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Jacob Zuma was told by a lawyer not to say in a statement to police he had sex with the woman who accuses him of rape, the Johannesburg High Court heard on Monday. He testified that his lawyer Michael Hulley had told him instead to write in the statement ”after we shared each other’s company privately”.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has called on the government to reverse its decision to exclude Aids pressure groups — including the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) — from participating in the United Nations General Assembly’s special session on Aids later this year.
Vehicles allocated by the KwaZulu-Natal government to Zulu royal households are not fit for queens, according to Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini. South African Broadcasting Corporation radio news reported on Monday that the Zulu monarch complained that the provincial government is not giving the monarchy the necessary support.
Canada’s embassy in Norway is to present five tonnes of maple syrup to Norway’s skiing-team trainer, Bjoernar Haakensmoen, in recognition of his help during the Winter Olympics, the embassy said on Monday. By giving one of his ski poles to Canadian Sara Renner, Haakensmoen allowed Canada to take silver in the women’s cross-country.
Czech officials declared a state of emergency in seven flood-hit regions while rivers continued to rise in neighbouring European countries on Monday, forcing evacuations in some areas. Flooding was reported in Germany, Poland, Hungary, Austria and Slovakia. The Elbe River swelled toward a new peak in Germany on Monday.
The Food and Allied Workers’ Union (Fawu) on Monday accused Amalgamated Beverage Industries (ABI) of apartheid-style curbing of political expression. Fawu said the management at the company’s Pretoria plant last week called on workers not to utter political slogans at memorial services for deceased staff.
The Cape High Court is to rule on Tuesday on an application by one of the four accused in the LeisureNet trial for his hearing to be separated from the others. The application by Hans Moser was made on Monday morning as the trial, which has been set down for six weeks, got under way before acting Judge Dirk Uijs.
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama may be allowed to visit China if he ”completely abandons” independence ambitions, the nation’s religious affairs chief said in comments published on Monday. ”As long as the Dalai Lama makes clear that he has completely abandoned Tibetan ‘independence’, it is not impossible for us to consider his visit.”
The South African Revenue Service (Sars) has collected R1-billion more than the revised budget of R417-billion for the past financial year, Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel said on Monday. Sars collected R418,116-billion, which is R45,3-billion more than the original estimate of R372,8-billion.
Some cases in Port Elizabeth’s Magistrate’s Court have been delayed by up to 10 years and others are being withdrawn because of absent magistrates, media reports said on Monday. In the latest blow, 10 cases in which children were either raped or indecently assaulted were struck off the roll this week.