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/ 5 September 2007
Youths who allegedly burnt two 60-year old women to death over a witchcraft claim are believed to have received the assistance from the local community, police said on Wednesday. Police spokesperson Jabulani Mdletshe said police believed the double murder was pre-planned and that residents from the Manguzi area in northern KwaZulu-Natal had assisted.
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/ 5 September 2007
There was an uproar in the National Assembly on Wednesday when a Democratic Alliance MP was ordered to leave after a written question he posed to the health minister was ruled out of order. The question was whether the minister had been convicted of theft and whether she had disclosed this information to President Thabo Mbeki.
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/ 5 September 2007
Boeing’s new 787 jetliner will not begin flight testing until mid-November or mid-December, months later than originally planned, because it is taking longer than anticipated to get the first plane ready, the head of the company’s commercial airplanes unit said on Wednesday.
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/ 5 September 2007
Pace-bowler Andre Nel will replace injured batsman Loots Bosman in South Africa’s squad for the Twenty20 World Championship, Cricket South Africa said on Tuesday. Bosman was ruled out after injuring his back when he dived into advertising boards during South Africa’s tour to Zimbabwe last month.
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/ 5 September 2007
Concerns over unwelcome ”sex perverts” have prompted the organisers of this weekend’s reed dance by Zulu maidens in Nongoma to impose strict access control. The maidens ”are increasingly becoming targets of unscrupulous photographers and cameramen”, a spokesperson said on Wednesday.
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/ 5 September 2007
South African Airways (SAA) is finalising the standardisation of working conditions with trade unions in its ”deep and fundamental” restructuring process, chief executive Khaya Ngqula said on Wednesday. He also said the process of grounding SAA’s costly Boeing 747-400 fleet by November is on track.
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/ 5 September 2007
The latest spending patterns by provincial departments show a measurable improvement, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel said on Wednesday. Although provinces still face capacity challenges, there is improvement, he told journalists during the Treasury’s tabling of provincial budgets and expenditure review in Parliament.
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/ 5 September 2007
Soweto residents who protested violently over housing earlier this week should not be misinformed and misled, Gauteng housing minister Nomvula Mokonyane warned on Wednesday. The Anti-Privatisation Forum claims that the government had promised residents in 1994 that houses would be built in the Protea South area.
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/ 5 September 2007
The Pan African Congress (PAC) on Wednesday became the first casualty of the floor-crossing season as its former deputy president launched a new party. Themba Godi announced the launch of the African People’s Convention (APC) at a hotel near Kempton Park. APC spokesperson Mafemane Maringa said the party had been joined by 40 councillors.
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/ 5 September 2007
Remnants of the once-mighty Hurricane Felix drenched Honduras on Wednesday, threatening to cause dangerous floods and mudslides after killing at least four people and destroying 5 000 homes in neighbouring Nicaragua. Close to 20 000 people in threatened areas of Honduras were evacuated to safer ground.