The African Christian Democratic Party on Tuesday said it is ashamed by South Africa’s silence on the brutality of the Zimbabwean government against opposition parties. ”Now is the time for the South African government to speak out and to condemn the brutality of the Zimbabwean government,” said party president Kenneth Meshoe.
Prominent businesswoman Danisa Baloyi has been dismissed from the boards of Absa Group and Absa Bank due to her link with the Fidentia scandal, the bank said on Tuesday. ”This action is the culmination of a process to review the position of Dr Baloyi on the Absa boards, following public disclosures regarding her involvement with the Fidentia matter,” said Absa spokesperson Makhosini Nkosi.
Eskom, the state-owned power utility, has released the names of four new power stations it plans to commission over the next five years. "Power stations are given project code names during the planning phases, which include feasibility studies and environmental -impact assessments," Eskom explained in a statement on Tuesday.
Fears that rugby union is in decline in Australia have gathered pace in this World Cup year amid wretched Super 14 performances, an indecisive rugby administration and public agitation over a lack of running rugby. Generally there is a heightened anticipation as teams prepare for the World Cup. Not so in Australia, where there is a foreboding of an early Wallaby Cup exit.
North Korea refused to attend a session of six-party talks on dismantling its nuclear programmes on Tuesday while it awaits the return of $25-million in frozen assets, diplomats said. The US Treasury had announced on Monday that about $25-million in North Korean funds frozen in a Macau bank could be released, although no timeframe was given.
The tax amnesty for businesses with a turnover of less than R10-million a year expires on May 31 this year, the South African Revenue Service (Sars) warned on Monday. To date, Sars has received close to 18 000 applications for amnesty, said spokesperson Adrian Lackay.
The multimillion-dollar effort to eradicate one of the world’s deadliest diseases received a significant but controversial boost on Monday when scientists announced the creation of genetically modified mosquitoes that cannot pass on malaria. Trials revealed that the GM mosquitoes could quickly establish themselves in the wild and drive out natural malaria-carrying insects.
There is not a whiff of formaldehyde nor a glimpse of a used condom, but the work of Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin and other leading United Kingdom artists has finally made its way to Beijing for an event that would have been almost unimaginable 10 years ago. Starting on Tuesday, the newly constructed Capital Museum will host the city’s biggest exhibition of contemporary British art.
Fast food giant McDonald’s is set to begin a campaign to redefine "McJob" entries in British dictionaries, which it believes are both incorrect and insulting to its workers, the <i>Financial Times</i> reported on Tuesday. "We believe that it is out of date, out of touch with reality and, most importantly, it is insulting …," wrote David Fairhurst, the company’s chief people officer in northern Europe.
African National Congress politician and businessman Chris Nissen said he had returned the R370 000 he was paid for consultancy work to the trustees of murdered mining magnate Brett Kebble’s estate, media reports said on Tuesday. The money was repaid last year.