‘I will come out and explain to the nation exactly how I will deal with [the SIU] report,’ Ramaphosa said during a walkabout at vaccine sites in Gauteng
After years of searching for some kind of purpose, the beleaguered institution is finally in the spotlight – for all the wrong reasons
The Toyota Legend 50 is a powerful piece of machinery. It’s probably a more sensible purchase if you regularly traverse off-road terrain
The air people breathe in Midrand is often 50 times more toxic than is considered safe
At least seven people were injured at the integrated development planning forum, attended by residents of the area.
Shepherd Bushiri didn’t have an environmental permit to build on land zoned for agriculture.
A mixed-use property project in Gauteng has broken new ground in many ways, with the economic spin-off estimated at nearly R90-billion.
The proposed R700-million building in Midrand which will host the meetings of the Pan-African Parliament is still just a big hole in the ground.
The ANCYL is planning on selling access to ANC and other leaders in a pricey business lounge at its upcoming conference.
The last Gautrain rail car arrived at the depot in Midrand this week, completing the 96-car fleet.
Stronger citizen participation will drive the continent’s integration and fast-track its development goals.
Presidential candidate Mvume Dandala unveiled Cope’s election posters in Midrand on Friday, blaming the delay on a shortage of resources.
The 2009 Climate Summit is a milestone for the country’s long-term policies, environment minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk said on Friday.
A1GP is coming to Kyalami, it was announced on Monday — just days after the new A1GP car, powered by Ferrari, was unveiled to South African fans.
The fight against high and rising food prices will require the mobilisation of all social forces, the Gauteng Food Summit was told on Friday.
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/ 19 February 2008
The application of fuel-cell systems is an exciting emerging trend that may offer future solutions to the world’s energy problems, a conference heard on Tuesday. This is according to Vladimir Linkov of the University of the Western Cape, who addressed the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers’ power-generation conference.
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/ 17 November 2007
Africa’s insistence that Robert Mugabe be invited to a summit in Europe is a matter of principle and not a sign of support for the Zimbabwean leader or his government, the chairperson of the African Union (AU) said on Friday. The prospect that Mugabe could attend a European Union-AU summit in Lisbon next month has threatened to derail the meeting.
There had been no ”bitter conflict” at the African National Congress’s (ANC) policy conference this week, party president Thabo Mbeki said in his closing address on Saturday. He told the 1 500 delegates at Gallagher Estate in Midrand that the meeting had been highly successful.
The African National Congress (ANC) said on Friday it hoped to reach consensus this week on how to elect its next leader, a decision that could rule out national President Thabo Mbeki. ANC secretary general Kgalema Motlanthe told a news conference delegates were debating a number of non-binding proposals on how to resolve the leadership debate.
A group of striking public-service workers protested metres away from the African National Congress (ANC) policy conference venue in Midrand on Wednesday. Law-enforcement authorities closed the road leading to Gallagher Estate while Congress of South African Trade Unions president Willie Madisha intervened.
President Thabo Mbeki is to deliver the opening address at the African National Congress’s policy conference in a bitterly cold Midrand, Gauteng, where delegates started arriving on Wednesday morning. The conference takes place against intense behind-the-scenes jockeying over the leadership of the party, and coincides with a bitter public-service strike.
The African National Congress’s (ANC) policy conference, which will play a key role in deciding whether President Thabo Mbeki leads the party for a third term, gets under way in Midrand on Wednesday. About 1 500 delegates are expected at the four-day meeting at Gallagher Estate.
South Africa wants to boost foreign mining investment, but not if it fails to help develop a country still suffering from huge inequality of wealth, the deputy president said on Monday. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka told a seminar on mining investment she was aware of a debate about the merits of sealing major deals with resource-hungry countries like China.
Deputies and experts attending the Pan African Parliament on Monday called for Western countries to help reverse the environmental damage to the continent that they had helped create. "This problem is generated by countries in the West," said the African Union Commission’s rural development and agriculture commission director Babagana Ahmadu.
The African Union should play a vanguard role in upholding human rights on the continent, its chairperson, Ghana president John Agyekum Kufuor, said on Monday. Addressing the opening session of the seventh session of the Pan-African Parliament in Midrand, he said the situations in Sudan and Darfur had exposed limitations of the AU.
The African Union announced on Monday it would send an extra 8 000 peacekeepers to Somalia but said dialogue remained the only solution to the bloody conflict in that country. "The crisis in that country has so far proved intractable. The AU has decided to send 8 000 troops immediately to assist peacekeeping efforts," AU chairperson John Kufuor said.
Hard labour should be reintroduced as a mandatory sentence for murderers, rapists and armed and violent robbers, the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) federal congress urged on Sunday. It accepted a resolution condemning rampant crime that was ”undermining the fundamentals of our democracy”.
The education crisis is the greatest challenge facing South Africa, newly elected Democratic Alliance Leader Helen Zille said on Sunday. In her first speech as party leader to delegates at the DA Federal Congress in Midrand, Zille outlined what she saw as the greatest challenges in the country.
Tony Leon on Saturday delivered his last speech as leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA), predicting that the party would one day bring about a new government in South Africa. In an emotionally charged session of the party’s federal congress in Midrand, he thanked supporters for the ”incredible journey” they had allowed him to take in heading the DA.
The criminal justice system must revolve around the victims of crime, said National Director of Public Prosecutions Vusi Pikoli said on Wednesday. ”We want to change our criminal justice system. ”We want to ensure justice for the victims of crime by prosecuting without fear, favour or prejudice and by working with our partners and the public to solve and prevent crime,” Pikoli said.
The government’s justice, crime-prevention and security departments need to work more closely to improve efficiency, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Brigitte Mabandla said on Wednesday. ”I would want to see greater efficiency; I don’t know how we could entrench that systematically,” she said.
Every major enterprise in South Africa would learn in the next few years that it had not invested enough for the growth the country, Public Enterprises Minister Alec Erwin warned on Friday evening. ”The public-sector investment alone in the next five years is R420-billion. This has never ever been attempted in South Africa before,” he said.