Ben Maclennan
Guest Author
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/ 26 July 2007

FW de Klerk: My conscience is clear

Former South African president FW de Klerk on Thursday denied that he had ever condoned apartheid-era murders or other gross violations of human rights. ”I have not only a clear conscience, I am not guilty of any crime whatsoever,” he said. He was responding to newspaper reports that former law and order minister Adriaan Vlok, who faces prosecution, intends to spill the beans on him.

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/ 7 June 2007

Cape Town Cup stadium ahead of schedule

Construction of Cape Town’s R2,9-billion Green Point Stadium, being built to host a 2010 Soccer World Cup semifinal, is five weeks ahead of schedule. The city’s 2010 spokesperson, Pieter Cronje, told a media briefing in Cape Town on Thursday that contractors had completed phase one, which was excavation and laying foundations.

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/ 31 May 2007

Eskom eyes more Koeberg-style stations

South Africa could have at least ten more nuclear power stations within two decades if Eskom has its way, according to the utility’s chief executive, Jacob Maroga. He told journalists at a briefing in Cape Town on Thursday that in the face of global warming, nuclear power was the ”next big viable alternative” to coal.

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/ 17 May 2007

LRC bows out as Richtersveld attorneys

The Legal Resources Centre (LRC), which has been championing the Richtersvelders’ land claim for almost a decade, announced on Thursday it would no longer be acting for the community. The news follows last month’s decision by community leaders, acting against the LRC’s advice, to sign a settlement agreement with Public Enterprises Minister Alec Erwin.