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/ 12 December 2005
Satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys, whose alter ego is Evita Bezuidenhout, has sent a Christmas message to South Africa and President Thabo Mbeki. He has played on the words of the Lord’s Prayer in what he described as a festive-season message of good hope for South Africa.
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/ 8 December 2005
The South African Cabinet this week considered a detailed presentation of the Gautrain Rapid Rail link project and gave a green light to it going ahead, government spokesperson Joel Netshitenzhe reported on Thursday. The project, which is expected to cost at least R20-billion rand, got the thumbs down recently from the National Assembly transport portfolio committee.
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/ 5 December 2005
A bomb threat, which caused Parliament to shut down on Monday afternoon, was a hoax, police said. Superintendent Vish Naidoo said the threats were made at about 1.50pm and Parliament was immediately evacuated. The disruption to Parliament was minimal as MPs were currently away in their constituencies.
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/ 5 December 2005
Responding to a recent survey, the chairperson of an ad hoc committee on corporate governance on Monday expressed concern at the poor state of workplace ethics in South Africa. It is reported that 68% of 237 companies surveyed in a fraud and misconduct survey expected an increase in fraud going forward.
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/ 2 December 2005
Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel has changed his tune about the dangers of an economic underclass in South Africa, says official opposition Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon. He noted on Friday that Manuel said Cape Town would one day see the kind of riots that gripped Paris and other cities across France in November.
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/ 28 November 2005
The arms deal between South Africa — through Denel — and India should be rescued by the intervention of Minister of Public Enterprises Alec Erwin, says the official South African opposition Democratic Alliance. The DA said Erwin should put pressure on the Denel board to save the deal.
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/ 25 November 2005
The Democratic Alliance would continue to stand as an independent party even if the ruling African National Congress split, says leader Tony Leon. In his regular internet column on Friday, he said the DA would fight to ensure that any new government reversed the current government’s ”denialist approach to HIV/Aids”, among other things.
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/ 25 November 2005
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In his regular internet column on Friday, ANC Today, President Thabo Mbeki said his statements dealing with the Jacob Zuma affair can ”by no stretch of imagination” be interpreted as expressing ”a hostile or malicious attitude” to the former deputy president.
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/ 23 November 2005
The Moving South Africa strategy warned as far back as 1999 that South Africa’s metropolitan cities needed to be proactive over managing car use "especially for the stubborn segment of the population", says South African Transport Minister Jeff Radebe.
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/ 22 November 2005
South Africa’s official opposition Democratic Alliance and its Mozambican counterpart, Renamo, have agreed to sign a record of understanding in the new year, the two parties announced on Tuesday. This follows a visit by DA leader Tony Leon to Mozambique to hold talks with Renamo, headed by Afonso Dhlakama.