Botswana’s Kalahari Bushmen are seeking the support of Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie in their fight to reclaim their ancestral lands, a London-based organisation supporting them said on Thursday. Jolie — a United Nations Children’s Fund ambassador — is currently in neighbouring Namibia.
About 11 people burnt to death on Thursday in an accident involving a taxi in Isipingo near Durban, KwaZulu-Natal police said. Spokesperson Inspector Rani John said the accident happened on Old Main Road and Umbumbulu Road when a taxi and truck collided.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) said on Thursday it will not back off from its statements, including those about signs that South Africa ”may be drifting towards dictatorship”. Spokesperson Patrick Craven said Cosatu is ”not surprised at all by the statement of Cabinet and business rejecting this assertion”.
A decade after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission started its work, many South African communities are still recovering from the brutal conflicts it tried to cauterise. Victim advocates insist real reconciliation will not happen while the practical concerns of survivors and perpetrators remain unaddressed.
In a statement released on the second day of the United Nations Special Assembly on HIV/Aids in New York, the African Civil Society Coalition on Aids accused the negotiators of the three countries of a ”remarkable display of bad faith” in failing to support targets of universal access to treatment, care and support agreed on by the African Union heads of state last month.
Like a bloodhound on the scent of a crime, Kerry Sink enters Portugal Fisheries in Troyeville, Johannesburg, and heads straight for a freezer at the rear of the store. The 33-year-old marine biologist closely scrutinises a package of crayfish tails. ”See the scalloped lines on the shell?” she asks. ”Illegal East Coast rock lobsters.”
According to an exit report by a senior Icasa staffer, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa’s (Icasa) chairperson, Paris Mashile, regularly arrived late, took off his shoes and slept on the job during his tenure as a councillor. Yet he was promoted to the top position.
Minister of Sport and Recreation Makhenkesi Stofile says he does not believe the South African Football Association (Safa) can produce a side ready to compete well in the 2010 World Cup. ”I am not convinced that Safa can deliver a squad for 2010,” he told the Mail & Guardian in an interview this week.
Glenn Agliotti, the man National Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi says is his ”friend, finish and klaar” is larger than life, charismatic and caring. He is also a fraudster who keeps popping up in proximity to contraband. Last week, the Mail & Guardian highlighted his association with Selebi and Brett Kebble.
The South African Revenue Service (Sars) reported that in less than 24 hours since the electronic filing facility for individuals went live on the internet, more than 1 500 taxpayers logged onto their website to register as users or to submit their income tax returns.