”Alcohol abuse among our youth has reached alarming proportions. People who drink are engaged in violence and sexual abuse …We will continue to campaign to deliver a better life to our youth and educate them on the ills of alcohol abuse,” says newly elected African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) president Julius Malema.
France prop Pieter de Villiers has announced his retirement, saying he is tired of having to fight injuries. The South African-born player, who won 69 caps for France and five French titles with Stade Francais, said he had taken his decision after injuring his neck in a Heineken Cup match in Cardiff in December.
It was a murder plot on slow burn. The two women, both in their 70s, would befriend the homeless in Hollywood, put them up and insure their lives for millions. Then the women would cash in, dispatching their victims in staged hit-and-run accidents in dark alleys.
Although China remains a tyranny, since the 1970s it has become a significantly less brutal one. Li Datong, a journalist who was sacked last year as a magazine editor for crossing the low threshold of political criticism that the government will tolerate, said: "We have progressed. For instance, it is possible for you to meet me, which could not have happened in Mao’s time."
The restructuring of the African National Congress’s (ANC) head office and consolidation of the new party leadership is slowly taking shape. This week the Mail & Guardian has established that former ANC Youth League president Fikile Mbalula is to be appointed head of campaigns.
Thomson Reuters launched on the London stock market on Thursday, creating the world’s biggest provider of financial data to trading floors, overtaking United States rival Bloomberg. Thomson Reuters was formed after Canada’s Thomson Corporation bought British-based media and information group Reuters for £8,7-billion in a deal completed on Thursday.
The African National Congress (ANC) backs the call for police to use lethal force should their lives or those of the public be in imminent danger, party president Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday. Addressing a Chambers of Commerce and Industry of South Africa conference, Zuma said: ”In this war against crime, we reiterate that our laws must bite.
Guy Berger gives a few pointers to the ANC: We are at one about media diversity — adding to the pool of choice among newspaper readers. And let’s agree with some of your concerns about existing newspapers. But starting an ANC paper is an ill-fated way to expose people to your perspectives on framing the news.
The African National Congress (ANC) will meet the ministers responsible for proposed hikes in electricity tariffs in order to discuss the energy situation in the country, the party said on Tuesday. ANC spokesperson Jessie Duarte said the ANC national working committee had expressed concern over the proposed tariff hikes.
Consumer complaints have declined for the first time in several years during 2007, breaking the trend of increasing volumes, the life-insurance ombudsman announced on Tuesday. Reporting back, Judge Brian Galgut said last year’s case load had dropped by 1 311 cases (15%) compared with 2006.