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/ 25 October 2007
Gerald Leissner was awarded a special commendation by the investing judges for his contribution to poverty and inequality alleviation in Southern Africa. ”It is the application of the South African government’s BEE policy that singles out his contribution to poverty alleviation,” they said. ”With his company, he used a government policy to harness the power of the market to produce significant social good.”
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/ 25 October 2007
A surge in naked sleepwalking among guests has led one of Britain’s largest budget hotel groups to re-train staff to handle late-night nudity. Travelodge, which runs more than 300 business hotels in Britain, says sleepwalking rose seven-fold in the past year, and 95% of the somnambulants are scantily clad men.
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/ 24 October 2007
Lumko Mtimde is not a latter-day "Please sir, I want some more" kind of person. He certainly does want a double helping, but this seasoned media activist isn’t begging for extra funds for the Media Development and Diversity Agency. Instead, his tactics are strategy, charm and persuasion. As MDDA CEO, he ran a round-table session with broadcasters in Johannesburg this week.
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/ 24 October 2007
McLaren will have to pay more than -million to the International Automobile Federation (FIA), which will use the money to promote safer motorsport worldwide, Formula One’s governing body said on Wednesday. ”Following the judgement of the World Motor Sport Council on September 13, a sum in excess of -million will be paid in December to the FIA,” the body said.
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/ 24 October 2007
South Africa needs to review its crime-prevention strategy, the South African Human Rights Commission has recommended. ”In addition, policies and legislation should be revisited to improve integration, coordination and cooperation across the criminal justice system,” it said in a report on its crime conference in March.
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/ 24 October 2007
Steel giant ArcelorMittal on Wednesday stopped waste disposal at its Vaal site after being ordered to do so by the government, the company said. Waste disposal at the site was halted due to air and water pollution and the dumping of hazardous waste.
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/ 24 October 2007
The African National Congress (ANC) wants to consider setting up a media tribunal to discuss how participation of the public is juxtaposed with current self-regulation in the media. ”It’s not a policy position, we just want to set up a task team to investigate this,” ANC information head Smuts Ngonyama said on Wednesday.
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/ 24 October 2007
The fifth one-day international between Pakistan and South Africa scheduled for Karachi on Monday has been switched to Lahore because of security fears, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Wednesday. Shafqat Naghmi, the PCB’s chief executive, said the touring South Africans did not want to play in Karachi following last week’s bomb attacks.
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/ 24 October 2007
Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) said it had secured a promise from the government on Wednesday to investigate charges of escalating violence against their supporters. After a meeting with Home Affairs Minister Kembo Mohadi, senior MDC figures said they had been assured they were not regarded as ”enemies”.
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/ 24 October 2007
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SA Rugby has confirmed details of the Springboks’ victory tour, starting on Friday, to honour the team’s World Cup-winning performance in France. South African Rugby Union president Oregan Hoskins has appealed to the public to join in the celebrations by wearing green and gold.