When the Dorsbult Bar regulars switched on the SABC on Youth Day, only to see S’bu Ndebele cowering under a table while being pelted with bottles, they were confused. Even more so when Ndebele was given airtime to explain that the incident had never happened.
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Bob Geldof, the force behind the biggest global music rally to help end poverty in Africa, has been raging against injustice since he burst onto the world stage as a young rock star in the 1970s. Three days ahead of his Live8 concerts, Geldof is one of the world’s most admired advocates for debt cancellation, greater aid and freer trade in Africa.
Comments likening them to delinquent children were insulting, a group of pharmacists challenging medicine pricing regulations said on Wednesday. Pharmacists and the department are in disagreement about laws introduced last year which limit what they may charge for medication and for their dispensing services.
South Africa’s Scorpions have arrested four people, three of whom work for cigarette producer Mastermind Tobacco SA, for allegedly being involved in a R48-million VAT fraud scheme in which cigarettes meant for export were instead sold in South Africa.
Mercenaries could soon be prosecuted under the about-to-be amended Regulation of Foreign Military Assistance Act, Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula said on Wednesday. ”We have information that [South African citizens] are involved in actual fighting in the actual conflict [in foreign countries],” he said.
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Former deputy president Jacob Zuma hoped for a speedy trial in which he was allowed to properly present his case in court, he said on Wednesday. ”The day the state has decided to prosecute me in a proper forum has finally arrived,” Zuma said. The case has been postponed until October.
Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila has announced that foreign rebel groups operating in the vast country are to be forcibly disarmed. He did not name the groups but the reference was taken to be to bands of Rwandan Hutus who fled after perpetrating the 1994 genocide of Tutsis in their country.
Liberia’s interim president warned on Wednesday against ritual murder aimed at securing political posts through black magic, saying he would sign the death warrant of anyone convicted of the practice. ”Those who think they can easily take the life of another person and go free, are making a big mistake,” said Charles Gyude Bryant.
The Democratic Alliance has again reported Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang to the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA), saying the latest statements by the minister mean the council can no longer ignore her.