The prosecution of former deputy president Jacob Zuma will be portrayed as a political trial and will be fought on that basis, both inside and outside the courtroom. That’s the word from a senior Zuma camp strategist, who did not want to be identified.
The United States military official tasked with running the Guantánamo Bay detention camp on Wednesday rejected calls by critics to close the facility, saying it continues to yield vital ”actionable intelligence” in the US-led war on terror.
Côte d’Ivoire foes on Wednesday pledged to begin disarming and agreed they would face sanctions if they failed to make good on their South African-brokered peace commitments for the west African country. President Thabo Mbeki would ask the United Nations Security Council to impose sanctions if deadlines are missed.
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.