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/ 18 September 2007
It was one of the sneakiest sleights of hand ever manoeuvred by the former minister of education. No, it was not in the contrivance of the mergers. Nor, can you believe it, was it in the creation of universities of technology with the hilarious proviso that they continue to function solely as technikons; a rose by any other name.
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/ 18 September 2007
The police lost over 1 500 more firearms during the past financial year than they did during the previous year, says the Auditor General. In an audit contained in the South African Police Service 2006/07 annual report, he found 3 856 firearms were reported ”lost, stolen or robbed from personnel throughout the country” during the 12 months up to March 31 this year.
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/ 17 September 2007
A friend commented the other day about the tendency of my writing to be about black people or what is known as the black experience. The easy answer, clichéd as it might sound, is that we write best when we write about what we know best. We internalise those things that matter and have the greatest effect and discard what does not.
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/ 17 September 2007
The name Grahamstown is a step closer to being renamed after a Makana council meeting resolved that ”Grahamstown must go”. Makana mayor Phumelelo Kate told Grocott’s Mail on Monday that the name change proposal was based on historical reasons.
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/ 17 September 2007
A council of peacemaking world leaders and Nobel laureates launched by former South African president Nelson Mandela is taking up Darfur as its first mission, with a trip to Sudan planned later this month, the organisation said on Monday. Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who chairs the group known as The Elders, will lead a delegation.
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/ 17 September 2007
A kulula.com email advertisement has been banned because it failed to convey mandatory airport charges in its selling price, the Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa (ASA) said on Monday. ”The selling price must include all necessary costs without which the product cannot be purchased,” said ASA spokesperson Lillian Mlambo.
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/ 17 September 2007
Richard Branson on Monday sold his Virgin Megastores record shops in Britain and Ireland, shedding the brand which launched his Virgin empire. The British tycoon said high-street music retailing was facing a stiff challenge from supermarket and online sales.
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/ 17 September 2007
France is to invest about €400-million in the next four years to help South Africa with service delivery, job creation and environmental and sustainable development, French ambassador Denis Pietton said on Monday. ”In terms of service delivery, we will help with providing development assistance,” the ambassador said in Pretoria.
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/ 17 September 2007
Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) president Willie Madisha came under fire on Monday from his own executive for the way he handled the matter of a R500Â 000 ”donation” to the South African Communist Party. The executive was particularly critical of the public statements he made on the issue, Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said.
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/ 17 September 2007
The humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe has become the world’s worst but is still largely ignored by the international community, a member of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) said on Monday. David Coltart said the crisis in the former British colony had far outgrown the ability of any single nation to tackle.