A man had to be rescued after he was stuck for three days on a ledge in an unused building in Auckland Park on Monday, emergency services said. The homeless man from Limpopo had been trying to hide from robbers and climbed up a series of stairs to reservoir tanks previously used to produce gas at Egoli Gas company.
Australian television cricket commentator Dean Jones was fired from his job on Monday after referring to South African Muslim batsman Hashim Amla as a ”terrorist”, Independent Online reported. Jones, who is a former Australian Test player, admitted to making the comment and apologised.
Civil servants who fraudulently claimed social grants include police officers, National Prosecuting Authority employees and a staffer in the president’s office. The list of 1 792 civil servants who are required to pay back fraudulently obtained grants was released by the Department of Social Development.
Police were within their rights when they arrested two Scorpions members at Johannesburg International airport, a senior official said on Monday. ”In my view the police have done nothing wrong, I’m happy with their reactions,” said Sean Tshabalala, police divisional Commissioner for protection and security services.
Giyani in Limpopo is home to some of the poorest people in South Africa — the majority of the residents are unemployed and live in abject poverty. For women, especially, carving out a livelihood can be very difficult in a region that is short of opportunities.
<a href="http://www.mg.co.za/specialreport.aspx?area=zuma_report"><img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/243078/zuma.jpg" align=left border=0></a>South African Revenue Service (Sars) commissioner Pravin Gordhan is to be asked by South Africa’s official opposition whether the Friends of Jacob Zuma Trust has been registered as a non-profit organisation and whether Sars would pursue any donors who made donations to the trust for a donations tax.
With two water buffalo dragging wooden sleds laden with sacks of dried coconut meat, farmer Bienvenido Belga descended the slope of the Philippines’ simmering Mayon volcano as an evacuation of tens of thousands moved into full swing. But then Belga hitched up his two bullocks and began another arduous ascent back up the mountain.
In case anyone was wondering about the incredible upsurge in credit advertising recently, the ombudsman for banking services believes that credit providers are making hay while the sun shines before the final phase of the National Credit Act. “We suspect, from what we have heard", said advocate John Simpson, complaints investigation manager for the banking ombudsman.
I have an idea for a new reality TV show. Train the cameras on the Department of Arts and Culture, particularly on its most senior management.Perhaps it could turn out to be our new daily soap, <i>The Rich and the Useless</i> writes Mike van Graan.
There have been recent, well-publicised cases of identity theft that have resulted in the victims’ bank accounts being ravaged. This happens when criminals get access to confidential data like user names and passwords, and use them to take control of deposit accounts.