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Jacob Zuma’s advocate was rebuked by the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Thursday for submitting an unexpected and lengthy written argument in the state’s tussle to obtain documents from Mauritius. The documents include the 2000 diary of Alain Thetard — the former chief executive of Thales International’s South African subsidiary, Thint.
Authorities and residents of seashore properties in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) have begun the process of cleaning up and assessing the damage caused by the massive surf that pounded the province’s coastline on Monday. Swells recorded at between 6m and 8m dissipated on Tuesday morning.
Durban’s beachfront areas were pounded by massive surf in the early hours of Monday morning, leaving the city’s famed Golden Mile littered with debris and emergency services scrambling to rescue numerous people. The South African Weather Service in Durban said winds in excess of 40 knots (80km/h) were reported on Sunday night.
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/ 14 February 2007
KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) is a province ”on the move” despite a high crime rate and high incidence of HIV/Aids, Premier S’bu Ndebele said in his State of the Province address in Pietermaritzburg on Wednesday. Speaking at the Royal Show Grounds, Ndebele labelled 2007 as the year that KwaZulu-Natal is ”building the economy through partnerships”.
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/ 12 February 2007
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African National Congress deputy president Jacob Zuma on Monday filed papers in the Durban High Court opposing the National Prosecuting Authority’s request to have documents released from Mauritius for use as evidence in his trial. The documents pertain to an alleged meeting between Zuma, businessman Schabir Shaik and Alain Thetard of French arms company Thint.
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/ 9 February 2007
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The state’s attempts to use the Durban High Court to obtain documentation from Mauritius amount to an abuse of process, the court learned on Friday. Any attempt to obtain documentation from Mauritius would have to be determined by a criminal court, Thint’s chief executive said in papers before the court.
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/ 1 February 2007
South Africa’s people are crying out to the nation’s leaders to do ”whatever it takes” to put an end to crime, Inkatha Freedom Party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi said at the funeral of renowned historian David Rattray on Thursday. A six-man gang shot Rattray three times on Friday night in a hold-up at his Fugitive’s Drift lodge.
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/ 16 January 2007
Several publications on Tuesday expressed fears that the current restructuring of the South African Police Service (SAPS) will severely limit the media’s ability to access information. Up until the restructuring started, media outlets approached designated police officers at area level. However, media organisations have now been told to contact designated officers at a provincial level.
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/ 25 December 2006
The driver of a bus in which 12 people, including three children, died and 34 were injured in KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday was caught driving with his blood alcohol level seven times over the legal limit last year, it has emerged. Police said the driver lost control of the vehicle and it overturned, slamming into pillars under a bridge on the N3.
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/ 6 December 2006
The National Prosecuting Authority is to ask the Durban High Court to request that Mauritian authorities hand over documentation which may show that a meeting took place between Jacob Zuma, Schabir Shaik and the former chief executive of French arms manufacturer Thint.