Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Helen Zille launched a national education campaign in Soshanguve, north of Pretoria at the weekend, aimed at alleviating a learning and teaching crisis in the country. Zille said the DA’s campaign, if implemented across the country, would improve the quality of the public education system. “We want to get the education […]
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Blue-light brigade reminds me of apartheid – Lekota
COPE president Mosiuoa Lekota said he does not use blue lights to get to his destination faster – he says the blue lights he remembers were the ones when he was arrested and being transported to court and prison during the apartheid era. Lekota gave his views on the controversy surrounding blue light convoys used […]
ANC ‘must address conflicts of interest issue’
IT WAS time for the African National Congress (ANC) to draw a line in the sand and bring an end to the involvement of office bearers in state tender processes once and for all, said Judith February, head of the parliamentary information and monitoring service of the Institute for Democracy in SA (Idasa). February was […]
S.Africa: Amos Masondo 'ignores' second parks report
A second, independent report into corruption at Johannesburg City Parks recommended disciplinary action against managing director Luther Williamson – but both the department and Mayor Amos Masondo have ignored it. The Times revealed last week that a forensic audit by law firm Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs found that multimillion-rand tenders were awarded to friends of Williamson […]
Fifa worry about use of muti
FIFA is concerned that players at the World Cup could use undetectable stimulants derived from traditional African medicines that aren’t currently banned substances. Fifa medical committee chairperson Michel D’Hooghe yesterday said he wanted the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) to analyse some African plants that could give athletes an unfair advantage. “I have a big concern […]
Work the Cup to the fullest
South Africans are likely to be drunk and disorderly during the World Cup – and employers are warned to prepare themselves for it. The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration said it had set up special units in all major host cities to arbitrate because there was an expectation that industrial action and cases between […]
Varsities' World Cup windfall
The universities have been accredited as one-star backpacking facilities for the duration of the cup. Johannesburg University spokesman Herman Esterhuizen said his institution had made a “substantial upfront investment” in upgrading its residences. “All the residences were renovated in the three years leading up to the event to comply with the standards set by the […]
Ticket prices reduced
South African football fans can start applying for World Cup tickets at reduced prices immediately. Ich Mkhondo, chief communications officer for the organising committee would not reveal how many “re-categorised” R140 Category1 tickets , which are reserved for South Africans only, were available. He said only that the tickets now formed part of the 400,000 […]
Sudan signs accord with Darfur rebels
Sudan and Darfur’s most powerful rebel group will tomorrow ratify an agreement reached after an easing of tension between Sudan and Chad. The rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) said on Saturday that the framework agreement reached in the Chadian capital N’Djamena last week was not a final peace deal but set out the terms […]
Nigeria: Junta urged to make way for vote in Niger
Niger’s new military junta had not announced plans for an election by yesterday and had not said how long it would hold power after a coup that ousted the uranium-rich west African country’s dictatorial president. After Thursday’s coup, the junta immediately suspended the country’s constitution. The coup was staged to unseat Mamadou Tandja, who had […]