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/ 22 October 2007
The government needed to take a series of firm and decisive steps to attract the direct foreign investment needed for job-creating economic growth, the Democratic Alliance (DA) spokesperson on trade and industry, Dr Pierre Rabie, said on Monday. In a statement, Rabie listed ten ”action steps” needed to make the South African economy more competitive.
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/ 22 October 2007
Africa has a larger urban population than North America, reveals an international development study released on Monday. The 2007 edition of the International Institute for Environment and Development’s urban-change analysis found that 25 of the world’s fastest growing large cities were in Africa.
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/ 22 October 2007
Murder accused Fred van der Vyver told the Cape High Court on Monday that he never used the ornamental hammer that the state says could have been a murder weapon. Van der Vyver, accused of bludgeoning his student girlfriend Inge Lotz to death in her Stellenbosch flat in 2005, was starting his second day of cross-examination.
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/ 22 October 2007
South African schools have become battlegrounds and an environment for drug-trafficking, Deputy Minister of Social Development Jean Swanson-Jacobs said on Monday. Swanson-Jacobs was addressing guests at the Ke Moja Hip-Hop Anti-Drug Campaign at Mannah Guest house in Kempton Park.
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/ 22 October 2007
Members of the Evaton community attacked police after a three-year-old boy was killed by a drunk driver, Gauteng police said on Monday. The mob wanted police to hand the driver over to them, spokesperson Captain William Velaphi Mcera said. The incident took place on Bengu Road in Evaton on Sunday afternoon.
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/ 22 October 2007
Finance Minister Trevor Manuel has called for a more concerted international effort to put the financing of education and training on a better footing and to ensure education and training opportunities become more equitably distributed across the world.
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/ 22 October 2007
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Hundreds of ecstatic rugby supporters are set to throng the arrivals hall at OR Tambo International Airport on Tuesday morning when the Springboks bring the Webb Ellis trophy home. The newly crowned world champions will be arriving from France on Tuesday at about 6.50am.
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/ 22 October 2007
The conduct of certain people attending the funeral of former South African ambassador to Indonesia Norman Mashabane was ”despicable”, said the African National Congress (ANC) on Monday. The funeral took place in Phalaborwa on Saturday. ”We deplore the behaviour of these unruly elements. There is no room for such people in the ANC,” the party said.
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/ 22 October 2007
The JSE retained its weak tone at noon on Monday, in line with overseas markets amid renewed concerns about the health of the United States economy. At 11.56am, the all-share index was off 1,51%. Resources fell 2,48%, while the gold-mining and platinum-mining indices gave up 1% and 3,47% respectively.
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/ 22 October 2007
A call for further cuts in corporate taxes was among a number of proposals made by the Democratic Alliance (DA) on Monday — aimed, it said, at growing the economy and encouraging foreign direct investment. Pierre Rabie, who speaks for the party on trade and industry, quoted the World Bank survey <i>Doing Business 2008</i>.
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/ 22 October 2007
The temperature of coach Muhsin Ertugral appeared to exceed boiling point as Kaizer Chiefs extended their winless Premier Soccer League streak to five games during a dour goalless draw against Platinum Stars at the sun-scorched Olympia Park in Rustenburg on Sunday afternoon.
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/ 22 October 2007
After watching — and fanatically celebrating — the Springboks’ emphatic victory in the Rugby World Cup final, the Premier Soccer League game between Moroka Swallows and Black Leopards on Sunday paled in comparison. A 91st-minute goal had Swallows coach Ian Gorowa obviously relieved at getting the three points.
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/ 22 October 2007
A woman lost her legs during Rugby World Cup celebrations in Pretoria, police said on Monday. Spokesperson Inspector Paul Ramaloko said the woman, in her 20s, was injured when a car ran over her in Sunnyside on Saturday night after the Springboks won the World Cup tournament.
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/ 22 October 2007
The JSE dropped sharply in early trade on Monday, led south by Asian markets and early signs that European markets are tipped to slide amid renewed concerns about the United States housing turmoil. At 9.17am, the all-share index was off 1,44%. Resources fell 1,74%.
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/ 22 October 2007
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They may be the world champions, but the Springboks have few illusions that their new status will stave off a new push by the government to overhaul the team’s racial composition. Meanwhile, Springbok wing Bryan Habana was on Sunday named the International Rugby Board player of the year.
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/ 21 October 2007
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Pride and politics mixed on Sunday as South Africans celebrated their Rugby World Cup final win over England. Festivities continued through the night as South Africans packed fan parks and restaurants and filled the streets with honking cars draped with the national flag.
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/ 21 October 2007
Bidvest Wits were held to a 1-1 draw by Santos in an Absa Premier League played at the Bidvest Stadium on Saturday. Former Santos midfielder Marawaan Bantam netted in the third minute with a close-range header and Erwin Isaacs scored with a low shot which surprised the Wits captain and goalkeeper Moeneeb Josephs.
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/ 21 October 2007
Five men were arrested on Sunday in connection with the murder of reggae star Lucky Dube, East Rand police said. Police arrested the five, aged between 31 and 35, in Spruitview on the East Rand on Sunday morning. Police spokesperson Superintendent Eugene Opperman said police seized two stolen handguns and a VW Polo.
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/ 21 October 2007
A Kagiso man died when he was attacked by a rhinoceros at a Krugersdorp game reserve at 3pm on Saturday afternoon. ”I heard a man cry on the side where rhinos were. When I went to look, I just saw it throwing him in the air and mauling him,” said eyewitness Teboho Phalafala.
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/ 21 October 2007
China’s push into Africa is prompting growing interest over Beijing’s motives in the world’s poorest continent, with opinion divided over who stands to benefit most. Speaking at the launch this week of a China research programme run by the Johannesburg-based South African Institute of International Affairs, its chief academic said China had ”changed the game of development”.
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/ 21 October 2007
The tallest apartment block in Africa, which has long symbolised Johannesburg’s inner-city decay, is shedding its image as a no-go zone in a radical makeover aimed at young urban professionals. The team behind a R200-million makeover believe apartments will soon be regarded as hot property, especially in the build-up the Soccer World Cup.
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/ 20 October 2007
The British government is welcome to stay away from the Africa Union (AU) and European Union (EU) summit in December, said African National Congress secretary general, Kgalema Motlanthe. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has stated he would not attend the summit if Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is allowed to attend.
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/ 20 October 2007
An alleged robber was run over by a taxi on Saturday while escaping a Durban crime scene. ER24 spokesperson Derrick Banks said the man sustained severe head injuries and was declared dead at the scene. It is alleged that the man had robbed a woman who had been walking with two men along Berea Road.
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/ 20 October 2007
A crack team of detectives was on Friday hunting for the killers of reggae star Lucky Dube as public outrage against violent crime mounted. Gauteng’s police commissioner Perumal Naidoo has hand-picked a team of investigators to track down Dube’s killers.
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/ 20 October 2007
Sunday Times editor Mondli Makhanya was accused of lying about his ”imminent arrest” by South African Broadcasting Corporation group chief executive Dali Mpofu and writer Ronald Suresh Roberts at a conference in Sandton on Friday.
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/ 19 October 2007
Telkom chief financial officer Kaushik Patel has resigned, the company announced on Friday. Acting chief executive Reuben September said Patel would leave Telkom at the end of October ”to pursue his own interests”. Patel’s responsibilities will be taken over by the company’s current group executive for corporate finance, Deon Fredericks, in an acting role from November 1.
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/ 19 October 2007
A disciplinary committee of the Cape Town city council has recommended that controversial councillor Badhi Chaaban be removed from office. The disciplinary hearings — which Chaaban claimed were a kangaroo court — followed claims that he sought to bribe councillors to cross the floor to his National People’s Party.
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/ 19 October 2007
Children’s rights activists on Friday urged MPs to push through a Bill that will ban corporal punishment of children, saying it was vital that children be protected from violence. The social development portfolio committee on Thursday postponed deliberations on the measure after members of the African National Congress’s parliamentary caucus reportedly objected.
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/ 19 October 2007
The responsibility of addressing South Africa’s apartheid past lies within the country itself and not the United States courts, Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Brigitte Mabandla said on Friday. In a statement issued by her office, she reiterated the government’s stance against the case brought by a group of apartheid victims in US courts.
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/ 19 October 2007
Eskom has issued a warning of a high probability of load shedding on Friday night. ”The risk of load shedding remains high during the peak period this evening — 6pm to 9pm — when demand increases,” it said in a statement. Consumers are urged use electricity sparingly and switch off their geysers during this time.
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/ 19 October 2007
South African cricket officials decided on Friday to continue their tour of Pakistan despite an assassination attempt on returning former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in Karachi. Cricket South Africa’s general operations manager Brian Basson said that the decision to push on had been taken after the squad received safety assurances from their hosts.
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/ 19 October 2007
The Department of Minerals and Energy has launched a funding initiative to make it easier for women to access finance for mining pre-feasibility studies. State news agency BuaNews reported on Friday that access to finance for pre-feasibility studies was still the greatest challenge facing women in the mining industry.