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/ 20 February 2007
South Africans may be basking in the joy of hosting the 2010 World Cup, but we should not forget that this is a time for the whole continent to rejoice. The event provides all of Africa with the chance to open the eyes of the world to our rich potential — that which will perhaps be the most important legacy of what has been described as "Africa’s World Cup".
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/ 19 February 2007
I was lurking around the lobby of the famous old Hotel Kempinski in Berlin, hoping to catch a glimpse of the famous writer and journalist Ryszard Kapuscinski and approach him for an interview. I had told the organisers of the Berlin-based Lettres Internationale prizegiving we were attending (this is about three years ago) that this was the hook for me in flying all the way from Johannesburg.
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/ 19 February 2007
The Freedom Front Plus (FF+) has lambasted the South African Defence Force’s transformation policy, saying it has contributed to thousands of experienced white officers leaving the force. The party’s spokesperson on defence, Pieter Groenewald, said the policy, introduced two years ago, required more than 5Â 000 white senior officers to leave the force.
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/ 19 February 2007
Groups wanting to retain the names of Potchefstroom and Pretoria have joined forces, civil rights group AfriForum said on Monday. ”Action Group Potchefstroom and AfriForum will pool their legal expertise and will use the same legal team for possible legal steps required for the preservation of both place names,” said AfriForum chief executive Kallie Kriel.
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/ 19 February 2007
Ekurhuleni metro police have pleaded that self-defence was behind their shooting of live ammunition at an illegal drag race in Duduza where a teenager died on Sunday afternoon. However, the family of Sipho Twala is demanding justice, claiming the metro police used excessive force.
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/ 19 February 2007
Truman Prince is to be allowed to appeal against his dismissal from the post of Beaufort West’s municipal manager, the Democratic Alliance (DA) confirmed on Monday. It was reacting to an African National Congress statement saying that the Central Karoo council had voted for the move despite a legal opinion that ”clearly” stated Prince had no right to a challenge.
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/ 19 February 2007
Gauteng has more jobs and is becoming a better place to live, Premier Mbhazima Shilowa told the opening of the provincial legislature on Monday. Shilowa promised more action on crime and African education, more antiretrovirals and a fast clean-up of the collapsed driver’s-licence testing system.
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/ 19 February 2007
Globalisation has left world employment mostly intact, despite gloomy economic forecasts predicting hefty job losses, according to a study published on Monday. The study challenges the ”race-to-the-bottom view” that growing world trade would bring in terms of wages and the quality of employment.
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/ 19 February 2007
Malawi, which has the highest deforestation rate in Southern Africa, has roped in its army to save the trees, environmental officials said on Monday. The Natural Resources Ministry over the weekend inked a deal with the Malawi army for soldiers to be deployed to protect 16 of the country’s prime forest reserves and step up reforestation.
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/ 19 February 2007
Freedom of expression is central to the Constitutional Court appeal against a Durban schoolgirl’s right to wear a nose stud to school, the Freedom of Expression Institute said on Monday. The appeal is against a KwaZulu-Natal high court decision in favour of Sunali Pillay’s wearing of a nose stud to school.