Congress of South African Trade Unions president Willie Madisha confirmed on Wednesday that he had handed over a R500 000 donation to South African Communist Party general secretary Blade Nzimande. ”I am willing to go to the courts to prove that indeed this did happen,” Madisha said.
Since she was sacked, former deputy minister of health Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge has received unprecedented support. This reflects respect for her work in the health portfolio and serious concern about the manner in which the president exercised executive power when he fired her, writes Fatima Hassan and Mark Heywood.
Financial markets the world over are once again in turmoil. The successive international financial crises of the 1990s, and of 2001, demonstrated that we live in an age of volatility. These events prompted emerging market economies to work hard to improve their national balance sheets by adjusting their fiscal, monetary and exchange rate policies, and to promote economic diversification, writes Lesetja Kganyago.
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At the very moment when it should be offering a different approach to politics, the SACP has got itself into a right pickle on the money front. With Thabo Mbeki doing his very best King Lear impression — minus the truculent daughters, but replete with one-eyed errors of judgement — SACP general secretary Blade Nzimande is no less on the back foot.
Space shuttle Endeavour returned to its Florida home port on Tuesday, touching down safely at the Kennedy Space Centre following a hectic but successful 13-day mission to the International Space Station. Commander Scott Kelly gently steered the 100-tonne spaceship through breezy, blue skies before nosing Endeavour down on to a 4,8km runway.
The African National Congress (ANC) parliamentary caucus has expressed concern over the South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) stance in the saga between the Sunday Times and Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang.
South Africa captain Aaron Mokoena said on Tuesday he loves a British-style physical contest on the pitch and reckons his experience in England will serve him well against Scotland. The Blackburn Rovers defender is set to lead out Bafana Bafana against the Scots at Pittodrie on Wednesday in a warm-up game for both sides.
Murder accused Florence Lukhele will remain behind bars until her case is finalised, the South African Broadcasting Corporation reported on Tuesday. The Evander Magistrate’s Court in Mpumalanga refused Lukhele bail for allegedly masterminding the murder of Govan Mbeki deputy mayor Thandi Mtsweni.
Zimbabwe’s opposition and ruling party squared up in Parliament Tuesday at the start of a session that is set to usher in controversial changes to the Constitution ahead of next year’s elections. President Robert Mugabe is expected to get overwhelming approval for his plans to synchronise the timing of the parliamentary and presidential polls.