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/ 4 December 2007

Claims of intimidation in North West

North West African National Congress delegates are being threatened and bribed to vote for President Thabo Mbeki at the party’s national conference later this month, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) said on Tuesday. Solly Phetoe, North West provincial secretary of Cosatu, said a number of delegates had complained of this.

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/ 9 September 2007

Zuma: Umshini Wami part of SA history

African National Congress deputy president Jacob Zuma questioned the ”Americanisation” of culture in South Africa, criticising television images of sex and violence during a speech in Johannesburg on Sunday. ”There’s more violence on the TV … there’s more open sex on TV. What education are you giving to us? Is that part of our culture?”