Minorities are more reluctant to vote in the next national election in South Africa — scheduled for 2004 — than their black counterparts, according to a Markinor poll conducted for the South African Broadcasting Corporation.
The Western Cape government has provided more than 167 000 Western Cape families with homes of their own since the start of the housing subsidy system, premier Marthinus van Schalkwyk said on Monday.
An application by former president F W de Klerk for an interdict preventing him from having to testify for the defence in the Boeremag trial is to serve before the Pretoria High Court next Tuesday.
Retrenched workers, especially women, in the South African textile and clothing industry have experienced a marked decline in living standards, an Ecumenical Service for Socio-Economic Transformation report said on Thursday.
South African members of Parliament (MPs) were clearly informed of the procedures applying to the travel voucher scheme — now the subject of a forensic audit — as far back as August 2001, according to a circular issued by Parliament.
The extent of fraud involving travel vouchers used by South African Members of Parliament can’t yet be conclusively determined but the investigation may take several months, says National Assembly Speaker Frene Ginwala.
Members of the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) in the Western Cape demonstrated on Friday outside the SABC offices in Sea Point, Cape Town, against the prevalence of blasphemous language broadcast by the public broadcaster.
South Africa’s Western Cape province will soon host a conference aimed at bringing major airlines together to discuss ways of increasing international flights to Cape Town, according to Provincial Premier Marthinus Van Schalkwyk.
The room occupancy rate and the bed occupancy rate of hotels in South Africa for May 2003 increased by 0,2% and 0,9% respectively, compared with May 2002, Statistics South Africa said on Thursday.
Most of the debate that has been sparked by the death of chief Kaizer Matanzima has focused on an assessment of the type of ruler he was.
The Census 2001 results proved that South Africa’s transformation was on track, the African National Congress (ANC) said on Tuesday.
Former president FW de Klerk might turn to the courts in a bid to avoid having to testify for the defence in the Boeremag treason trial, his attorney said on Monday.
The trial of New Labour Party leader Peter Marais and former deputy social development minister David Malatsi on corruption charges will start in the Cape Town Regional Court next month.
Five of the nine provinces had underspent their HIV/Aids grant allocations for the 2002/2003 financial year.
Former president FW de Klerk has been subpoenaed to testify for the defence in the treason trial of 22 alleged members of the right-wing Boeremag organisation, an attorney said on Tuesday.
About 70% of Pan Africanist Congress members felt the party’s recent leadership election was flawed, says former general secretary Thami ka Plaatjie.
While the government holds up its mother-to-child HIV-transmission prevention programme as the continent’s largest, it is turning into a shambles in many provinces.
The Democratic Alliance is to request the Auditor-General to investigate alleged irregularities surrounding a contract to upgrade facilities at the Western Cape College of Nursing, outside Cape Town.
Drug abuse and illicit trafficking are among the biggest social, political, economic and security challenges facing the world in the 21st century, said Social Development Minister Zola Skweyiya on Thursday.
More than 1 000 people from rural communities all over the Western Cape marched on Parliament on Tuesday to highlight the lack of land reform in the region.
The Umtata District Court on Monday granted 12 people, who were arrested in connection with the discovery of eight shallow graves inside a church compound in the area, bail of R300 each.
Former Pan Africanist Congress member of Parliament Patricia de Lille has launched her new political party, the Independent Democrats (ID) — but her political opponents are questioning the chances of her reaching a target of 5% of the vote.
Opening the Western Cape provincial hearings on the South African Broadcasting Corporation’s draft editorial policy on Monday, premier Marthinus van Schalkwyk highlighted the power the corporation has to do good or to do harm.
In an unprecedented legal manoeuvre, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has approached the judge president of the Cape High Court and offered to mediate in an eviction dispute involving about 3 000 families.
A day after the official launch of her fledgling new party — the Independent Democrats (ID) — party leader and outspoken Aids activist Patricia de Lille confirmed the election of the ID’s national executive committee members on Sunday.
A member of the Film and Publications Board has suggested, tongue-in-cheek, that South Africans use political leaders as symbols for film ratings, similar to an experiment that will be launched in England next week.
More money for land reform, especially for people in rural areas, was urgently needed, the director of the Surplus People’s Project (SPP), Herschelle Milford, said on Thursday.
The African National Congress has triumphed by four votes in a fierce election battle with the Democratic Alliance in Cloetesville in Stellenbosch, the Cape Times reported on Thursday.
The government must, at least, extend the childcare grant to children up to 18 years of age and make it available to child-headed households. "The worse off you are, the less likely you are actually to receive grants," says a senior researcher about proposals for a comprehensive social security system.
Government says it will build more large dams in areas of South Africa where it believes they are needed, although it has pledged to do so in a technically, environmentally and socially responsible way.
Nine months ago the controversial Communal Land Rights Bill was published for public comment. After a long gestation period, it now appears that the Bill may be stillborn.
The government unequivocally supported and respected the independence of the judiciary, Justice Minister Penuell Maduna said in a statement.