”Stella Sigcau, Minister of Public Works who died this week, cut her teeth on homeland politics and was involved with government from the late 1960s, when I was still at school. At that stage, the Matanzimas ran Transkei,” writes Bantu Holomisa, president of the United Democratic Movement.
Under our Constitution, poor people have enhanced opportunities to use the powerful language and institutions of human rights law to protect and advance their interests. But how have they fared thus far? The Constitutional Court has established the foundations of its jurisprudence on socio-economic rights in a series of landmark cases.
Hundreds of women dressed in blue and white church uniforms, green and black African National Congress Women’s League gear and new yellow Women’s League T-shirts had just finished singing songs honouring Thabo Mbeki. ”50/50 re a rata / Hela Basadi / Thabo Mbeki re mo ratile [We love the ANC’s 50% gender balance / We women / We love Thabo Mbeki],” they sang.
Former Drum journalist Can Themba commented that there were names that did not lend themselves to the prefix ”mister”. Among them he included his own and that of Jesus Christ. This came to my mind when I learned that Patrick Pule ”Ace” Ntsoelengoe, one of South Africa’s greatest footballers, had been found dead in his car.
The repairs on Unit One at the Koeberg nuclear power station in the Western Cape were on schedule for completion in the third week of May and refuelling of Unit Two was to commence in the fourth week of May, Eskom said on Friday. This follows huge blackouts related to problems at the power supplier since November.
The Canterbury Crusaders scored 21 points in the last nine minutes on Friday to beat the ACT Brumbies 33-3 and keep alive the battle for the last semifinals berth in rugby union’s Super 14. Front-rowers Corey Flynn and Campbell Johnstone, and replacement flanker Tanerau Latimer scored late tries to weaken the Brumbies’ hold on fourth place and bring South Africa’s Sharks and Bulls into renewed semifinals contention.
United Nations nuclear inspectors have found traces of highly enriched uranium at a site where Iran has denied such sensitive atomic work, diplomats told Agence France-Presse on Friday. The diplomats said the particles of weapon-grade uranium came from sample swipes inspectors from the Vienna-based UN nuclear watchdog made last January.
Manufacturing production figures for March show healthy growth of 5,7% in volumes compared with March last year. It was really petroleum products, and motor vehicles and transport equipment that contributed significantly to total quarter on quarter manufacturing growth.
Fourteen tons of dagga were found in the mountains of the Eastern Cape and three people were arrested in an operation running from last Wednesday to Friday, police said. Two unlicensed firearms and 85 rounds of ammunition were also confiscated. Superintendent Mzukisi Fatyela said the dagga is harvested at this time of the year.
When creating your investment and savings plan, you need to understand your goals and how to achieve them. You will have different strategies according to your goals. Independent financial educator Dave Crawford cites an example of a 36-year-old client, who by the age of 49 wants to have set up his investments so that he can live off the income they generate.