African National Congress deputy president Zuma has said through his lawyer that he is aware of a mysterious report seeking to discredit him, and he h
African National Congress (ANC) deputy president Jacob Zuma on Saturday warned party members to ensure that the party does not become "power-drunk". Speaking at an ANC branch meeting in Durban, he said: "The ANC is going to rule South Africa for a long time. But, we must not fall into the mistake of being power drunk."
The two academics who helped with Chippy Shaik’s thesis will face charges of serious misconduct within the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s internal judicial system, the <i>Sunday Times</i> reported. This follows reports that "more than two-thirds" of Chippy Shaik’s 2003 PhD had been plagiarised.
Schoolgirls who fall pregnant could face having to spend two years out of the classroom before being allowed back if a proposal in circulation within the Department of Education is approved, the <i>Sunday Times</i> reported.
The Scorpions have not searched police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi’s office or obtained a warrant to do so, their spokesperson, Panyaza Lesufi, said on Friday. This follows a report in <i>Beeld</i> newspaper on Friday that Selebi’s office was searched as part of an investigation by the Scorpions into the police chief’s alleged involvement in crime.
The increase in electricity demand must be reduced, Eskom said on Thursday. "We have only so much generating capacity; therefore the only solution is to reduce the demand," it said in a statement. Rolling power failures affected parts of Gauteng and Mpumalanga on Wednesday evening.
South African Post Office (Sapo) chief executive Khutso Mampeule was ”removed” from the Sapo board on Monday by Communications Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri. Following a special Sapo shareholders’ meeting earlier on Monday, the minister ”resolved to remove Mr Mampeule from the [Sapo] board”, her ministry said in a statement.
Gauteng’s planned monorail should be kept off taxi routes, the South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) said on Friday. Santaco secretary general Philip Taaibosch said there was no agreement between the taxi industry and the government on the planned monorail between Soweto and central Johannesburg.
Opposition parties on Friday demanded answers on the troubled electronic national traffic information system, following allegations the Auditor General had warned of problems before the system was introduced. The Inkatha Freedom Party said it has urgently tabled questions in Parliament to Transport Minister Jeff Radebe.
Minister of Transport Jeff Radebe was warned by the Auditor General about South Africa’s chaotic new traffic information system, a newspaper reported on Friday. It said the minister and his department were told in December last year that the electronic national traffic information system would be an "embarrassment" for the country.