Broker Addy Moolman told a First National Bank employee her loan application would be approved sooner if it stated she was employed by the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL), the Pretoria Regional Court heard on Thursday.
The demand by Minister of Health Manto Tshabalala-Msimang for the rerouting of a -million United Nations Aids grant to KwaZulu-Natal has split the UNGlobal Aids Fund, the agency concerned.
Even members of the African National Congress don’t take its Youth League’s pronouncements seriously. ”The rate at which the Youth League calls for boycotts, there is a good chance that their engagement on any issue will not be taken seriously,” said one former member.
Drew Forrest: What is the relevance of a communist party in the year 2002, and in what sense are you a communist party?
Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), and the party’s secretary general, Welshman Ncube, could not attend the launch of the African Union (AU) in Durban this week after their had been confiscated by the Zanu-PF.
The South African Communist Party (SACP) has released a document highly critical of President Thabo Mbeki’s stance on HIV/Aids and his renaissance plans for the African continent.
” African National Congress members say there could be a clash over whether the party should continue its coalition with the Inkatha Freedom Party in KwaZulu-Natal when the ANC national executive meets in a fortnight’s time. Two weeks ago, five members of various parties in KwaZulu-Natal defected to the ANC, giving it the majority it needs to run the province on its own.
Differences over HIV/Aids between Deputy President Jacob Zuma and Minister of Health Manto Tshabalala-Msimang have been cited as one of the reasons for the ineffectiveness of the South African National Aids Council (Sanac).
”Turncoat”, ”renegade” — these are some of the damning terms being tossed about the corridors of the KwaZulu-Natal legislature to describe former Democratic Party chief whip Belinda Scott. Scott left the DP, which she represented as provincial chief whip, for the ANC last week.
The Constitutional Court last week ruled in favour of United Democratic Movement leader General Bantu Holomisa in a long-running case against the Sowetan Sunday World. The matter arises out of a report in which the paper printed allegations that Holomisa was involved in a robbery syndicate.