THE Justice Department on Tuesday denied claims that changes to section 49 of the Criminal Procedure Act, governing force used by police when making arrests, is hampering the efficacy of police work. Department spokesperson Paul Setsetse said that the new section 49, due to come into effect in August, will in no way hamper police […]
BURUNDIAN president Pierre Buyoya on Saturday announced in a Labour Day speech in Bujumbura the reduction by half of citizens’ contributions to the National Solidarity Fund. All civil servants have contributed 6% of their monthly salaries while farmers and craftsmen gave 1,000 Burundian francs yearly to the fund as part of Burundi’s “war effort” since […]
MORE Nigerian public sector workers will lose their jobs to enable the government pay a new agreed minimum wage, a top official in one of Nigeria’s 36 states said on Monday. Colonel Aminu Kotangora, administrator of northern Nigerian state of Kano, said on Sunday his government will have to cut its 37000 workforce to 20000 […]
THE Democratic Party’s election campaign received a boost on Monday when an organisation for the unemployed, which claims to have about 32000 members, pledged its support for the party in the June 2 poll. The Unemployed Masses of South Africa’s economic principles are in agreement with the DP’s, which it believes are the most likely […]
BUILDER-to-automobile leasing group Barlows said on Monday that it has sold 31 of its Federated Timber building materials outlets to a black empowerment company for R56-million. Barlows said that the deal with an arm of the National Association of Black Contractors (Nabcat) will “create the first black-owned builders’ merchant chain in SA” and employ around […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Tuesday 8.35pm THE African National Congress on Tuesday announced its revised election candidates’ lists, which saw ANC Women’s League president Winnie Madikizela-Mandela moving up to position number nine. Presidential spokesman Parks Mankahlana’s name no longer appears on the list. Also removed from the lists were the names of Deputy Finance Minister […]
A REPRESSIVE Nigerian military law allows the continued detention of 31 Nigerian Muslims, the Civil Rights Congress watchdog group said on Monday. The CRC said in a statement that the 31, whom it named as members of the Islamic Shiite Brotherhood group, are being held under a 1984 law, the so-called Decree 2, permitting indefinite […]
POLICE on the weekend reopened investigations into the disappearance of five young girls in the late 1980s thought to be linked to paedophile Gert van Rooyen. Four child protection unit detectives arrived in Stanger on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast from Pretoria on Sunday to investigate claims by a clairvoyant that Van Rooyen may have buried […]
MILLY Wasserzug won the national singles bowls title in Port Elizabeth last week, but on Saturday she lost in the first round of the Spar women’s tournament in Florida. Wasserzug — who added the national singles title to the runners-up prize to the Masters she won earlier this year and was recently named as South […]
THE search for two missing Welkom miners continued on Monday after they were trapped in the Matjhabeng mine when an earthquake hit the Free State town on April 23. Anglogold spokesman Andries van Zyl said teams are still working around the clock to locate Lawrence Tsolo (40), and John Delekile (53). Van Zyl said the […]