Deals under investigation include numerous upmarket estates in Ekurhuleni’s exclusive suburbs, where plots alone are being sold for over R1-million
Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs Lulama Xingwana is suing the Mail & Guardian for R1-million for defamation.
Are JK Rowling’s plot lines driving you potty? Yolandi Groenewald reports.
”Making a birthing choice is not a simple affair. I made my choice halfway through my pregnancy and I’m still not sure it’s the best one, but it feels right. During my research I was bombarded with advice about the pros and cons of going natural, ” . Yolandi Groenewald looks into the issue of child birth choices and what effects these have on women.
ANC and opposition councillors of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality stand to gain handsomely from a controversial land deal, which may have robbed the municipality of millions of rands. The M&G reported last week on Flusk’s allegation that land ”worth not less than R100-million” was alienated to developer Rean Booysen for ”the paltry sum of some R7-million”.
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has summoned three Cabinet ministers to respond to allegations that a mining licence application led to human rights abuses. They are Minister of Minerals and Energy Buyelwa Sonjica, Minster of Environmental Affairs and Tourism Marthinus van Schalkwyk and Minister of Land Affairs Lulama Xingwana.
The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality may have lost more than R93-million in a dodgy land development deal. This startling allegation is made by metro manager Patrick Flusk in an affidavit submitted to the Pretoria High Court this week, in an application by the developer of an upmarket East Rand property development.
The Expropriation Bill faces a Constitutional Court challenge if ”unacceptable clauses” are not sorted out. Farmers’ union AgriSA says it will not hesitate to approach South Africa’s highest court if ”unconstitutional terms” are not corrected. The Democratic Alliance says it is also willing to challenge the Bill in the Constitutional Court.
An explosive report on alleged human rights abuses by Anglo Platinum has jump-started a South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) probe into rights abuses throughout South Africa’s mining industry. International human rights organisation ActionAid released the report last Tuesday.
Agriculture and Land Affairs Minister Lulu Xingwana is being sued for R100 000 by the estranged wife of acting Land Bank CEO Phil Mohlahlane in a divorce suit. In papers filed this week in the Johannesburg High Court, Mohlahlane’s estranged wife, Joyce, says her husband and Xingwana have conducted an affair since 2006.