The leaking of five matric papers in Mpumalanga had been the only proven hiccup marring the National Senior Certificate Examination, Education Department Chief Director Nkosinathi Sishi said on Friday. “Leaking is considered the ultimate sin,” Mr Sishi told media in Pretoria as students across the country sat their final exams. “I am unhappy about the […]
MINISTER CONDEMNS ILLEGAL MEDICAL WASTE
Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica on Friday promised that action would be taken in an unfolding medical waste scandal. “The Department of Environmental Affairs views these illegal activities in a very serious light and the green scorpions will leave no stone unturned in ensuring that those found transgressing the environmental laws will face […]
CORRECTION, NOT CHAOS
The recession had impacted on the Mineworkers Investment Company’s portfolio, it said yesterday. Releasing its 2008-9 annual review in Joburg, MIC chairman Kuben Pillay said there had been a cyclical correction, rather than a catastrophe. “The abiding impression created by our portfolio is that of solid quality. The market has changed, but underlying quality remains.” […]
TRANSNET TO INVEST MORE IN RAIL
Logistics group Transnet plans to raise annual rail capacity for manganese ore exports to 7 million tons within five years from around 4 million tons this year, it said yesterday. Transnet CEO Chris Wells said more capacity would be allocated to manganese exports from Hotazel in the Northern Cape to Port Elizabeth on the general […]
ZILLE TAKES AIM AT SADTU
Democratic Alliance leader and Western Province Premier Helen Zille on Friday accused the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) of shielding incompetent teachers at the expense of quality education. Ms Zille wrote in her weekly newsletter that the DA would push ahead with plans to make all teachers in the Western Cape sign performance contracts, […]
GUINEA'S WOUNDED PRESIDENT FLOWN TO MOROCCO
Guinea’s president has been flown to Morocco for medical treatment after he was shot during an assassination attempt nearly a year after he seized power in a coup, a government official said Friday. Indicating the possible severity of his wounds, President Moussa “Dadis” Camara left the West African country, which he had never dared do […]
DANES UPSET OVER MUGABE
The world’s heads of state gathering in Denmark for the climate change summit next week probably have little more than the effects of changing weather patterns on the mind. But when Danish Queen Margrethe II has her gala dinner on Thursday night, she and her closest dinner guests will have much to talk about. Purely […]
NAMIBIAN OPPOSITION REJECTS ELECTION RESULTS
Namibian opposition parties threw the country’s presidential and parliamentary elections into doubt on Friday, saying they would not accept the outcome of the vote. Eight opposition parties said in a joint statement they would not accept the results of the elections because the elections contravened Namibia’s electoral laws. Results of the November 27-28 vote released […]
ROUNDUP: SWAPO, POHAMBA WIN NAMIBIA ELECTIONS BY LANDSLIDES
Namibia’s ruling SWAPO party clinched its fifth straight landslide election victory in last week’s Presidential and Parliamentary elections, in which President Hifikepunye Pohamba also trounced his rivals, the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) announced on Friday evening. SWAPO won 74 per cent of the vote against 11.4 per cent for the newly formed Rally for […]
MONEY AND POSITIONS SOURCES OF EVIL IN THE ANC – ZUMA
Love for money and top positions are two main sources of evil that have undermined the character of the African National Congress, party President Jacob Zuma said on Friday. “Money and positions have undermined the ANC. They sought to change the character and values of the ANC,” President Zuma told delegates attending the formation of […]