The number of mine workers who are HIV positive is not known with certainty but rates are estimated at about 30% in the gold mining industry in South Africa, says Minerals Minister Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka.
The extent of fraud involving travel vouchers used by South African Members of Parliament can’t yet be conclusively determined but the investigation may take several months, says National Assembly Speaker Frene Ginwala.
More people tend to die of HIV/Aids than all those who died in wars fought in South Africa during the past two centuries, says South African Home Affairs Minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi.
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has granted an overdraft facility to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe of up to R75-million which matures on December 31 2003, says South African Finance Minister Trevor Manuel.
Infrastructure development is one of the keys to unlocking the problem of unemployment, together with public and private sector interventions in procurement, says South African Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana.
South Africa is burdened with one of the fastest growth rates of HIV infections in the world, with 25% of women tested at antenatal clinics infected, Social Development Minister Zola Skweyiya said on Friday.
The South Africa government has admitted burning its fingers on black empowerment investments made by the Public Investment Commission (PIC) — the investment vehicle for government employee pensions.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has rejected the auditor general’s allegations against one of its members of Parliament (MPs) — and repeated its call on the South African Parliament to set up an ad hoc committee to investigate the allegations surrounding the arms deal.
Government had moved speedily with the SA Statistics Council to avoid a recurrence in any calculation error such as the recent one that occurred in the CPI and CPIX, says South African Finance Minister Trevor Manuel.
The secretary to the South African Parliament, Sindiso Mfenyana, has reported that his finance management office had received veiled threats following its investigations into the alleged abuse of parliamentary travel vouchers.