Mounting tensions between the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) and the National Teachers’ Union (Natu) in KwaZulu-Natal have been blamed for the recent kidnapping and murder of two teachers in the province. The presidents of both Sadtu and Natu have undertaken to hold a summit involving both unions following the deaths of Philile Mthenjane, the deputy-principal of Hlokohloko Primary School in Jozini near Empangeni, and Phindile Ntuli, a department head.
Katlego Mafokate is the only black face among a multitude of white girls. This does not seem to bother her as the confident 18-year-old nudges her horse into a gentle trot. Katlego, a grade 12 learner at the prestigious Beaulieu College in Buccleuch North, Johannesburg, is getting ready to participate in a show-jumping competition in Sunvalley, near Kyalami in Midrand.
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My experience, each morning, may not be unlike yours. We pick up our newspapers or turn on the TV — in New York, Lagos or Jakarta — and peruse a daily digest of human suffering. Lebanon. Darfur. Somalia. Of course, as secretary general of the United Nations, I at least am in a position to try to do something about these tragedies. And I do, every day, writes Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon.
The number of visitors to the Cape Town Book Fair doubled in its second year, the fair organisers said at the end of the four-day event on Tuesday. More than 49Â 000 visitors attended the fair at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, up from 26Â 000 in 2006, its inaugural year.
England beat the West Indies by seven wickets in the fourth and final Test at Riverside Stadium on Tuesday, a result that saw them win the series 3-0. England, set 110 for victory on the last day, finished on 111-3 with captain Michael Vaughan 48 not out and Paul Collingwood five not out.
The South African Council of Churches (SACC) on Tuesday said it doubted claims by an East Rand teenager that she had repeatedly seen the Virgin Mary. ”I doubt it very much … We know that people in desperate situations search for answers from God. The God that we know reveals himself in a meaningful manner,” said SACC general secretary Eddie Makue.
South Africa has become the first African country to join the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s anti-bribery convention, the Department of Public Service and Administration said on Tuesday. South Africa signed the convention in France.
A missile attack killed at least 17 pro-Taliban militants and wounded 10 in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border on Tuesday, according to independent television news channels. The blast occurred at a militant training camp near Datta Khel district, about 60km west of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan.
More than 6,8 metric tonnes of liquids, aerosols and gels (lags) have so far been seized under new airport safety measures, the Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) said on Tuesday. It said when the new regulations came into effect on June 1, about 500 litres of lags a day were seized at the three international airports — OR Tambo, Durban and Cape Town.