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/ 12 January 2007
This weekend is likely to see a blockbuster show of unity from the ruling African National Congress as the party celebrates its 95th birthday. Yet, behind the scenes, senior members worry that the very future of the party is threatened. President Thabo Mbeki and the ANC deputy president, Jacob Zuma, cut a cake and sang “Happy birthday”, the beginning of the party’s tactic of showing unity.
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/ 11 January 2007
Drinking tea can reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke but only if milk is not added to the brew, German scientists said on Tuesday. Research has shown that tea improves blood flow and the ability of the arteries to relax but researchers at the Charite Hospital at the University of Berlin in Mitte found milk eliminates the protective effect against cardiovascular disease.
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/ 10 January 2007
The African National Congress’s (ANC) 95th anniversary rally will be open to the general public, the party confirmed on Wednesday. Spokesperson Steyn Speed said the party wanted to correct an impression that people attending the rally would have to submit their ID numbers in order to attend.
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/ 10 January 2007
The cash-strapped Zimbabwe government will fork out hundreds of thousands of United States dollars to pay Pakistani military experts to help train and equip its army, which has been weakened by mass resignations. Safdara Hayat, the first secretary at the Pakistani embassy in Harare, confirmed the arrival of the first four senior military experts from the Asian country.
Khartoum has softened its stance on United Nations troops being deployed to Darfur, leaving the door open for blue-helmeted international troops to protect civilians in its vast west, a presidential adviser said on Monday. Khartoum has rejected UN Security Council Resolution 1706 authorising 22Â 500 UN troops and police to take over the Darfur peacekeeping mission.
The African National Congress (ANC), which turned 95 years old on Monday, will celebrate its anniversary with a mass rally in Witbank, Mpumalanga, on Saturday. The party said in a statement it was expecting 20Â 000 people to attend the rally, with President Thabo Mbeki being the main speaker for the day.
Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed on Monday arrived in the capital, Mogadishu, for the first time since he was elected in 2004 while his Ethiopia-backed government struggles to exert authority over the city. Yusuf was welcomed at the capital’s main airport by Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi under tight security.
Confusion reigned at the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday when a Pretoria High Court judge arrested for drunken driving failed to appear at the court. After waiting outside the court for about half an hour, journalists learnt that Judge Nkola Motata, who was arrested on Friday, had already been released on bail. He will appear at the Hillbrow Magistrate’s Court on February 27.
The African National Congress (ANC) said on Sunday it considers as inappropriate and irregular public pronouncements of an official of the South African Human Rights Commission regarding the minister of justice and constitutional development and applications for a presidential pardon by prisoners aligned to the Inkatha Freedom Party.
The African National Congress (ANC) national executive committee (NEC) has yet to decide when it will hear an appeal by former chief whip Mbulelo Goniwe against his expulsion. ”I’m not sure when the NEC will make a decision on that,” ANC spokesperson Smuts Ngonyama said on Thursday. ”It is the NEC that will take a decision on the matter.”