Two Freedom Front Plus councillors have claimed they were chased out of a City of Tshwane meeting after objecting to the changing of street names.
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/ 25 September 2008
The ANC) decision to recall president Thabo Mbeki was unjust, outgoing Minister in the Presidency Essop Pahad said on Wednesday.
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/ 14 September 2008
The ANC had begun its campaign to win the 2009 elections to ensure South Africa remained ”in good, caring hands”, party president Jacob Zuma said.
Former spy boss Billy Masetlha was described by Intelligence Minister Ronnie Kasrils on Wednesday as ”misleading” and someone to be ”wary” of.
Andrew Jordaan, the convicted killer of seven-year-old Sheldean Human, was described on Thursday both as a paedophile and someone too gentle to be a murderer.
Although crime in public places has decreased, there has been an increase of crime in residential areas, Tshwane mayor Gwen Ramokgopa said on Friday. Delivering her State of the City address at the council offices in Pretoria, the mayor said that the city is concerned about the increase in ever more violent crimes in residential areas.
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/ 20 February 2008
About 10 students from the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) were arrested on Wednesday following a protest that turned violent, said Pretoria police. Captain Dumisani Ndlazi said the 10, who were part of a protesting group, were arrested at the university’s main campus in Pretoria West.
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/ 12 January 2008
Unity was the order of the day when African National Congress president Jacob Zuma delivered his January 8 statement at Atteridgeville’s Super Stadium in Pretoria on Saturday. Zuma told the crowd of thousands that the unity of the party was ”paramount”, and warned those who threatened it.
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/ 5 December 2007
Hundreds of men and women, including Cabinet ministers, marched in Pretoria on Wednesday in support of the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children campaign. The crowd marched from Sammy Marks Square to the Union Buildings to hand over a memorandum calling for more to be done for gender equality.
Allegations of embezzlement against South African Communist Party general secretary Blade Nzimande were unfounded, the Young Communist League said on Monday. YCL chairperson David Masondo said: ”We as the youth wing have engaged with Nzimande, and he said the allegations were untrue.”