Telkom on Monday confirmed that it has been requested to postpone planned retrenchments until it has concluded consultation talks with labour unions on the rationale to reduce staff numbers — but added that it will be able to start such retrenchments on September 14.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=120444">Unions draw battle lines with Telkom</a>
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=120408">Telkom backtracks on retrenchments </a>
The family of Paul Meintjes of Hertzogville, whose resurrection was predicted by a "prophet" after his death about five weeks ago, has not yet made arrangements to remove the body from the town’s mortuary, mortician Nico Foulds said on Thursday. Meintjes’s body has been kept frozen in the town’s mortuary since July 1.
Mail & Guardian editor Ferial Haffajee was on Thursday evening in Cape Town appointed Woman of the Year in the media and communications category. Sponsored by Shoprite Checkers and SABC2, the Women of the Year Awards recognise achievements by South African women in nine categories.
The body of Leigh Matthews, believed to have been kidnapped almost two weeks ago, was found south of Johannesburg on Wednesday, police confirmed. Johannesburg police spokesperson Superintendent Chris Wilken said she was found in the veld at about 3.30pm.
It is time the African National Congress clarifies the real nature of its relationship with Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF, the Democratic Alliance’s acting leader, Douglas Gibson, said in a statement on Sunday. Weekend newspaper reports said ANC officials had met with Zanu-PF officials in Johannesburg to forge closer political ties.
The Department of Foreign Affairs on Friday released a statement objecting to a report in the Mail & Guardian saying that Minister of Foreign Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma backed Zimbabwean government moves to stifle an explosive report on human rights abuses in Zimbabwe at this week’s African Union summit.
How SA backed Zimbabwe lie
The <i>Sunday Times</i> newspaper on Monday reacted to claims by Peter Snyman, the late Brenda Fassie’s manager, that the paper had inaccurately reported his statements about Fassie in a story titled "Brenda Fassie poison probe". Snyman has now denied saying Fassie had taken drugs the night before she was taken to hospital, or that the drugs had been tampered with.
South Africa has been chosen by Fifa as the host country for the 2010 Soccer World Cup. The announcement was made by Fifa president Sepp Blatter in Zurich on Saturday. ”Fifa has made the right decision. It’s time to go out an celebrate,” said President Thabo Mbeki in Pretoria as the bells of the Union Buildings rang out in celebration.
Putting local band Tait on SAS’s music map is their new album Back Seat Driver. Riaan Wolmarans reviews.
It’s the Lord of the Rings of music concerts. The cast is stellar, the sets dramatic and the costumes fancy, and it carries on for hours. This is 46664, the massive Nelson Mandela Aids awareness concert that was staged in Cape Town and broadcast around the globe earlier this year. Now it has been released as a two-disc DVD and a series of three music CDs, writes Riaan Wolmarans.