The Ethiopian legislative elections that were held last year, sparking violence that resulted in the death of at least 84 people, fell short of international standards, the European Union said on Wednesday. In a report critical of the May 15 elections, the EU said the whole exercise fell short of required democratic standards.
The middle of January is probably the worst time of the year for everybody. New Year’s resolutions have already been broken; people are experiencing back-to-work blues while counting the days to the next public holiday, which is unbelievably a whole three months away. Then there are the bills.
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The investigating officer in the rape allegation against Jacob Zuma will return to the witness box in the Johannesburg High Court on Wednesday. Police Commissioner Norman Taioe told the court on Tuesday that a statement from Zuma did not refer to the consensual sex that Zuma claims, but mentions enjoying each other’s company ”privately”.
Buying a new or second-hand vehicle is probably one of the biggest investments you will ever make. Why then take any chances when it comes to safeguarding and insuring this investment? However, at today’s prices, buying a new vehicle is something very few of us can do without some form of financial assistance.
From Africa, black economic empowerment, commodities and China to Jacob Zuma, exchange controls and volatility, Investec Asset Management director Jeremy Gardiner looks at 26 issues affecting the economic future of South Africa and its residents.
South Africa’s euphoria after their victory in what has been hailed as the greatest one-day game of all time was officially declared over by coach Mickey Arthur ahead of the first Test against Australia starting at Newlands on Thursday. ”We spent the morning talking about it,” said Arthur on Tuesday.
The Pebble Bed Modular Reactor’s (PBMR) fuel division announced on Wednesday that it had awarded a design contract worth R10,5-million to a South African design house, Thermtron Projects, in a crucial second step in the PBMR fuel manufacturing technology, to prove sustainability on an industrial scale.
It is important that people are well informed about just what to do in an accident. When an accident happens, people often make mistakes and forget to do the basics because they’re so traumatised, says Caroline da Silva, head of commercial underwriting at Santam.
Swine fever has been detected at Uitenhage in the Nelson Mandela Metro and about a thousand pigs will be culled this week, the South African Broadcasting Corporation reported on Wednesday. Road blocks have been set up around KwaNobuhle in Uitenhage in an effort to contain it, but this measure does not seem to work as the disease has continued to spread throughout the province.
Property in the vicinity of Rosebank, Park and Sandton railway stations will be the first to be expropriated to make way for the Gautrain line, the Gauteng government said on Tuesday. Land in Midrand will also be expropriated for the construction of the maintenance depot and land in Marlboro for the tunnel portal.