The non-payment of subsidies by the Gauteng transport department to bus operators could cost thousands of employees their jobs and affect 300Â 000 commuters, trade union Solidarity said on Wednesday. In a statement, the union said the jobs of approximately 2Â 000 employees may be threatened.
Britain’s network of security cameras has been ”an utter fiasco”, failing to cut crime despite billions of pounds being spent on it, a senior detective was quoted as saying on this week. Britain has the most surveillance in the world, according to civil liberty groups and security experts.
The so-called Waterkloof Four will bring an application for leave to appeal a judgement by the Pretoria High Court after the court on Wednesday rejected an appeal to overturn their murder conviction and sentence. The court turned down an appeal by the four to overturn their conviction for the 2001 murder of an unidentified man and the assault of another.
The Johannesburg High Court on Wednesday once again postponed the murder case resulting from the death of five-year-old Danielle Esterhuizen. The hearing will resume on Thursday. State prosecutor Jacqueline Steyn said there was no courtroom available.
Bafana Bafana’s new coach, Joel Santana, will have to earn his huge salary when he arrives in Johannesburg next week to take over from fellow Brazilian Carlos Alberto Parreira. Santana was warned by world football governing body Fifa that it expected Bafana to shine at both the Confederations Cup next year and the 2010 World Cup finals.
The Pretoria High Court on Wednesday turned down an application by the so-called Waterkloof Four to overturn their murder conviction and sentence. Judge Willie Seriti ruled that the earlier decision by the Pretoria Regional Court to convict Christoff Becker, Frikkie du Preez, Gert van Schalkwyk and Reinach Tiedt of murder and assault was correct.
Lewis Hamilton has told his critics to be patient with him and not expect him to achieve too much at an early stage of his career. The 23-year-old McLaren driver opened his second season in Formula One well with a big win in Australia, but he has struggled in the races since then and has fallen nine points behind Kimi Raikkonen in the drivers’ standings.
The Business Confidence Index (BCI) declined slightly to 93,4 in April 2008 after measuring 93,9 in March, the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) said on Wednesday. Although this was the lowest level so far in 2008, the pace of decline in the BCI appeared to have slowed, the SACCI said.
South African rugby coach Peter de Villiers said on Wednesday he is to name a national training squad of up 45 players for the forthcoming international season. De Villiers, who took over the reigns from Jake White in January this year, is expected to include Europe-based players John Smit (Clermont), Butch James (Bath) and Victor Matfield (Toulon) in the squad.
The majority of South Africans want the Scorpions to remain as a separate entity from the police, TNS Research Surveys said on Wednesday. Fifty-nine percent of South Africans said they felt the Scorpions should be separate in a survey conducted in February 2008 among 2 000 people.