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/ 13 February 2006
The South African Treasury should set aside about R1,1-billion a year to increase the pace of land reform and protect the principle of willing buyer, willing seller, says the official opposition Democratic Alliance in its alternative Budget released ahead of Wednesday’s national Budget by Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel.
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/ 10 February 2006
Billionaire businessman and philanthropist Anton Rupert, who died in January, has been described as ”a man of worth” by President Thabo Mbeki. In his regular internet column on Friday, ANC Today, Mbeki described Rupert as ”as an outstanding son of our people”.
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/ 8 February 2006
British Prime Minister Tony Blair was "very welcome" at this weekend’s progressive governance summit, South Africa’s Minister in the Presidency Essop Pahad said on Wednesday. "It is very important for Mr Blair to be here as leader of the British Labour Party … [although] we may disagree with him on some of his policies," said Pahad.
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/ 7 February 2006
A government study of the health department has found that public hospitals are ”highly stressed institutions” owing to staff shortages, unmanageable workloads and management failures, says South African Public Service and Administration Minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi.
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/ 1 February 2006
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has quashed a resolution put to the standing committee on public accounts calling for the auditor general to investigate the recent holiday jaunt to the United Arab Emirates by Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka.
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/ 30 January 2006
Repairs at the Koeberg nuclear power station could take — in "a worst-case scenario" — nine months to carry out, says Eskom’s acting chief executive, Jacob Maroga. Cape Town has been hit by four outages in the past three months and is dependent on Koeberg, especially during peak demand times.
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/ 26 January 2006
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South Africa’s municipal election on March 1 will be a test of whether the African National Congress (ANC) will be able to retain municipalities which ”turned” to it during two floor-crossing periods since the last national municipal election in December 2000.
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/ 25 January 2006
<img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/262374/vote-box_blue.gif" align=left>Inkatha Freedom Party Ingwe municipality mayor Innocent Miya and three councillors from nearby Ubuhlebezwe municipality have defected to Ziba Jiyane’s National Democratic Convention (Nadeco). Miya, according to Nadeco spokesperson Linda Hlongwa MPL, has been mayor of Ingwe since 2000.
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/ 25 January 2006
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The African National Congress has published its national consolidated list of candidates for all municipalities for the 2006 local government elections due to take place on March 1. Nelson Mandela metro mayor Nceba Faku does not appear at all on the list while Tshwane Mayor Smangaliso Mkhathswa appears at number four slot.
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/ 23 January 2006
<img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/262374/vote-box_blue.gif" align=left>The ruling African National Congress’s promise to clear 215Â 000 bucket toilets within a year — part of its local-government campaign pledge — is "simply not going to happen", says official opposition leader Tony Leon. He said the ANC has "systematically broken the promises it made in its 2000 local government manifesto".