Twelve years into a democratic South Africa access to education has not improved, the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) said on Wednesday. ”In the 1980s the issue was about race, but now it’s a class matter. The only black children who go to the best schools are those who can afford them,” said Sadtu president Willie Madisha.
World powers which backed a package to defuse a dispute with Iran over its nuclear ambitions are ready to respond to Iran’s call for talks but only if it first suspends uranium enrichment, France said on Wednesday. Iran replied to the incentives package offered by six nations on Tuesday, saying it contained ideas that would allow serious talks to start immediately.
Nigeria’s National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday condemned high-profile killings in the country, saying it could lead to political instability. Several prominent politicians, including two governorship candidates, have been killed by unknown gunmen in the past weeks in Africa’s most-populous country ahead of general elections next year.
The ongoing strike at Shoprite Checkers is costing both the retailer and the strikers money, company head Whitey Basson said in Johannesburg on Wednesday. ”I don’t know if we pay or under pay … but our job is to balance the interest,” Basson said.
Tournament co-favourites Southern Gauteng and Western Province both had emphatic wins on the second day of the Spar Women’s Interprovincial Hockey championship being played at the Randburg Astroturf in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
It was a mixed night for former European Cup winners as Liverpool, AC Milan, Hamburg and Benfica progressed to the Champions League group stages but Red Star Belgrade bit the dust. The 1991 champions will have to settle for Uefa Cup football this season after they went down 2-1 at home to Milan, to lose 3-1 on aggregate.
Johannesburg serial child killer Sipho Dube swore when he was led to the cells after receiving 10 life sentences in the Johannesburg High Court on Wednesday. ”The accused showed no mercy at all to his victims,” said Judge Seun Moshidi. ”The crimes were clearly premeditated and well-planned.”
South Africa’s players in the manufacturing or sale of petroleum products have until September 17 — but effectively Friday September 15 — to lodge licence applications with the Department of Minerals and Energy Affairs, the chief director of hydrocarbons Nhlanhla Gumede said on Wednesday.
South African low-fare airline kululu.com on Wednesday launched a credit card backed by Visa that will reward purchases with flying rewards. Kulula.com credit-card holders will earn kulula "moolah" on all their purchases, which matches real currency rand for rand. kulula moolah will be able to be used towards any available flight on the airline.
Senior members of the African National Congress in the Western Cape region will accompany politician Tony Yengeni, who has been convicted of fraud, when he reports to Pollsmoor prison on Thursday. ”The ANC provincial leadership will accompany Yengeni. We will be showing our solidarity with him,” said Max Ozinsky, the ANC’s deputy provincial secretary, on Wednesday.