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/ 19 October 2007
Telkom chief financial officer Kaushik Patel has resigned, the company announced on Friday. Acting chief executive Reuben September said Patel would leave Telkom at the end of October ”to pursue his own interests”. Patel’s responsibilities will be taken over by the company’s current group executive for corporate finance, Deon Fredericks, in an acting role from November 1.
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/ 19 October 2007
A disciplinary committee of the Cape Town city council has recommended that controversial councillor Badhi Chaaban be removed from office. The disciplinary hearings — which Chaaban claimed were a kangaroo court — followed claims that he sought to bribe councillors to cross the floor to his National People’s Party.
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/ 19 October 2007
Children’s rights activists on Friday urged MPs to push through a Bill that will ban corporal punishment of children, saying it was vital that children be protected from violence. The social development portfolio committee on Thursday postponed deliberations on the measure after members of the African National Congress’s parliamentary caucus reportedly objected.
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/ 19 October 2007
The responsibility of addressing South Africa’s apartheid past lies within the country itself and not the United States courts, Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Brigitte Mabandla said on Friday. In a statement issued by her office, she reiterated the government’s stance against the case brought by a group of apartheid victims in US courts.
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/ 19 October 2007
Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell has reopened a gas plant of 300-million standard cubit feet in southern Nigeria that was shut down last week because of a fire on its supply pipeline. ”Utorogu gas plant, which was shut in a bit to starve the fire, has reopened and gas supply is ramping up,” the company said in a statement late on Thursday.
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/ 19 October 2007
Two local TV series are going for gold at the Emmy Awards, writes Kwanele Sosibo.
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/ 19 October 2007
Former British prime minister Tony Blair would be a good choice as the European Union’s first full-time president, French and British leaders said on Friday while stressing that the job is not yet on offer. Blair’s successor, Gordon Brown, praised Blair’s current role as international Middle East envoy, and said he would be a strong candidate for any similar high-profile role.
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/ 19 October 2007
Lisa Allardice asks Doris Lessing what winning the Nobel prize means to her.
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/ 19 October 2007
Eskom has issued a warning of a high probability of load shedding on Friday night. ”The risk of load shedding remains high during the peak period this evening — 6pm to 9pm — when demand increases,” it said in a statement. Consumers are urged use electricity sparingly and switch off their geysers during this time.
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/ 19 October 2007
Barbara Ludman reviews Angela Makholwa’s <i>Red Ink</i>.