but in the edited opinion the commission approved for publication (“Israel: not ‘hate speech’ but free speech“, March 16), this conclusion was attributed to the South African Jewish Report.
March 14 2007
In the article ‘Construction worker digs up R3,2m treasure” (March 12), the amount of 50-million yen was wrongly converted to R368-million. It is, in fact, about R3,2-million. We regret the error.
February 23 to March 1 2007
In the article ‘Too many cooks …” (February 9), we mistakenly refered to Joseph Made, the former Zimbabwean minister of agriculture, as Stan Made. We regret the error.
February 26 2007
In the review “New Proton punches way above its class“, the Proton was wrongly identified as being a Korean car. It is, in fact, Malaysian.
February 9 2007
In ‘DBSA’s skills drive boosts infrastructure” (February 2), the M&G reported that Jeanette Nhlapo is the CEO of the Development Bank of Southern Africa. She is, in fact, the chief operating officer of the Development Fund and executive manager: capacity development and deployment. In the same article, the treasury’s Lungisa Fuzile is incorrectly named as Nungisa Fuzime. We regret the errors.
January 22 2007
The article “EU eyes emissions limits for new cars” (January 21 2007) stated: “European, Japanese and Korean automakers have failed to meet a voluntary target to cut average emissions for new cars sold in Europe to 25% of 1995 levels.”
It should have read: “European, Japanese and Korean automakers have failed to meet a voluntary target to achieve a reduction in average emissions for new cars sold in Europe of 25% from 1995 levels.” We apologise for the error.
January 11 2007
The article “Police chief urges Mugabe to fix economy” (January 11 2007) stated: “Mandipaka said Mugabe and his ruling Zanu-PF party have come to heavily rely on state security forces to not only keep public discontent in check in the face of growing economic hardships, but to also carry out government duties and functions that are normally performed by civilian authorities.”
The quote was wrongly attributed to Mandipaka. The statement had, in fact, been made by various analysts, according to independent news service ZimOnline, which supplied the article. We removed this paragraph and apologise for the error.