Total South Africa has decided to develop South Africa’s first ever bullfrog reserve, right behind their newly developed Petroport, north of Johannesburg, soon after it discovered the Petroport had destroyed the frogs’ breeding ground. ”Total decided to work with environmentalists in reducing the negative impacts on the frogs.”
This week saw two groups of activists square-up outside the Johannesburg High Court, where Jacob Zuma is on trial for allegedly raping an HIV-positive Aids activist. Some of Zuma’s supporters set fire to posters of Zuma’s accuser, saying "burn this bitch".
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The Jacob Zuma rape trial was adjourned shortly after he pleaded not guilty at the Johannesburg High Court on Monday. This was to allow court officials to choose who will be allowed inside the court for the complainant’s testimony to be held in camera.
<img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/262374/vote-box_blue.gif" align=left>The local government poll has come and gone — and all we’re left with are the election posters, hanging like rotten fruit from telephone poles. The Democratic Alliance, however, started removing their estimated 500Â 000 election posters on Thursday.
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During Wednesday’s local elections, several instances were reported when incorrect ward ballot papers were issued to voters, said the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in a statement on Wednesday evening. However, the IEC maintained that the voting process had proceeded fairly smoothly throughout the country.
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/ 28 February 2006
South Africa’s sassy young R&B enigma Tsakani "TK" Mhinga was found dead in a hotel room in Bryanston, north of Johannesburg on Monday. The grim discovery was made by a staff member of the City Lodge in Bryanston. There was "no evidence of a struggle", said Captain Schalk Bornman of the South African Police Service.
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/ 27 February 2006
R&B sensation Tsakani "TK" Mhinga was on Monday found dead in a Bryanston hotel, northern Johannesburg, police said. "We didn’t find any physical injuries on her body, but we will wait for the post-mortem report and the medical report" to establish the cause of death, a police spokesperson told the <i>Mail & Guardian Online</i>.
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/ 23 February 2006
When a primary-school teacher in the troubled Khutsong township asked her grade-one students what the word ”demarcation” means, one pupil answered: ”They want to move us somewhere poor.” The children think it’s ”just a game” to provoke the police by throwing stones and burning tyres in the streets, says the teacher.
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/ 21 February 2006
The South African National Blood Service (SANBS) has confirmed that gay people are still not permitted to donate blood — this after it agreed to a study of the South African gay population during a meeting held with gay and lesbian organisations last week. Until the study is completed, ”the status quo will remain”, the SANBS said.
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/ 20 February 2006
Eleven years after South Africa became a democracy, student hostels at the University of the Free State are still racially segregated. And one of the hostels for white men is still called Verwoerd. Recently, a university official acknowledged that ”the current management of the University of the Free State has identified the residence placement policy as an issue that needs to be urgently reviewed.”