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/ 23 October 2006
A 13-year-old pupil was rushed to hospital after he was stabbed by a fellow Edleen Primary School pupil on Monday, said the Gauteng department of education. ”It’s disturbing because all along it’s been taking place in high schools and this time it is primary school pupils,” said spokesperson Panyaza Lesufi.
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/ 23 October 2006
In November 2004, after the death of pop icon Brenda Fassie, singer Lebo Mathosa told the Mail & Guardian in an interview: ”You can’t deny death, you can’t fear it. I’m sure God has a better place for us, if you’re a believer.” Two years later, in a twist of fate, 29-year-old Mathosa, like her controversial role model, has moved on to that ”better place”.
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/ 23 October 2006
A fraud convict allegedly used the internet while serving time in prison to devise scams to fleece golf enthusiasts of millions of rands, the Wynberg Regional Court heard on Monday. A document handed to Magistrate Robert Henney told how Maurice de Grandhomme was assigned by the prison authorities to take charge of the kiosk at the Pollsmoor Prison golf driving range.
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/ 23 October 2006
IBM filed two lawsuits against Amazon.com on Monday, claiming key aspects of the internet retailer’s websites violate patents held by Big Blue. Amazon is accused of infringing on five IBM patents, including technologies that govern how the site handles customer recommendations, advertising and data storage.
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/ 23 October 2006
Teachers support the statement by Minister of Education Naledi Pandor that school safety needs to be addressed immediately, the National Professional Teachers’ Organisation of South Africa (Naptosa) said on Monday. ”Naptosa and its members commit themselves to supporting any initiative from the Department of Education to address the problem of safety in schools,” Naptosa president Dave Malt said.
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/ 23 October 2006
The prison system needs managers unafraid of making controversial decisions, Minister of Correctional Services Ngconde Balfour said on Monday. Balfour was speaking at the launch of the Junior and Middle Management Development Programme at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT).
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/ 23 October 2006
A two-day transport indaba held in Soweto ended on Monday, with Minister of Transport Jeff Radebe hailing it as a success. "This was a very robust, constructive and historic indaba to improve the transport system in South Africa," the minister told reporters at the conclusion of the indaba, which was held at the University of Johannesburg’s Soweto campus.
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/ 23 October 2006
Minister of Provincial and Local Government Sydney Mufamadi has urged members of the public to become active whistle-blowers in a bid to root out corruption. He was speaking at the launch of the local government anti-corruption strategy in Midrand on Monday. ”Strong, sustainable relations with communities are important to deter unethical conduct, fraud and corruption in local government.”
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/ 23 October 2006
Zimbabwe’s money losing state airline hiked its fares by up to fivefold in record increases that put air travel out of the reach of all but the wealthiest Zimbabweans. New fares for local, regional and long-haul flights became effective on Friday after the airline again failed to meet costs for fuel, spare parts and foreign handling charges, Air Zimbabwe said in a statement on Monday.
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/ 23 October 2006
South Africa’s Department of Public Enterprises intends to create a broadband infrastructure company — called Broadband InfraCo — based on the long-distance fibre-optic network created by power parastatal Eskom and transport parastatal Transnet, says Minister of Public Enterprises Alec Erwin.