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Leon Engelbrecht
PW Botha was ‘kragdadige’ autocrat
By the early 21st century, Pieter Willem (PW) Botha’s name had become a byword for unaccountable government and the autocratic exercise of power. Botha, who died on Tuesday night…
Continent braces for deadly new TB strain
Africa is facing the prospect of a sharp increase in new and fatal strains of tuberculosis (TB) as drug-resistant forms of the disease find those living with HIV easy victims,…
SA company at forefront of bio-fuel development
A South African company on Tuesday unveiled plans for the continent’s first billion-dollar factory to make bio-ethanol from maize, as Africa races to find alternative energy…
Minister refers Seta ‘corruption’ to Scorpions
Minister of Labour Membathisi Mdladlana has referred allegations of corruption at a sectoral education and training authority (Seta), involving at least R13,7-million, to the…
SACC, Jesse Jackson to join forces on development
The South African Council of Churches (SACC) and United States civil rights leader Jesse Jackson on Wednesday resolved to develop a strategic partnership. Jackson and SACC…
Cosatu to probe ‘link’ between ANC, security
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) is to investigate the link, if any, between security-sector employers and African National Congress leaders. Cosatu general…
Cosatu: ANC drifting towards a dictatorship
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) voiced fears on Thursday that South Africa and the African National Congress are drifting towards a dictatorship.…
SA air force takes delivery of two new Hawk planes
The South African Air Force on Wednesday took delivery of its first two Hawk Mark 120 lead-in fighter trainers. The air force will receive 10 of the aircraft from Denel and BAE…
Jo’burg International airport to get R11bn facelift
Johannesburg International airport is to spend R3,4-billion upgrading facilities and security over the next four years — and at least another R8-billion in the next decade. The…
Cosatu strike ‘a powerful statement’
The Congress of South African Trade Unions-led strike on Thursday was a powerful statement by workers, the South African Communist Party said on Sunday. Party secretary general…
SACP wades into succession debate
The South African Communist Party (SACP) would not be an absentee participant in the election of a new African National Congress president, the organisation’s deputy general…
Security industry prepares for huge strike
The security industry is preparing for next week’s strike by guards, a company said on Thursday. Chubb Security South Africa, one of the country’s larger security companies, said…
Origins: ‘We are who we are because of who we were’
President Thabo Mbeki has opened a new museum complex at the University of the Witwatersrand to showcase the origin of mankind and bushman rock art to the public. Mbeki said the…
SA army unveils vision of future
The SA Army has unveiled a vision for the next 15 years that will require major changes in the way it thinks and fights. The chief of the army, Lieutenant-General Solly Shoke,…
Report: African leaders optimistic about continent
Africa’s democratic leaders are upbeat about the progress and prospects of the continent. This emerged from the African Leaders’ State of Africa Report 2005, released by former…