President Thabo Mbeki and his government have condemned Thursday’s attacks on London’s transport network. Mbeki said from the Group of Eight summit in Scotland that important issues such as climate change, poverty and underdevelopment, especially in Africa, should not now be put on the back burner.
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The president was correct in dismissing deputy President Jacob Zuma, Inkatha Freedom Party leader, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, said at Parliament on Tuesday. He was responding moments after President Thabo Mbeki announced the dismissal of Zuma from his post and from Cabinet in a joint sitting of Parliament in the National Assembly.
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President Thabo Mbeki’s sacking on Tuesday of his deputy, Jacob Zuma, has been widely lauded but also criticised, while Zuma himself has accepted his fate.
It is possible that Pretoria will not be renamed Tshwane, Minister of Arts and Culture Pallo Jordan said in Cape Town on Thursday. He said he was still awaiting a recommendation in favour of the re-naming from the South African Geographical Names Council.
A waste-recycling plant in Johannesburg — described as a danger to the health of employees and the environment — was ordered on Thursday to comply with new regulations or face closure. ”You are in deep trouble. My advice to you is no smart talk,” said Gauteng’s environment minister, Khabisa Mosunkutu.
African and Asian leaders, representing two-thirds of the global population, met in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Friday to discuss ways of achieving ”a new world order”. The talks were part of the Asia-Africa Summit co-hosted by Indonesia and South Africa. In his address, Mbeki urged leaders to use the summit to build and strengthen cooperation.
President Thabo Mbeki described the new African era as the season of hope for the continent and one in which Africans are prepared to take care of their own. He was addressing the 26th Singapore Lecture on the island during his one-day state visit on Thursday. He was invited to give the lecture, one that former president Nelson Mandela was also ”honoured” to provide.
Deputy Chief Justice Pius Langa expressed his impatience with the speed of transformation of the judiciary during his interview for the post of chief justice in Cape Town on Monday. Quizzed by fellow judges on the Judicial Service Commission and the minister and deputy minister of justice, Langa dismissed reports that he was a transformation ”gradualist”.
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/ 23 February 2005
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Whether drowning your sorrows or celebrating your fiscal gains in 2005, both will be more expensive as Minister of Finance Trevor Manual has announced increases in excise duties on most alcoholic beverages on Wednesday during his Budget address. Also, from March 1, buying a house will cost buyers less as Manuel announced the reduction of transfer duties on properties.
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/ 28 January 2005
Four South Africans are still unaccounted for following their disappearance during the Asian tsunami disaster, the Department of Foreign Affairs said in Pretoria on Friday. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sue van der Merwe said the South African government is still working closely with Interpol to trace the missing people.