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/ 23 October 2007
The South African Institute of Race Relations has cautioned against calls to apply quotas and similar measures in order to rapidly transform the Springbok rugby team. The institute said that it was ”encouraging” to see black and white South Africans being united around a common cause.
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/ 23 October 2007
The JSE remained firm at noon on Tuesday, spurred by Wall Street’s overnight rebound and firmer European markets as risk aversion eased. Miners lifted the main index, buoyed by a recovery in commodities prices as metals investors chased after bargains following Monday’s sharp losses, while a slight weakness in the dollar added to the upbeat mood in the metals complex.
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/ 23 October 2007
The government was acting according to provisions laid out in the law following the suspension of Vusi Pikoli, the department of Justice and Constitutional Development said on Tuesday. Spokesperson Zolile Nqayi said the department had taken note of last week’s comments by the Johannesburg Bar Council.
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/ 23 October 2007
Cricket South Africa have announced details under which Zimbabwe will put a representative side in all three professional franchise competitions in South Africa this summer. Zimbabwe have undertaken to field their strongest team in all matches.
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/ 23 October 2007
South African President Thabo Mbeki said on Monday that Bafana Bafana is not a fitting name for a national team. ”What kind of a name is it? I don’t think it is fit for a senior national team or for the hosts of the 2010 Fifa World Cup,” he told Metro FM on Monday.
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/ 23 October 2007
A Durban motorist was shot on Tuesday while a second bullet narrowly missed another driver, paramedics said. ER24 spokesperson Derrick Banks said the motorists came under fire on the N2/N3 split, near the so-called Spaghetti Junction, after a car accident just after midnight.
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/ 23 October 2007
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Springbok captain John Smit said he was ”overwhelmed” by the reception the national team received at the OR Tambo International Airport on Tuesday. ”What we walked into was far beyond what we ever imagined,” Smit said. The Boks struggled to wade through the throngs of exuberant supporters, many of whom were singing Shosholoza.
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/ 23 October 2007
The docket on the theft of Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang’s medical records was returned to the police on Monday, said the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). ”It became necessary for us to do so because there are certain areas of investigation which still need to receive attention,” said NPA spokesperson Tlali Tlali.
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/ 23 October 2007
Responsible mining is capable of creating general economic welfare for its host communities in Africa which could long survive the mines themselves, Randgold Resources chief executive Mark Bristow said on Monday. Bristow said the utilisation of natural resources was often the best and sometimes the only way of alleviating the pressing problem of poverty.
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/ 22 October 2007
Stock theft in South Africa has amounted to R327 676 500 in the past year, the National Stock Theft Forum said on Monday. ”At the moment, stock theft is hampering the profitability of the stock farmers and it is also interfering with the government’s land-reform process, as well as the empowering of the emerging farmers,” the forum said in a statement.
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/ 22 October 2007
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South Africans came together on Monday to bask in the glow of the country’s victory at the Rugby World Cup, hoping the triumph would help heal the racial divisions of the post-apartheid era. But behind the jubilation over the 15-6 win against England on Saturday was the realisation that the racial unity could be as fleeting as it was in 1995.
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/ 22 October 2007
An international campaign to stop the beating of children has urged South African MPs not to bow to pressure against a Bill that bans spanking. Hitting children was ”plainly unconstitutional”, the Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children said on Monday.
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/ 22 October 2007
The funeral of slain reggae singer Lucky Dube will be a private affair, family spokesperson Arnold Mabunda said on Monday. ”The family requested that the funeral be a private matter due to Lucky’s beliefs and the church’s request. ”They have requested that it not be turned into a circus, so media will not be allowed,” he said.
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/ 22 October 2007
The Department of Health is recalling a second consignment of defective condoms, this time from Kohrs Medical, Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang said in Pretoria on Monday. ”At least five batches belonging to Kohrs Medical were sampled and failed an air-burst test,” Tshabalala-Msimang said.
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/ 22 October 2007
Murder accused Fred van der Vyver and his girlfriend, Inge Lotz, were deeply in love at the time she died, the young man told the Cape High Court on Monday. On the morning of her death on March 16 2005, they parted with hugs and kisses as he left to attend a class at the University of Stellenbosch, he said. ”I was very much in love with her,” he said.
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/ 22 October 2007
Embattled KwaZulu-Natal health boss Dr Busi Nyembezi received notice of her suspension on Monday, nearly a week after learning of it through media reports. Nyembezi’s suspension was announced last week Wednesday by KwaZulu-Natal provincial director general Dr Kwazi Mbanjwa in a brief statement.
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/ 22 October 2007
President Thabo Mbeki’s domestic approval rating in September fell to 40%, its lowest point in four years, TNS Research Surveys said on Monday. The fall was evident across all race groups but slightly less so among black respondents, the global market insight and information group said in a statement. Large drops occurred in Bloemfontein, Johannesburg and Soweto.
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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.