South African church leaders expect to meet President Thabo Mbeki soon to discuss the United Nations report on Zimbabwe’s clean-up operations, believed to have affected about 700Â 000 people. Anglican Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane and other leaders on Monday blessed consignments of humanitarian aid destined for Zimbabwe.
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Members of the Congress of SA Trade Unions will be asked to help pay for former deputy president Jacob Zuma’s legal costs, Cosatu said on Wednesday. Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said at a press conference in Johannesburg that members would not be forced to contribute to funds for this purpose.
Zimbabwe needs to import 1,2-million tonnes of food to support its population, the head of the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Wednesday. ”Some three to four million people will need help in the next year. It will peak this December through January to March,” James Morris told reporters at the Johannesburg International airport.
Only 15 of 120 cardinals in the conclave at the Vatican to elect a new pope will be from Africa, the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) said on Monday. Speaking to reporters in Johannesburg, the SACBC expressed little hope of Pope John Paul II’s successor coming from Africa, because the church in Europe looked on its African congregation as living half in a pagan world.
One injured gold miner, his skull fractured in Wednesday’s earthquake at Stilfontein, has been transferred to the intensive-care unit at West Vaal hospital in nearby Orkney. David Griffiths, chief medical officer at Duffscott, a mine facility at Stilfontein, told reporters on Thursday that the other 21 patients had only minor injuries.
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/ 18 February 2005
The Democratic Alliance trio prohibited from entering Zimbabwe on Friday said this action undermined the protocol of the Southern African Development Community. Chairperson Joe Seremane, chief whip Douglas Gibson and researcher Paul Boughey flew to Harare on Friday morning for a pre-election fact-finding visit.
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/ 28 January 2005
South African Airways (SAA) is offering voluntary severance packages to its 602 managers as part of its effort to turn the business around, the company announced in Johannesburg on Friday. Chief executive Khaya Ngqula announced this at a press conference at Johannesburg International airport on Friday.
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/ 25 January 2005
Anti-retrovirals could cost South Africans as little as about R100 a month and local manufacturing of generics could start as early as next month, it was announced on Tuesday. South Africa’s Aspen Pharmacare group is the first drug manufacturer in the world to receive approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration to produce generic anti-retrovirals.
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/ 29 September 2004
Kanellie Hatzikonstandinou, accused of murdering an 81-year-old shopper at the Cresta shopping centre in Johannesburg on Monday, appeared in the Randburg Regional Court on Wednesday. Her tearful father, Iounno Hatzikonstandinou, entered the dock and before giving her a hug, said in a Greek accent: ”I want to apologise for what happened… I am saying sorry to the family.”
On a national tour ahead of the floor-crossing window for councillors, Inkatha Freedom Party national chairperson Ziba Jiyane is stressing its ”centre-right” position and its standpoint on family values. He also criticised the appointment of women with wealthy husbands in jobs above breadwinners.