 Zille: DA to undergo major policy review
The Democratic Alliance (DA) will undertake a major policy review before the 2009 general election, party leader Helen Zille said on Tuesday. Speaking at the University of Pretoria's Centre for International Political Studies, she said the DA and its predecessors' major contribution till now had been to keep the idea of opposition alive over decades. | | South Africa divided over Vlok trial
As senior apartheid-era security officials go to court on Friday, South Africans are divided over whether it will help reveal the truth and reconcile the nation, or reopen the wounds of the nation's racial divide. |  |
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PSC: Govt loses R45m to financial misconduct
More than R45,6-million was lost by national and provincial government departments due to financial misconduct in the 2005/06 financial year, the Public Service Commission (PSC) said on Tuesday. Releasing the commission's report on financial misconduct in government departments, PSC chairperson Stan Sangweni said there were 771 reported cases. | | Mbeki vulnerable after sacking Nozizwe
President Thabo Mbeki's dismissal of his respected deputy health minister has handed political ammunition to critics who accuse him of purging opponents as he tries to hold on to political power. Mbeki, facing a fierce battle to maintain leadership of his ruling party, sacked Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge for insubordination, sparking a public outcry. | | |
Cachalia: 'Welcome signs' in fight against crime
Police have made more arrests in connection with violent organised crime in Gauteng in the first six months of this year compared with the same period last year, provincial minister of community safety Firoz Cachalia said on Tuesday. He said arrests for residential and business robberies and vehicle hijackings had increased compared with last year. | | TUT considers closing after student protest
The Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) is considering temporarily closing its doors after police broke up student protests at its main campus in Pretoria on Tuesday. Captain Lucas Sithole said 16 students were arrested at a march to protest the suspension of lectures outside the university's main campus at 11.30am. | | |
Manto 'prepared for' legal action over medical records
Legal action will be taken if the Sunday Times does not return medical documents belonging to the health Minister, her spokesperson said on Tuesday. Sibani Mngadi said the Sunday Times had until about 5.30pm on Tuesday to return Health Minister Manto Tshabala-Msimang's medical documents. | | Boeremag accused apply for discharge
Three more Boeremag treason triallists on Tuesday applied for their discharge on all of the charges against them, claiming the state had not managed to link them to any conspiracy to overthrow the government. Counsel for accused Adriaan van Wyk, Pieter van Deventer and Frederik Boltman applied for their clients’ discharge because of a lack of evidence against them. | | |
Potch municipality name change effective immediately
The name change of the Potchefstroom local municipality to Tlokwe local municipality is effective immediately, the North West department of local government and housing said on Tuesday. "[Provincial minister] Howard Yawa approved the changing of the municipality to Tlokwe last week," said the provincial minister's spokesperson. | | Parties call on govt to speed up service delivery
As another 30 people were arrested in a protest on Tuesday, this time in Sebokeng in the Vaal triangle, political parties urged the government to speed up service delivery to angry communities. "Is the [provincial minister] going to finally do something about service delivery or are more communities going to have to riot?" asked Paul Willemburg of the DA. | | |
Vavi apologises over 'dying on duty' comments
Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) secretary general Zwelinzima Vavi's comments on Cabinet ministers who died on duty were never intended to show disrespect to them, it said on Tuesday. "These comments were in no way intended to show disrespect to those ministers who passed away," Cosatu said in a statement. | | Six injured, thirty arrested in Sebokeng protest
Six people were injured and 30 were arrested during a protest over housing delivery in Sebokeng on Tuesday morning, Vaal Rand police said. Captain William Mcera said about 800 protesters burned tyres and stoned vehicles from about 4am, opposite the Sebokeng Hospital in Zone 14. | | |
