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/ 26 October 2006
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South African taxpayers have contributed R10-million towards axed deputy president Jacob Zuma’s defence costs, the Star newspaper reports. The figure was reflected in the Presidency’s revised budget vote in Wednesday’s mini-budget tabled by Finance Minister Trevor Manuel.
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/ 26 October 2006
Two senior KwaZulu-Natal education officials have been suspended amid a probe into alleged procurement irregularities, media reports said on Thursday. The staff at the education department head office in Pietermaritz Street were surprised to see a team of people arrive on Wednesday with boxes.
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/ 26 October 2006
This week Finance Minister Trevor Manuel became the king of bling. The mini-budget released this week is replete with showy and insubstantial spending. South Africa is to splurge — on 2010; on the Gautrain; and on a series of sometimes dubious industrial projects. What’s going on?
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/ 26 October 2006
An overflowing pit latrine empties its contents in a thick stream of worm-infested filth at the doorstep of Catherine Kithuku’s home in Matopeni, a slum on the outskirts of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. Less than 10 such latrines serve a population of 2Â 000 to 3Â 000 people in this area.
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/ 26 October 2006
When the transitional federal government (TFG) of Somalia sits down for the next round of peace talks with its Islamist rivals in Khartoum on Monday, the main objective will be to hash out the terms of an arrangement to share power. But much more is at stake. The clouds of regional war are darkening.
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/ 25 October 2006
Trade union Solidarity on Wednesday called for military style training for cash-in-transit security guards in response to the rising number of heists. ”We’re not saying that they don’t receive good training, but we believe that they don’t receive the type of training required to handle these situations,” union spokesperson Jaco Kleynhans said
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/ 25 October 2006
While details of the government’s planned spending on the 2010 Soccer World Cup met with acclaim in the National Assembly on Wednesday, some other aspects of Finance Minister Trevor Manuel’s mini-budget drew criticism. Almost R15-billion over the next three years will go to major capital projects around the 2010 event.
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/ 25 October 2006
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has insisted his team can still win this season’s Premiership title despite currently being 11 points behind leaders Manchester United. Gerrard, so often Liverpool’s saviour, was well-policed during United’s victory at Old Trafford on Sunday, which meant the Merseysiders have still to win away from Anfield in the league this season.
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/ 25 October 2006
Four people accused of killing a suspected thief on a farm in South Africa, who died after being tied to a tree and beaten, walked free from court on Wednesday after murder charges were dropped. After a magistrate ordered that charges of murder be downgraded, the four all pleaded guilty to assault and were each fined R10Â 000 .
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/ 25 October 2006
Secrecy is fundamental to the initiation custom, the public hearing on initiation schools heard on Wednesday. The South African Human Rights Commission’s Free State office manager, Mothusi Lepheana, who spoke in his personal capacity, said secrecy is needed to preserve the ”copyright” of the initiation process.