Fresh from their court victory against Telkom, three trade unions — Solidarity, the South African Communication Union and the Communication Workers Union — on Monday announced the appointment of a commission of inquiry to look at the rationale behind the company’s planned retrenchments.
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The JSE Securities Exchange (JSE) was in positive territory just before midday on Monday, thanks to strong performances by heavyweight resources stocks. However, the gains came on low volumes with just more than R700-million-worth of shares changing hands.
The Soweto actress who allegedly murdered her son because she believed he was possessed by a demon, might be admitted to a mental hospital before appearing in court, Soweto police said on Monday. The woman may not be named until she appears in court. She has appeared in the soap opera Generations and in the crime drama series Justice for All.
Regional heads of state will gather in Tanzania this week to discuss the latest advances in Burundi’s peace process as well as last week’s slaughter of 159 Congolese refugees in the tiny central African nation, Ugandan officials said on Monday.
South African retailer Pick ‘n Pay is set to introduce 200 000 new Proudly South African shelf labels into its stores as a way of helping consumers keen to contribute to the local economy identify those products. Unveiling its initiative on Monday, Pick ‘n Pay said its pilot project will encompass 37 of its Gauteng stores.
Civic and non-governmental groups in Zimbabwe have vowed to fight a tough new law proposed by the government, which could see them de-registered and cut off from much-needed foreign funding. The proposed Non-Governmental Organisation Bill seeks to tighten regulations around NGOs in the crisis-hit Zimbabwe, whom President Robert Mugabe’s ruling party is accusing of being embroiled in politics aimed at overthrowing his government.
They came. They saw. They bared all. And in the end, the 1 826 people who shed their clothes for American photographer Spencer Tunick on Sunday were a work of art.Tunick has been doing such nude assemblages — he calls them temporary site-related installations — around the world since 1992.
Hundreds wandered silently through devastated alleyways at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi on Sunday, trying to make sense of a massacre of 159 men, women and children. Victims were shot, burned and hacked to death at the camp for Congolese Tutsis in the central African state of Burundi in an overnight attack on Friday.
Burundi summit to be held this week
Burundi explodes into violence
United States and Russian scientists are planning the ultimate in fuel-economy travel: they hope to launch a space sailing ship driven only by the pressure of sunlight later this year. Cosmos 1, an unfurled fan of 15 metre sails, each far thinner than a dustbin bag but stiffened and coated with mirror material, could be launched from a Russian nuclear missile submarine.
A powerful bomb exploded during an Independence Day parade in India’s remote north-east on Sunday, killing 16 people, mostly schoolchildren, and injuring more than 40 others, despite the country’s prime minister promising to ”fight terrorism forcefully”. Reporters said the blast had ripped through the crowd without warning.