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African National Congress deputy president Jacob Zuma was expected to attend a Human Rights Day concert on Wednesday in Pietermaritzburg to raise funds for his legal fees, the Witness reported on Wednesday. The concert at the Harry Gwala Stadium was to be followed by an all-night vigil in support of Zuma.
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New Zealand qualified for the World Cup Super Eights thanks to a 148-run victory over Kenya in Group C on Tuesday.Ross Taylor hit 85 but was struck down with a hamstring strain in New Zealand’s 331-7, the highest one-day international score at the Beausejour Stadium.
A Pretoria High Court judge issued a strong warning on Tuesday against media reporting that could defeat the ends of justice. Judge Ronnie Bosielo said a possible travesty of justice could have resulted from the way the arrest and first court appearance of serial rapist Simon Malatji was reported.
Thirteen infectious tuberculosis (TB) patients who forced their way out of Pretoria West Hospital, wanting to be treated as outpatients, have been ordered back to their beds. This follows an interim high court order as a result of the Gauteng health department having lodged an interdict against them.
Durban’s beaches will remain closed for at least another five days as the city’s authorities clean up in the wake of the heavy surf that battered the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) coastline. eThekwini deputy head of fire and disaster management Mark te Water said on Tuesday evening that he expected the city’s beaches to remain closed for at least five days.
Businesswoman Danisa Baloyi vowed on Tuesday to fight her removal from the board of Absa Bank over her involvement in the Fidentia matter. ”After much soul-searching and consultations, I refuse to be pushed off the Absa boards as this would have given the impression that I have done something wrong,” she wrote in a statement.
Fidentia boss J Arthur Brown will be spending Human Rights Day behind bars after the Scorpions and his lawyers failed to agree on Tuesday on how his R1-million bail was to be paid. He will be back in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Thursday morning for what is expected to be an application for a change in bail conditions.
World-renowned palaeontologist Phillip Tobias is to be awarded the City of Johannesburg’s Walter Sisulu Award, it was announced on Tuesday. The award, to be presented to him on Thursday, is one of the city’s highest civic honours. It recognises ”a special contribution in promoting the ideals of the City of Johannesburg in particular, and the whole country at large”.
Sixty-five people were killed and seven injured in the West African state of Guinea after the lorry in which they were travelling toppled into a lake. Officials said the accident late on Monday near the town of Gueckedou, about 700km south-east of the capital, was one of the deadliest in decades. The van toppled into the water when it tried to cross a narrow bridge, according to survivors.
The South African Cabinet on Tuesday said it was extremely concerned over the unfolding violence in Zimbabwe, but repeated that helping solve that country’s problems had to be through dialogue. Government communications head Themba Maseko said government’s primary worry at this stage was the reported abuse of human rights in Zimbabwe.