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The African National Congress (ANC) has expressed disquiet at rumours reflected in a documentary on President Thabo Mbeki linking him to the 1993 assassination of South African Communist Party leader Chris Hani. ”The suggestions, made without any reference to any evidence in any form, are deeply hurtful and patently irresponsible,” the ANC said on Thursday.
South Africans will soon say goodbye to cheap electricity, Eskom said in its 2007 annual report released on Thursday. ”The cheap-electricity era is coming to an end, here and in all other markets,” chairperson Valli Moosa warned in his message. South Africa’s electricity is the cheapest in the world.
South African Robert Hunter of the Barloworld team won a wind-battered 11th stage of the Tour de France on Thursday after 182km of drama-filled racing between Marseille and Montpellier. The 30-year-old won a sprint finish just ahead of Swiss Fabian Cancellara and Brazilian Murilo Fischer to claim his, South Africa’s and his continent’s first-ever win in the race.
There was much ado this week over a dress.
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Former president Nelson Mandela will share a birthday cake with youngsters in Johannesburg on Tuesday at his annual children’s party. Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund spokesperson Tumi Mdwaba said the cutting of the cake will be the day’s highlight.
The Communications Workers’ Union (CWU) will continue with its protests outside Vodacom premises, the union said on Thursday. CWU spokesperson Mfanafuthi Sithebe said the union would defy the interim interdict granted to Vodacom to prevent striking workers from entering, interfering with or obstructing access to the company premises.
A South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) official has claimed that Israeli security strip-searched him at OR Tambo International Airport in Kempton Park. Samwu first vice-president Xolile Nxu claimed he was detained and interrogated about three weeks ago on his departure for a conference in the West Bank village of Bil’in.
South African Robert Hunter won a crash-hit bunch sprint to take the 182,5km 11th stage of the Tour de France on Thursday. The Barloworld rider beat Swiss Fabian Cancellara of the CSC team by half a wheel. Brazil’s Murilo Fischer came home third for the Liquigas team. ”It is very important to me to win a stage on the Tour de France. I am speechless,” said Hunter.