The leadership of the African National Congress (ANC) in Khutsong denied claims on Friday by the Khutsong Anti-North West Forum that the party was divided about the incorporation of the town into the North West. ”As the ANC we are united in Merafong about the decision to support the government’s initiative,” said the party’s sub-regional secretary, Sanele Caiya.
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Political connectivity with the African National Congress (ANC) appears to be ruling the roost regarding government deals and contracts, Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon argued on Friday. He also said the potential damage that corruption could do was evidenced in a survey by foreign investors, which ”should be sending shock waves through the halls of power”.
Trade union federation Cosatu has called on its members to “recapture” the ANC, echoing the South African Communist Party’s call last weekend for a major transformation and renewal of the ruling party. Cosatu’s statement, after a central executive committee meeting this week, signals an open campaign by the two ANC allies this year to shape the outcome of the ANC conference in December.
Nearly two years after it made a public commitment to do so, the ANC has made no progress in developing legislation to regulate private funding to political parties. The ANC’s pledge to develop legislation followed the dismissal in April 2005 of a high court application by civil society group Idasa aimed at forcing the DA, the ANC, the IFP and the former New National Party to reveal major private financial donors.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) said on Thursday it would push for a left-wing candidate to succeed President Thabo Mbeki as the ruling African National Congress (ANC) gears up to elect new leaders later this year. ”This time around we are taking a keen interest,” secretary general Zwelinzima Vavi told reporters after a three-day Cosatu national committee meeting.
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/ 28 February 2007
In May, Algeria will inaugurate a reserve around a small oasis in the south-west where plants and animals will be protected in the service of a broader goal. Hopes are that the Taghit National Park will help stop the advance of the Sahara Desert, which already stretches across almost all of this North African country.
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/ 27 February 2007
Pretoria High Court Judge Nkola Motata appeared briefly in a magistrate’s chambers in the Hillbrow courts on Tuesday morning in connection with an alleged drunken-driving incident, instead of in open court. Magistrate H Visser said Motata will appear again in court three in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on April 13.
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/ 27 February 2007
A Milan schoolteacher lost her job after slashing a seven-year-old student’s tongue with a pair of scissors to punish him for talking too much, the Education Ministry announced on Tuesday. "Faced with such grievous actions there is only one possible response: zero tolerance," Education Minister Giuseppe Fioroni said in a statement.