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/ 18 February 2005
Trouble seems to follow the Vilakazi family. A day after Orlando Pirates midfielder Benedict Vilakazi was charged with rape, his wife, Motshabi, was charged with assaulting the 15-year-old girl who accused her husband of rape. Motshabi appeared in the Booysens Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.
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/ 18 February 2005
By the time the Super 12 starts in earnest next week, there is a distinct possibility that some South African franchises may already be battling fatigue. The Stormers, for instance, have been playing warm-up games for three weeks in places as far apart as the Boland, Dubai and England.
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/ 18 February 2005
Champions League action starts next week and the draw for the last 16 has thrown up some mouth-watering encounters. For the first time in a long time, it is English clubs that are the best represented, with Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool all qualifying for this, the first knock-out round.
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/ 18 February 2005
A Sasol group company, African Amines, has illegally exported chemicals to Iran that could be used in the manufacture of chemical weapons. This emerges from a plea bargain agreement in the Durban Regional Court, struck last November, which appears to have saved the multibillion-rand petrochemical company from international embarrassment.
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/ 18 February 2005
The government is planning a radical overhaul of the governance and administration of the courts, on the grounds that existing oversight mechanisms have failed to achieve thorough transformation. Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Brigitte Mabandla announced this week that a ”concept paper” on the transformation of the judicial system will be tabled before Cabinet.
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/ 18 February 2005
Two etchings by celebrated South African artist Diane Victor have been removed from public view at the University of Pretoria, amid a row over alleged censorship. The etchings form part of a series of 16 titled <i>Disasters of Peace</i> — a reference to Goya’s <i>Disasters of War</i> — on the theme of crime in South Africa. They were loaned by Sanlam late last year.
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/ 18 February 2005
In his final term in office and with huge delivery backlogs threatening his legacy, President Thabo Mbeki is moving to bolster the national government to give it greater decision-making powers over provinces and the local government. The moves will require no constitutional changes to the enshrined independence of the three spheres of government. However, it is clear that Mbeki is seeking a stronger hand.
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/ 18 February 2005
Circles of black ash and wire that once were tyres, and rocks placed across the street to stop traffic from entering or leaving the township, speak of an explosion waiting to happen. At a meeting at Phomolong’s local library, the message is clear: the African National Congress is wrong, or is refusing to face facts, by demeaning the violence that rocked this part of the Free State as the work of seditious troublemakers.
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/ 18 February 2005
African communities dispossessed under apartheid have claimed at least a quarter of the land in the Kruger National Park, including its headquarters at Skukuza. If all the claims were validated under the Restitution Act, they "would probably cost the park its survival as a national park and an international icon", said South African National Parks communications head Wanda Mkutshulwa.
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/ 18 February 2005
A Hong Kong mother is seeking HK 000 ( 400) compensation from fast food giant KFC, alleging a rat in one of its outlets scratched and hurt her two-year-old son, press reports said on Friday. Tsui Fung-fai said a fist-sized black rat dropped ”from the sky” onto her son while they were eating at a KFC restaurant in Hong Kong’s New Territories area last year.