Ten years on, how the African National Congress chant has changed. This week, we delve further into the heart of ANC Inc to reveal the extent of business involvement of the ANC Youth League. It is an investigation that has taken many weeks to reveal the maze of corporatism that is now the league.
A religious row in Nigeria is giving a foothold in West Africa to polio, the virus that twists and paralyses young limbs and was eradicated in the rest of the world 13 years ago. At least 45 people in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Ghana and Togo have been linked to the strain imported from Nigeria.
Orlando Pirates start their campaign to reclaim the African Champions League title against Lesotho’s Matlama at Setsoto Stadium in Maseru on Sunday. Pirates made history when they became the only Southern Africa club to win the title in 1995 and caretaker Augusto Palacios is convinced they will do it again.
Following the suspension of Bafana Bafana midfielder Jabu Pule by Kaizer Chiefs, Zulu Royals have done the same with his close friend Thabiso Malatsi for also being absent without leave, according to the Premier Soccer League’s website. Malatsi is on loan to Royals from Chiefs.
While Iraqis find common ground in the aftermath of the latest attacks, the governing council vows to forge ahead with reforms. Still shocked by Tuesday’s devastation, Sadik Jafar Abbas, an unemployed teacher from Kadhimiya, said: ”I don’t think there will be conflict between Sunni and Shia because we are basically united.”
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Not all prisoners are happy about the Constitutional Court’s decision to allow them to vote in the April 14 election, the Department of Correctional Services said on Thursday. ”There are quite a number of inmates who are there under different names to those which they are known outside,” a spokesperson said.
Special Report: Elections 2004
Economists Allied for Arms Reduction (Ecaar) says it intends to challenge Thursday’s Cape High Court dismissal with costs of its bid to have South Africa’s multibillion-rand arms deal scrapped. ”Obviously we’re disappointed,” said Ecaar spokesperson Terry Crawford-Browne.
Manuel hails failure of application
The controversial Property Rates Bill, aimed at introducing a new municipal property rates system, was approved in the National Council of Provinces on Thursday. The Bill allows municipalities, if they want, to extend the levying of rates to properties that have until now been partially or fully excluded from rates.
Israeli officials have ordered settlers to leave six unauthorised West Bank settlement outposts by Thursday afternoon, saying that if they stay the military will forcibly remove them, according to the Defence Ministry. The deadline was set after the settlers exhausted their appeals of an initial government order.
Johan van Zyl, CEO of Sanlam Limited, South Africa’s second-largest financial services group, says the outlook for the country’s insurance industry in 2004 is a positive one, and he is expecting an improvement in performance from Sanlam going forward.