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/ 21 September 2006
The resolution to keep intact the tripartite alliance — led by the African National Congress — has been passed by the Congress of South African Trade Unions, but not without questions being raised from the floor about whether working-class interests were being fostered.
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/ 21 September 2006
Tests may have been mistaken showing that South African gold miners contracted a highly drug resistant strain of tuberculosis, health officials and a gold firm said on Thursday. A statement by the provincial department of health late on Tuesday that XDR-TB (extremely drug resistant tuberculosis) had been identified in six gold miners in the Free State, south-west of Johannesburg, sparked panic there.
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/ 21 September 2006
Armed robbers in Durban shot two security guards before fleeing with empty money boxes in a botched cash-in-transit heist on Thursday. Inspector Gerhard van Rooyen of the serious and violent crimes unit said the armed men started firing shots in Durban’s Umlazi Shopping centre, wounding two security guard from KZN Security Services.
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/ 21 September 2006
Marcos de Jesus proved to be Bidwest Wits University’s saviour as Kaizer Chiefs plummeted deeper into the Premier League mire after a 2-1 defeat at FNB Stadium on Wednesday night. The nippy, Brazilian-born striker produced a goal in each half with the stealth of a jackdaw making off with a prized jewel.
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/ 21 September 2006
China is not exactly the flavour of the month at the Congress of South Africa Trade Unions’ (Cosatu) national congress, but ironically its textile-exporting muscle is amply demonstrated in the entrance hall of the Gallagher Estate venue. The four-day congress ends on Thursday, and various businesses have informal stands in the entrance hall advertising their services.
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/ 21 September 2006
A maiden century by Mark Boucher helped South Africa show their dominance over Zimbabwe with a stunning 171-run victory in the third and final MTN one-day international (ODI) at Sedgars Park, Potchefstroom, on Wednesday. Jacques Kallis won the toss and chose to bat — and South Africa put on an enormous 418-5 in their 50 overs.
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/ 21 September 2006
A shy smile creeps up the hardened face of 17-year-old street child Siyabonga Mkhize as he proclaims proudly: ”I am playing soccer for South Africa!” He is one of about 500 people from nearly 50 countries taking part in the fourth Homeless Football World Cup, starting in Cape Town this weekend in an organised attempt to transform their lives.
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/ 21 September 2006
Most South Africans seemed to have an opinion after former deputy President Jacob Zuma’s corruption court case was struck from the roll on Wednesday morning. Here are a selection of quotes from newspapers, including the <i>Star</i>, the <i>Citizen</i>, the <i>Daily Sun</i>, the <i>Sowetan</i>.
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/ 20 September 2006
The South African Cabinet warned on Wednesday against defying the Constitutional Court ruling on same-sex marriages. The Cabinet had noted, during its fortnightly meeting at Tuynhuys, the public discourse on the draft Civil Unions Bill, government communications head Themba Maseko told a media briefing afterwards.
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/ 20 September 2006
A Pietermaritzburg High Court judge on Wednesday set aside the suspension of Ziba Jiyane, the founder of the National Democratic Convention (Nadeco). The judge also stopped Jiyane’s rivals from taking any steps to suspend any other member of Nadeco, Jiyane said in a statement.
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/ 20 September 2006
Government decision-makers are to be included on the South African National Aids Council (Sanac), it was announced on Wednesday. Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka briefed Cabinet on Wednesday on progress the recently established inter-ministerial committee was making in resuscitating Sanac and managing government interaction with the various stakeholders.
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/ 20 September 2006
Hundreds of people from the Landless People’s Movement and the Anti-Privatisation Forum (APF) gathered in central Johannesburg on Wednesday to protest against the slow delivery of services to the poor and the destitute. About 1 600 people were expected to take part in the march to the Department of Home Affairs.
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/ 20 September 2006
The battle for positions in the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) is about more than the political alignment between supporters of African National Congress president Thabo Mbeki and his deputy Jacob Zuma, said Professor Devan Pillay on Wednesday. ”The key factor here is the question of the relationship between the president and the general secretary.”
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/ 20 September 2006
Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel is not interested in becoming South Africa’s next president or deputy president. In the October edition of Afrikaans niche magazine Insig (Insight), Manuel said he loved his freedom too much to take up the country’s top post. ”I’m not interested in the position as president or deputy president,” he told the magazine.
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/ 20 September 2006
South African Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Aziz Pahad, on behalf of the South African government, has expressed outrage and condemnation of the coup in Thailand. ”The South African government joins United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan … in expressing an outright condemnation of the unconstitutional transfer of power in Thailand ,” Pahad said in a statement.
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/ 20 September 2006
<a href="http://www.mg.co.za/specialreport.aspx?area=zuma_report"><img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/243078/zuma.jpg" align=left border=0></a>African National Congress deputy president Jacob Zuma on Wednesday accused the media of sentencing him even before a judge had decided on the corruption charge he faced. "The media asked: ‘What is Zuma hiding?’," Zuma told thousands of people outside the Pietermaritzburg High Court after his and co-accused Thint’s case was struck from the roll.
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/ 20 September 2006
The L&R Consortium, which has British, South African and Dubai elements, has been named by Transnet as the successful bidder for the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront (V&A) in Cape Town. The bid came in at R7,04-billion. Among leading South African black business leaders involved in the project are Vincent Maphai and Hassan Adams.
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/ 20 September 2006
Gold Fields denied on Wednesday that it has had any cases of the so-called ”Killer TB” (tuberculosis) at any of its mines. ”Gold Fields wishes to state that news reports this morning with headlines such as ‘Killer TB spreads to mines’ and ‘Deadly new TB strain found in Free State’, are misleading.”
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/ 20 September 2006
Third-quarter consumer confidence declined by three index points — from 20 during the second quarter — to 17, the FNB/BER consumer confidence index (CCI) showed on Wednesday. ”It seems most of our consumers are suffering from either too much experience and fearing what is coming, or too little,” said First National Bank economist Cees Bruggemans.
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/ 20 September 2006
The same gang may have struck three times in one day, carrying out two hijackings and a house robbery all involving foreign victims, Johannesburg police said on Wednesday. Constable Sefako Xaba said a Lesotho man was missing after the hijacking, which happened on Tuesday at Linden in Johannesburg.
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/ 20 September 2006
<a href="http://www.mg.co.za/specialreport.aspx?area=zuma_report"><img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/243078/zuma.jpg" align=left border=0></a>Former deputy president Jacob Zuma’s corruption case was struck off the roll by the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Wednesday, boosting the popular politician’s bid to succeed President Thabo Mbeki. Judge Herbert Msimang also dismissed the state’s application for a postponement of the case.
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/ 20 September 2006
The JSE was awash with red in noon trade on Wednesday, against the backdrop of lower commodity prices and uncertain world markets. News that the corruption case against former deputy president Jacob Zuma had been thrown out of court saw the bourse come under further pressure initially but these losses were short lived.
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/ 20 September 2006
Only the position of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) president is to be contested in its leadership election, the union federation’s congress in Midrand heard on Wednesday. Willie Madisha, who presently holds that office, will be pitted against Zanoxolo Wayile, Cosatu’s Eastern Cape chairperson and a National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa member.
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/ 20 September 2006
The Falcons were given a setback for the rest of the season when they lost tighthead prop Phillip Lemmer for three weeks after a spear tackle this past weekend on Western Province midfielder Corne Uys. Lemmer appeared before a South African Rugby Union disciplinary committee on Tuesday and was handed the ban.
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/ 20 September 2006
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Jacob Zuma’s supporters will be hoping that the corruption trial against the former deputy president is thrown out of court when Judge Herbert Msimang hands down his decision on Wednesday on whether to grant the state’s application for a postponement.
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/ 19 September 2006
Pinelands, a Cape Town suburb built in the 1920s to emulate a British rural idyll, has become the city’s most racially mixed neighbourhood. If you’re really lucky you might glimpse Pinelands residents Patricia de Lille (Independent Democrats leader) and Pregs Govender (activist and former MP) having their hair done at the same salon.
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/ 19 September 2006
Western Cape provincial minister of local government Richard Dyantyi’s move to change Cape Town’s system of government is a blatant abuse of power with serious implications for South Africa, city mayor Helen Zille said on Tuesday. She was reacting to a letter Dyantyi sent her earlier in the day, announcing that he was considering scrapping the current mayoral committee system.
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/ 19 September 2006
The Mangaung Local Municipality, comprising Bloemfontein, Thaba Nchu and Botshabelo, on Tuesday took a step closer towards becoming a metropolitan area. ”We totally and completely support the idea of a metro,” said speaker in the council Mahlomola Ralebesi.
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/ 19 September 2006
The halls of Gallagher Estate in Midrand, Johannesburg, were on Tuesday packed with delegates from different workers’ unions, thrashing out issues on HIV/Aids and unemployment. Delegates at the Congress of South African Trade Unions’ (Cosatu) national congress discussed among themselves the HIV/Aids issue that was encouraged by the speech of president of Cosatu, Willie Madisha.
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/ 19 September 2006
By the end of the second day of the Congress of South African Trade Unions’ (Cosatu) congress in Midrand, there was still no clarity on whether there was any official opposition to the present leadership. The nominations for new national office bearers for Cosatu closed on Tuesday but no details on any possible new candidates were being released.
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/ 19 September 2006
Six miners from the Free State goldfields have been diagnosed with extreme drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB), the provincial department of health said on Tuesday. Spokesperson Gela Naude said the six confirmed XDR-TB patients were all from Gold Fields and Harmony mines at Welkom.
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/ 19 September 2006
Western Cape provincial minister of local government Richard Dyantyi has taken the first step in his bid to strip Cape Town mayor Helen Zille of her executive powers. He sent a letter to Zille on Tuesday giving her notice of a ”proposed amendment” to the form of government the city has.