African National Congress (ANC) alliance partner the Congress of South African Teade Unions (Cosatu) has announced a radical strategy aimed at changing the ANC’s leadership and overall policy direction. Cosatu has also warned that it may not endorse the ANC in the next election if the ruling party does not deliver results for workers.
When North West Premier Edna Molewa went walkabout in Khutsong two weeks ago she was sworn at by residents who told her to bring back Gauteng Premier Mbhazima Shilowa. She was welcomed by only a few residents, particularly those invested in the system.
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The Congress of South African Trade Unions on Thursday joined the South African Communist Party in condemning the ”lenient” action taken against South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) head of news Snuki Zikalala over the controversial blacklisting issue.
An estimated 4,2-million unsafe abortions are performed each year in Africa and 30 000 women die as a result, a seminar heard on Thursday. ”Tens of millions of women of reproduction age in Africa today will experience an unsafe abortion in their lifetime,” said Liz Maguire, president of Ipas — an international NGO that promotes women’s health.
Unanswered questions remain following the brouhaha after the <i>Sunday Times</i> again found that banned industrial chemical dyes in certain chilli condiments.
The Cape Town city council on Thursday afternoon approved a R2,9-billion budget for its 2010 Soccer World Cup stadium at Green Point. The approval brings to an end most of the uncertainty that has surrounded the funding of the 68Â 000-seater structure, destined to host a semifinal.
President Thabo Mbeki on Thursday officially welcomed five diplomats appointed to represent their respective countries in South Africa. The diplomats are from the republics of India, Seychelles and Suriname, the Kingdom of Denmark and the Sultanate of Oman.
Western Cape provincial minister of education Cameron Dugmore was discussing projects when he visited the school where former African National Congress chief whip Tony Yengeni is doing his community service, his office said on Thursday. Yengeni is working at the Siyazama school for mentally challenged children in Guguletu.
The Constitution Court on Thursday declared unconstitutional certain sections of the Criminal Procedure Act governing the rights of convicts to appeal against their convictions and sentences. The matter arose from two cases and related to Section 309 of the 1977 Act.