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/ 16 November 2006
Members of the Tshwane metropolitan police will not take leave in order to tackle crime effectively during the festive season. This was announced by advocate Kamela Kekana at the launch of the festive-season operation plan for the Tshwane metro police in Pretoria on Thursday.
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/ 16 November 2006
African National Congress (ANC) chief whip Mbulelo Goniwe has been placed on an extended ”leave of absence” pending a party disciplinary inquiry into allegations of sexual harassment made against him. ”There is strong prima facie evidence that warrants a disciplinary hearing,” the chair of the ANC’s national disciplinary committee, Kader Asmal, said on Thursday.
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/ 16 November 2006
Former African National Congress chief whip Tony Yengeni has had his prison privileges curbed pending an investigation into allegations he breached his weekend parole conditions this past weekend. Yengeni is alleged to have consumed alcohol and returned late from his parole to Malmesbury Prison.
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/ 16 November 2006
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Vice-President Jean-Pierre Bemba on Thursday rejected presidential election results that saw him defeated by Joseph Kabila and said he would "use all legal channels" to contest them. "I cannot accept these results, which are far from reflecting the truth of the ballot box," Bemba said in a statement.
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/ 16 November 2006
The new lost-cost airline Mango on Thursday denied claims by competitor kulula.com that it was using taxpayers’ money from South African Airways (SAA), the airline’s spokesperson said. ”The beginning and the end of the relationship between SAA and Mango was the R100-million loan,” said Hein Kaiser.
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/ 16 November 2006
Former president Nelson Mandela will become the first recipient of the Ubuntu Award for his contribution to South Africa’s heritage.
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/ 16 November 2006
The European Union Parliament on Thursday urged EU governments to push for compliance with a treaty to prevent germ warfare, and joined the United Nations in calling for an immediate worldwide ban on cluster bombs. The EU assembly made the call as countries met in Geneva to review a treaty on inhumane weapons.
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/ 16 November 2006
Angola has rolled out a massive voter-registration drive ahead of its first elections since 1992, but questions remain over when the long-awaited polls will take place in the oil-rich nation recovering from civil war. President Jose Eduardo dos Santos was the first of Angola’s 13-million people to register on Wednesday for elections that could take place as early as next year.
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/ 16 November 2006
The sound of a door closing ended businessman Glenn Agliotti’s five-minute appearance in court on Thursday. Agliotti was arrested at his Johannesburg home for murder and conspiracy to murder in the high-profile case of mining magnate Brett Kebble. Police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi has tried to downplay his friendship with Agliotti.
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/ 16 November 2006
Fraud convict Schabir Shaik’s move to Empangeni’s Qalakabusha prison was due to his chronic medical condition, the Judicial Inspectorate of Prisons announced in Durban on Thursday. Judge Nathan Erasmus said he personally investigated the transfer following continued media speculation over ”preferential treatment”.