The African National Congress is playing a ”cat and mouse” game with minority groups, and in the process making young people despondent, according to Freedom Front Plus labour spokesperson Willie Spies. The FF+ endeavours to free young people of the limitations of affirmative action.
Given recent economic developments, South Africa’s domestic growth prospects seem positive and in general most factors favour a containment of inflation within the target range, according to South African Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni. However, he had a word of caution about the rate of increase in CPIX.
Sami Shamlawi has turned out most days over the past month for the now ritual showdown with the bulldozer. On a good day, the 48-year-old school caretaker and hundreds of other Palestinians from al-Zawiya bring work on the cage under construction around their West Bank village to a halt.
Police will maintain a strong presence in Diepsloot following violent protests in the township earlier this week, police said on Friday. ”We will continue to keep a strong presence in the area. We are prepared for any eventuality that might occur,” said Pretoria police spokesperson Inspector Percy Morokane.
Absa deputy group chief executive Rupert Pardoe has left the bank with immediate effect. Absa said in a statement on Friday Pardoe had told the bank he did not intend to renew his contract which expires on August 31. He was made a director of Absa Group Limited on August 8, 2002 and was appointed deputy group chief executive on February 21, last year.
Bulls gored one runner and trampled several others on Friday during the running of the bulls at this year’s San Fermin festival. All along the 82m route, which runs along narrow cobblestone streets from a corral to a bull ring, runners in the popular festival were knocked off their feet, pushed against the thick wooden barricades lining the streets, or trampled.
Global climate change is likely to result in severe droughts and floods in the world’s biggest democracy, with major impacts on human health and food supplies, according to India’s report to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. An earlier UN report predicts "extreme" impacts on Southern Africa’s water, fish stocks and agriculture.
The resumption of Johannesburg’s delayed Egoli Gas supply was expected to be back on line on Friday between 1pm and 2pm, the utility said on Friday. The company ran out of gas midmorning after supplies from Sasol were interrupted due to a technical problem there. It had hoped to be back on line by noon.
Angry staff at the University of KwaZulu-Natal are squaring up against management over the "unsuccessful" amalgamation of the former universities of Natal (UN) and Durban-Westville (UDW). They say that six months after the merger took effect, they are still working under two different and unequal sets of employment conditions — with former UN staff favoured over the UDW cohort.
NOT THE MOVIE OF THE WEEK: <i>Spider-Man II</i> barely improves upon its disappointing and restrained predecessor. But at least he has an impressive opponent this time round in the form of Dr Octopus, writes Shaun de Waal.