The SACP has invested in a project it is vehemently opposed to. (Madelene Cronjé, MG) The South African Communist Party (SACP) has an indirect stake in the company that operates the multibillion-rand Gautrain project, despite the SACP having denounced it as “elitist”. In July 2008, the JJ Group, co-owned by former trade unionists Jay Naidoo [...]
Don’t be surprised if the injury-hit MTN Lions are written off far and wide before their Vodacom Super Rugby clash against the revived Reds in Brisbane on Saturday morning. While the team from Gauteng have lost their last nine games after a round one victory over the Toyota Cheetahs, the Reds have slowly been improving [...]
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May 19 2012 at 01:25pm By SAPA Comment on this story INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS Rev Motlalepula Chabaku. Picture: Neil Baynes Related Stories Official funeral for Chabaku: Zuma Johannesburg – South Africa needs to elect ANC public representatives that will become true servants of the people motivated only by their desire to serve, the party’s Gauteng chairman [...]
Pretoria — The delay in the implementation of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP), was “unhelpful”, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Friday. Last month the North Gauteng High Court granted an urgent interdict against e-tolling, placing the project on hold until a full review can take place. The system would have kicked off on [...]
2012-05-19 09:31 Johannesburg – The Anglican cathedral parish of St Albans in Pretoria has closed its doors because of death threats, confrontations, disruptions and allegations of corruption against its bishop, according to a report on Saturday. One priest who feared for his life had already resigned, the Saturday Star reported. The church leadership under Bishop [...]
ANC’s Kaw-Zulu Natal PEC members Senzo Mchunu, Nomusa Dube, Zweli Mkhize, Sihle Zikalala and Nhlakanipho Ntombela at a press briefing. (Madelene Cronje, MG) The current national leadership of the ANC has the support of its KwaZulu-Natal members but this did not mean that the province was discussing succession yet, provincial secretary Sihle Zikalala said on [...]
After last year’s heartbreak, Kevin Evans and David George smashed the course record to reclaim their rightful place as winners of the 2012 sani2c, presented by BoE Private Clients, in Scottburgh on Saturday morning. The Nedbank 360Life riders took the overall lead after winning the opening stage between Underberg and McKenzie Club near Ixopo, KwaZulu-Natal, [...]
2012-05-13 19:45 Multimedia · User Galleries · News in Pictures Send us your pictures · Send us your stories kalahari.com Articles on South African Police Officers, Including: Andre Stander, Eugene de Kock, Craig Williamson, Isaac Pierre de Villiers, Jackie Selebi, Dirk Coetzee, Frank Dutton, Lothar Neethling, Paul Erasmus Also includes; Bheki [...]
INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS Related Stories Crime caught on camera Five appear for casino robbery Robbers shoot their way out of casino heist Two men accused of being part of a six-man gang which robbed three casinos in KwaZulu-Natal and the Free State, claimed police officers had assaulted them and forced them to confess to the [...]
CHELTENHAM skipper Will Simmons has hailed ton hero Gareth Roderick ahead of their Glos/Wilts Division fixture against Rockhampton tomorrow. The opener from Durban, who has first-class experience in South Africa with Kwazulu Natal, smashed 110 in last Saturday’s win over Chipping Sodbury. It followed a disappointing start to his career with Cheltenham when he was [...]
If you’re a typical American, when you think of South Africa, you think of Cape Town and Table Mountain, Johannesburg and the Kruger Park — or the Blue Train. The Indian Ocean resort city of Durban in the province of KwaZulu-Natal? Despite having been a FIFA World Cup 2010 host city and in 2011, the [...]
John Boudreau, the warden of Richmond County, died Wednesday night in hospital. (www.richmondcounty.ca) Richmond County, in eastern Cape Breton, is mourning the loss of its warden. John Boudreau was 64 years old. He died Wednesday night at the Strait Richmond Hospital. Victor David, the deputy warden of Richmond County, said Boudeau was diagnosed with cancer [...]
Johannesburg, May 4 (ANI): Expelled African National Congress Youth League president Julius Malema has claimed the ANC used him for its own purposes before throwing him away. Malema told a Friends of the Youth League gathering in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape that he had been mistreated by the ANC’s leadership. “Those of us who [...]
THE South African National Defence Force’s (SANDF’s) takeover of Mthatha Airport was “enthusiastically” approved by the Cabinet this week, Defence and Military Veterans Minister Lindiwe Sisulu said yesterday. The defence force has new commitments in the Indian Ocean, where the Southern African Development Community has given it the task of fighting piracy, but it is [...]
Cebu Daily News ALA boxing Promotions said their ward Marjohn Yap lost to South African Miniyakhe Sityatha last May 12 at the Orient Theatre in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Though the official decision was not announced clearly, ALA Promotions said in an e-mail that Yap lost by points against Siyatha after 10 rounds. [...]
Three Port Elizabeth-based businessmen have broken new ground by becoming the first wholly black owned company to operate a steel melting facility in the Eastern Cape. The company is in the process of building a ZAR 400 million steel plant in Zone six of the Coega Industrial Development Zone. The project is a joint venture [...]
Fabulous fundraisers: Weymouth speedway star is gearing up for African trek 10:00am Wednesday 16th May 2012 in News By Martin Lea REVVING UP: Speedway star Katie McAuley is preparing for a charity challenge A WEYMOUTH woman who became the country’s first female speedway professional is gearing up for the ride of a lifetime. Motorbike-mad Katie [...]
May 17 2012 at 08:36pm By SAPA Comment on this story INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS A ruling by the High Court in Pretoria on Thursday on the non-supply of textbooks for Limpopo schools has been welcomed by research organisation Equal Education. Photo: Matthews Baloyi A ruling by the High Court in Pretoria on Thursday on the non-supply [...]
THE Basic Education Department’s failure to provide textbooks for several Limpopo schools was unlawful and violated the Constitution, the High Court in Pretoria ruled on Thursday. Passing judgment on the application by Section27, the public-interest law centre, Judge Jody Kollapen ruled the matter was urgent. He ordered the department devise a catch-up plan to remedy [...]
Pretoria — Limpopo’s finances are under control and the province’s cash position has improved, says Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan. Gordhan, who presented the National Treasury’s Budget Vote in Parliament on Friday, said interventions that had been implemented in December 2011, had been successful. “The provincial finances are under control and the cash position has improved [...]
2012-05-18 07:17 Pretoria – A ruling by the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Thursday on the non-supply of textbooks for Limpopo schools has been welcomed by research organisation Equal Education. “This case was important in highlighting the importance of textbooks in education. Quality learning and teaching cannot take place without adequate access to [...]
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Passing judgment on the application brought by rights organisation Section 27 to the North Gauteng High Court on Thursday, Judge Jody Kollapen ruled the matter was urgent. He ordered the department devise a catch-up plan to remedy the consequences of its delay in supplying teaching material. Kollapen also ordered the department to supply the affected [...]
May 16 2012 at 11:04am By SAPA Comment on this story An Mpumalanga reservist constable was sentenced to 60 days in prison with the option of paying a R1 000 fine for stealing a R10 pack of chewing gum, the Sowetan reported on Wednesday. Joyce Siphiwe Mahlangu was arrested on Monday for stealing the Beechies [...]
Copying and distributing are prohibited without permission of the publisher May 18, 2012 – 12:26 GMT Location: London KEYWORDS: Ferrex , capex , Malelane , South Africa , iron ore Junior iron ore and manganese miner Ferrex expects further testing to reduce capital expenditure for its Malelane iron ore project to less than $297.6 million, [...]
Mbombela — The Mpumalanga government is on a drive to revitalise 292 farms that were acquired in land claims. The MEC for Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Administration, Candith Mashego-Dlamini, made the announcement when presenting her department’s R980.4 million 2012/2013 budget in the provincial legislature on Tuesday. “The department targeted 292 identified land reform farms [...]
May 17 2012 at 03:02pm By SAPA Comment on this story . Twenty-five people have been arrested when a protest turned violent in Selobelo township in Mpumalanga. Twenty-five people were arrested on Thursday when a protest turned violent in Selobelo township near Carolina, Mpumalanga police said. Lieutenant-Colonel Leonard Hlathi said the protest started on Thursday [...]
Geotechnical and civil engineering company Esorfranki is undertaking the construction of complex subterranean service infrastructure at State-owned utility Eskom’s Kusile power station, in Mpumalanga. The company is responsible for the construction of large reinforced concrete tunnels, as well as excavating and laying concrete and polyvinyl chloride pipes in and around the power station. Most of [...]
It is reported that Ferrex scoping study for its Malelane iron ore project indicates its robust economic potential and provides a strong platform for the pre-feasibility study targeted to be completed by the end of 2012. The study by Turgis Consulting concludes that the project in South Africa’s Mpumalanga Province can be developed into a [...]
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To Bob and Virginia Dolle, it don’t mean a thing if you ain’t got that western swing. And this weekend, they’re hoping to get a few other music fans hooked on the genre, too. The Western Swing Music Society of the Southwest will present its eighth annual Western Swing Music Showcase today through Saturday at [...]
Western Stormers returned to the top of the Super 15 southern hemisphere provincial championship log with a 19-13 win over New South Wales Waratahs at Newlands Saturday. But for the second week in a row, the Cape Town side were outplayed in the second half and had to hang on to win and claim top [...]
May 18 2012 at 07:57pm By SAPA Comment on this story Independent Newspapers . The Western Cape Director of Public Prosecutions will appeal a finding by the Cape High Court that 29 sexual offences are not punishable because the Sexual Offences Act does not specify penalties for them. “The matter will be appealed to the [...]
. Until a Supreme Court of Appeal decision on the controversy, the NPA has announced that no new arrests for certain sexual offences will be made. The National Prosecuting Authority, moving to address a shocking omission in the new Sexual Offences Act reported by Weekend Argus last week, has announced a stopgap plan that specialists [...]
2012-05-18 12:48 Cape Town – A man accused of beating his wife to death with a spade is expected to sign a plea and sentencing agreement, the Western Cape High Court heard on Friday. Antonio Saldanha appeared in the dock before Judge Andre le Grange, wearing a large cross around his neck. Le Grange, speaking [...]
