South Africa is headed for a national bus strike on Wednesday following a breakdown in wage talks, according to the South African Bus Employers’ Association (SABEA). ”Such strike action has the potential of seriously disrupting bus services and leaving many thousands of commuters without public transport,” SABEA president Barry Gie said in a statement on Monday.
The Supreme Court of Appeal has upheld an appeal by the City of Johannesburg, which wants to remove about 300 people from buildings in its inner city due to health reasons and other dangers. The residents of two of the buildings have one month to vacate the buildings, otherwise the sheriff will be permitted to remove all persons from the properties.
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Pakistan Cricket Board chairperson Nasim Ashraf has denied the Pakistan cricket team were involved in any kind of match fixing or corruption, Sky Sports website reported on Monday, as the Bob Woolmer murder investigation continued. Investigators are studying videos from the hotel in Kingston, Jamaica, where Pakistan coach Woolmer was staying at the time of his murder.
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African National Congress deputy president Jacob Zuma is meeting a group of prominent Afrikaners in Johannesburg on Monday evening to discuss Afrikaner issues. Organiser for the meeting Liesl Göttert said it was a private meeting hosted by De Kat magazine publisher Elzilda Becker.
The future of the former vice-president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Jean-Pierre Bemba, could be decided by the DRC Parliament on Monday. Bemba was still taking refuge on Monday in the South African embassy compound in the DRC capital, Kinshasa, said South African foreign affairs spokesperson Ronnie Mamoepa.
South Africa’s no-fees schools have been allocated R2,95-billion for the 2007 school year, according to Education Minister Naledi Pandor. Replying to a parliamentary question from the Democratic Alliance’s George Boinamo, Pandor reported that this involved 13Â 901 schools and just over five million pupils.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) on Monday voiced its support for the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) to hold the rights to broadcast Premier Soccer League (PSL) matches. The SABC was involved in a court battle last week in order to stop the PSL from selling broadcast rights to other broadcasters.
Southern African leaders will gather in Tanzania this week for an extraordinary two-day meeting to discuss the political situation in the region, including Zimbabwe, a top Tanzanian official said on Monday. The summit will replace a meeting of the three Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries charged with dealing with Zimbabwe.
French "Spiderman" Alain Robert escaped a jail sentence after prosecutors decided not charge the daredevil for scaling Malaysia’s tallest buildings, a senior police official said on Monday. Government lawyers also allowed Robert to leave the country after finding no grounds to charge him in court, the official said.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair welcomed a power-sharing deal reached on Monday by Northern Ireland’s main Protestant and Catholic political parties. ”This is a very important day for the people of Northern Ireland … In a sense everything we’ve done in the last 10 years has been a preparation for this moment,” he said.