The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) led a protest march to the Zimbabwean consulate in central Johannesburg on Tuesday on the day a general strike was called in Zimbabwe. The crowd of about 300, many wearing red Cosatu T-shirts, marched peacefully from the Library Gardens to the consulate in nearby Anderson street.
Lawyers have filed papers with the Cape High Court in a fresh bid to block construction of the Green Point Stadium, the Cape Town Environmental Protection Association said on Tuesday. The association hopes to get an interdict to halt the 68Â 000-seat, R2,9-billion project, which has been dogged by controversy since its inception.
The fight against corruption depends on the broader values of society as well as the institutional structures put in place to thwart it, Public Service and Administration Minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi said on Tuesday. The minister was addressing the media on the second day of the Fifth Global Anti-Corruption Forum in Sandton, Johannesburg.
Ten people who lost limbs in the Mozambique armoury explosions last month are still in Maputo Central Hospital, unsure what is going to happen to them, Vista News reported on Tuesday. The independent television channel STv broadcast images of the injured, mainly women and children.
Laboratory tests on water samples in various sections of the Vaal River have revealed traces of cholera, the Northern Cape health department said on Tuesday. A departmental spokesperson said the traces were found "specifically at Barkly West, Spitskop, Schmidtsdrift, the Vaalharts weir in Warrenton and the Vaalharts canal system".
Refugees who have fled Mogadishu by the tens of thousands are suffering atrocious conditions, with some living under trees and paying extortionate prices for shelter or even shade, the United Nations said. Nearly 100 000 Somalis have left Mogadishu since February amid a growing insurgency.
Mining group Wesizwe on Tuesday reported a R19,8-million loss for the year ended in December. However, the group pointed out that, as an exploration and development focused entity, it was at present not a cash generative business and that the loss therefore represented investment in asset growth.
Fear crippled a national strike called by Zimbabwe unions on Tuesday as workers, companies and shops heeded government warnings to continue with business in an economy verging on collapse. The government says the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions called the strike as part of a plot by the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change to oust it.
The pain felt by Zimbabweans is a pain that South Africans feel and it is South Africa’s task to work together with Zimbabweans to resolve their problems, President Thabo Mbeki said on Tuesday. He was addressing the National House of Traditional Healers in Pretoria.
France’s TGV train set a new world speed on rails on Tuesday, hitting 574,8km/h on a stretch of track in eastern France. The experimental version of the Traine a Grande Vitesse (TGV), equipped with two supercharged locomotives and extra-large wheels, easily beat the 515,3km/h set by a TGV in 1990.