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/ 12 December 2006
Praise has been showered on South African Deputy Health Minister Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) for the "strong, courageous leadership she has revealed in her recent interview" in the United Kingdom-based newspaper, the <i>Sunday Telegraph</i>.
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/ 12 December 2006
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has written to Presidency Director General Frank Chikane, asking him what progress has been made in updating the draft presidential handbook following Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka’s recent multimillion-rand flight to the United Kingdom in a hired Swiss jet.
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/ 8 December 2006
The ascendancy of Jacob Zuma to the leadership of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) would be "to the massive political advantage" of the Democratic Alliance (DA), the party’s leader, Tony Leon, said on Friday. Writing in his weekly newsletter on the DA website, the DA leader said that Zuma as ANC leader "would not be in the national interest as we have explicitly stated on many occasions".
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/ 8 December 2006
The involvement of Cabinet ministers in the Gautrain rapid-rail project shareholding has been defended by South African President Thabo Mbeki, who has argued that there has been a determination to cast them in a bad light — motivated by the stereotype that black people are corrupt.
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/ 7 December 2006
South Africa’s Cabinet appears to have poured cold water on a basic income grant — called for recently by Social Development Minister Zola Skweyiya — turning instead to ways to find ”exit strategies” to reduce reliance on social grants. Spokesperson Themba Maseko said the Cabinet had noted a proposal for linking social grants to poverty alleviation initiatives and other economic activities.
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/ 5 December 2006
No further information can be released on the Brett Kebble murder case ”at this point”, Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula says. He was replying on Tuesday to a written question from Democratic Alliance MP James Masango, who asked why the forensic division did not see Kebble’s vehicle before it was released.
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/ 5 December 2006
The ruling African National Congress (ANC) has scored an average of 30% in the past year — down from 38% last year — in the eyes of the average Freedom Front Plus (FF+) supporter, says its leader, Dr Pieter Mulder. On Tuesday, he released the results of his party’s annual ”report card” of the ANC’s performance.
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/ 4 December 2006
The Independent Democrats (ID) says it has been vindicated by the confirmation that national police commissioner Jackie Selebi was driving a stolen car. Member of Parliament and chief whip Lance Greyling said it was "by no means the first time the ID has been vindicated in its anti-corruption campaign".
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/ 1 December 2006
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Looking back on 2006 it is instructive to note how far South Africa has come since the dark days of August when the country’s worldwide standing on its HIV/Aids approach reached an all-time low, official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Tony Leon said on Friday.
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/ 27 November 2006
The privatisation of key state-owned assets is no longer the flavour of the year owing to the South African Communist Party having placed this matter in the arena of public debate. The party said the shift had taken place soon enough "to prevent terrible damage done to key public assets".