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/ 17 January 2006
Biotechnology research and development in South Africa should not be hampered by onerous and unnecessary safety checks, members of Parliament’s agriculture and land affairs committee heard on Tuesday. University of Pretoria honorary Professor Jocelyn Webster said it only very large companies or public institutions in wealthy countries that could afford all the biosafety assessments required.
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/ 17 January 2006
No laws had been broken through Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka’s holiday trip to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in December, the presidency said on Tuesday. Spokesperson Murphy Morobe dismissed as ”preposterous” the view that Mlambo-Ngcuka had abused her power by taking Thuthukile Mazibuko-Skweyiya — wife of Social Development Minister Zola Skweyiya — with her on the trip.
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/ 17 January 2006
Two main political parties in Côte d’Ivoire rejected on Tuesday a plan to scrap Parliament in order to hasten a peace process, bringing renewed paralysis to Abidjan streets after a day of massive disruption. Both the Ivorian Popular Front and the once all-powerful Côte d’Ivoire Democratic Party said the proposal made to wind up the legislature was unacceptable.
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/ 17 January 2006
A determined Sri Lanka shrugged off a recent run of poor one-day form and humbled South Africa in the tri-series limited overs competition at the Brisbane Cricket Ground on Tuesday. Sri Lanka achieved a 94-run victory, their seventh straight win in one-day internationals against South Africa.
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/ 17 January 2006
Feuding factions of Zimbabwe’s main opposition are to hold separate congresses in coming weeks to elect new leaders, officials said on Tuesday, in a move that would confirm the split within the party. The Movement for Democratic Change has become mired in infighting over leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s decision to boycott Senate elections last November.
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/ 17 January 2006
Johannesburg residents should be allowed to use boom or electric gates to protect themselves from crime, which remains a national crisis, Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon said on Tuesday. He was addressing residents who live in a cul-de-sac at Storms Place in Gallo Manor.
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/ 17 January 2006
A policy for the prosecution of apartheid-era political crimes was unveiled by the National Prosecuting Authority in Cape Town on Tuesday. It sets out directives for the prosecution of individuals denied amnesty by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and those who declined to seek such indemnity.
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/ 17 January 2006
The Democratic Alliance and the Freedom Front Plus have asked Public Protector Lawrence Mushwana to probe Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka’s recent trip to the United Arab Emirates. The parties want Mushwana to investigate possible violations of the Executive Members Ethics Act by the deputy president.
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/ 17 January 2006
The discredited Gay and Lesbian Alliance’s (GLA) alleged mass defiance of a ban on blood from gay male donors could still not be confirmed by the South African National Blood Service on Tuesday. Gay community organisations and spokespersons have slammed the GLA as a fake organisation.
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/ 17 January 2006
A newborn baby girl found naked and abandoned near the Hennenman train station in the northern Free State over the weekend had been sexually assaulted, local police said on Tuesday. Constable Kiddy Kitime said the baby was found at 6.45pm on Sunday and taken to the Bongani Hospital for treatment.