As Jacob Zuma renews his drive for the Presidency, his key supporters move back into the spotlight. The pillars of his campaign are:
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.
Passive funds are big business overseas, with most pension funds using them as core investments and using specialist funds as performance kickers. Passive funds are exactly that. They simply track an index; there is no fund manager actively buying and selling shares and trying to out-perform the market. Hence, passive funds tend to be quite a bit cheaper.
Just as the African National Congress has set up a commission to investigate hoax e-mails, a new e-mail scandal involving the Jewish Board of Deputies and the ANC has erupted. The board’s national director, Yehuda Kay, has stepped down over an e-mail he sent to the head of the ANC policy centre, Mandla Mabuza, which contained disparaging comments about Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon.
Politician and Independent Democrats leader Patricia de Lille and journalist and rape activist Charlene Smith faced the Constitutional Court this week in a legal battle that could have important implications for the right of privacy. The case is the final episode in a protracted struggle over De Lille’s biography, penned by Smith.