The National Prosecuting Authority has denied reports that the sentencing of Buyile Ronnie Blani could lead to the arrest and prosecution of anti-apartheid activists and leaders who failed to obtain amnesty. A newspaper reported on Sunday that Blani’s sentence could ”unleash an arrest and prosecution frenzy” of ordinary activists and African National Congress officials.
The Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa (Necsa) has launched an investigation into claims that former employees of the Pelindaba nuclear facility contracted serious diseases after being exposed to radiation, The Star newspaper reported on Monday.
Angola’s giant sable antelopes, which have not been seen for 31 years, have been photographed in the country’s dense southern forest by a team of Angolan and South African scientists.
Conditions at the Johannesburg Prison were ”totally unacceptable,” Correctional Services Portfolio Committee chairperson Dennis Bloem has said. Speaking after an inspection visit to the jail on Sunday, Bloem said the facility’s infrastructure was ”suffering” as a result of overcrowding.
Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana urged South Africans who don’t belong to trade unions to join one in a bid to fight globalisation. ”We need to tame globalisation. Both business and labour stand to gain if we tame it,” the minister said at this year’s main May Day rally.
Jacques Kallis admitted on Sunday that becoming South Africa’s highest Test run-getter to date was an achievement he thought might be beyond him when he was a youngster. He now has 7 313 runs, passing Gary Kirsten as his country’s most successful batsman.
Chris Gayle and Ramnaresh Sarwan powered their way to individual hundreds and a record, unbroken second wicket stand against South Africa on the third day of the fourth and final Test on Sunday. The 25-year-old Gayle was undefeated on 184 and the 24-year-old Sarwan was unbeaten on 103 to carry West Indies to 299 for one.
Former South African rugby international Breyton Paulse signed a two-year contract with French Championship outfit Clermont on Sunday, the club announced. The 29-year-old 51-times capped utility back has the option of a third year.
The Independent Democrats (ID) will contest the local government elections in all nine provinces in November, it announced on Sunday after a meeting of its national executive committee. It had already launched the process of nominating candidates for the election, the ID said in a statement.
Compulsory racial classification of school children by teachers was bringing back the indignity and pain of apartheid, says the Democratic Alliance. The practice also raised ”the terrible spectre” of race testing for children whose race group was not immediately apparent to teachers.