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/ 24 July 2006

Golf-estate developer on fraud charges

The developer of Stellenbosch’s upmarket De Zalze golf estate appeared briefly in Cape Town’s Bellville Regional Court on Monday in connection with fraud and theft charges involving bearer bonds worth over R11-million. Klaus Strauli, a Swiss national, had been formally arrested by the Scorpions at Cape Town International airport.

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/ 24 July 2006

Lydenburg residents to protest name changes

Residents of Lydenburg in Mpumalanga are to march this week against changing the name of their town, contending that correct procedures had not been followed. ”Proper procedures were not followed. We have all the proof of all the minutes of the name-change committee and the attendance registers,” said Democratic Alliance councillor Isabel Dickson.

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/ 24 July 2006

W Cape pupils floored by new curriculum

Hundreds of Western Cape Grade 10 pupils — guinea pigs for the new curriculum — failed their June exams, the Cape Argus reported on Monday. Its website said some schools reported a failure rate of up to 60%. This year’s Grade 10 was the first to tackle the revised curriculum, referred to as the Further Education and Training Band, and will be followed by grades 11 and 12.

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/ 24 July 2006

Erwin happy with Koeberg repair job

Minister of Public Enterprises Alec Erwin praised Eskom on Monday for returning the Koeberg nuclear power plant back into service on time. He also thanked the people of the Western Cape for participating in an energy-saving campaign, ministerial spokesperson Gaynor Kast said in a statement.

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/ 24 July 2006

Bush to meet leader of Darfur rebel group

President George Bush will meet with a leader of the Sudan Liberation Army, the main rebel group in the African nation’s troubled western region of Darfur, the White House announced on Monday. The focus of the discussion on Tuesday between Bush and Minni Minnawi ”will be on how to broaden support for the Darfur Peace Agreement”, the announcement said.

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/ 24 July 2006

E Cape Cosatu considers strikes over Zuma trial

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) in the Eastern Cape may strike if there are repeated delays in former deputy president Jacob Zuma’s fraud and corruption trial, Cosatu’s provincial secretary said on Monday. ”If there are perpetual postponements in the case, then we will have no option [other] than to take a stance,” said Xola Pakati.

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/ 24 July 2006

Mandela neutral on Ramaphosa reports

Former president Nelson Mandela has taken a neutral public stance on reports that businessman Cyril Ramaphosa has his eye on the presidency of the African National Congress. ”Madiba will remain entirely impartial in this matter,” his spokesperson Zelda la Grange said on Monday, referring to Mandela by his clan name.