Progress towards employment equity is still too slow, according to government’s Commission for Employment Equity — but there are signs that the commission’s conclusion is based on faulty data. Earlier this week, the commission released its report and publicly criticised six companies for lack of compliance.
A senior Pretoria government official who allegedly murdered his wife by beating her up in a jealous rage has been given time to raise money for his defence. Despite earlier warnings by Pretoria High Court judge Tholi Vilakazi that he would not allow murder accused David Linley Sonkosi (40) to ”play games” with the court, Sonkosi was nevertheless granted a postponement on Thursday.
Unions at Eskom on Thursday began drawing up an agreement that will give some workers the right to strike should wage talks fail. ”We’re not very optimistic [that we’ll get what we ask for] because the divide between what we’re demanding and their offer is very large,” said Solidarity spokesperson Jaco Kleynhans.
South African rugby this week found itself once again dancing to the strains of a political orchestra
The wage offer by the government to public-service unions does amount to 12%, Public Service and Administration Minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi said on Thursday. ”Unpacking the government’s offer” for the media in Pretoria, Fraser-Moleketi said that while the government is offering a 6% wage increase, the total offer amounts to much more.
The Legal Resources Centre (LRC), which has been championing the Richtersvelders’ land claim for almost a decade, announced on Thursday it would no longer be acting for the community. The news follows last month’s decision by community leaders, acting against the LRC’s advice, to sign a settlement agreement with Public Enterprises Minister Alec Erwin.
Denel has landed the biggest contract in its 16-year history, to supply the South African National Defence Force with 264 infantry combat vehicles worth about R8-billion, Denel CEO Shaun Liebenberg announced on Thursday. The contract was about three years in the making, he told a media briefing.
Durban is generally touted as the country’s surf capital. But such is the hype surrounding the upcoming Super 14 clash between the Sharks and the Bulls that even the surfers are talking rugby. The city’s two English-language daily newspapers have devoted pages and pages to the upcoming clash.
Cricketers are concerned that the amount of international cricket being played could be detrimental to the game. The chief executive of the South African Cricketers’ Association, Tony Irish, said on Thursday that the volume of cricket being played was one of the main concerns expressed by players in a recent World Cup 2007 survey.
A federal appeals court has ruled Google does not infringe the copyrights of adult entertainment company Perfect 10 by displaying small versions of its images in search results. However, it said a lower court should reconsider whether Google helps violate copyrights by pointing people to sites that display unauthorised photos.