South Africa will lodge a formal complaint with the Group of 77 (G77) plus China after South African negotiators were harshly criticised for trying to disrupt the unity of the developing nation bloc at climate talks in Copenhagen. The G77’s Sudanese Chairman, Lumumba Di-Aping, during an emotional meeting with African civil society earlier this week, […]
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DEVELOPING WORLD SCORNS DANISH SCHEME
As tensions grew at the United Nations (UN) climate change talks it emerged on Thursday that the world’s major emerging economies, led by China and SA, were calling for a “binding” amendment to the Kyoto Protocol requiring rich countries to slash carbon pollution by more than 40% . A previously unseen 11-page draft “Copenhagen Accord”, […]
TUKS MARKS RIGHTS TIME OF YEAR
International Human Rights Day was marked for the first time in South Africa on Thursday – and centred on the campus of the University of Pretoria. This day is celebrated worldwide each year to commemorate the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the UN in 1948. It is normally conducted from the […]
SOUTH AFRICAN CITIZENS ROT IN FOREIGN JAILS
At least 1,062 South African citizens are languishing in prisons all over the world. Most prisoners are serving time for drug-related offences. This was revealed by International Relations and Co-operation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane in response to a Parliamentary question. There could be even more South Africans in overseas prisons, since Minister Nkoana-Mashabane said the 1,062 […]
South Africa: MOTLANTHE PROMISES TO HELP SCHOOL
Deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe has promised to look into the needs of a primary school in Soshanguve after a teacher complained about the lack of sports facilities and other needs at the school. Tlamaganyo Primary School, according to the teacher, does not have a library, a lab, a fence around the school in addition to […]
Challenges remain in efforts women's rights – Zuma
The Government has created an environment conducive to the empowerment of women and children, but more still needs to be done, said President Jacob Zuma at the closing ceremony of the 16 days of activism campaign. “Prevailing attitudes regarding the place of women in society and the different notions of masculinity continue to present a […]
Italy's govt informs on Berlusconi's health and Nigerians?
A message on Facebook by Kayode Ogundamisi: “Italian government just announced to the Italian people that the Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi suffer from a broken nose and two broken teeth! Now what is stopping the Nigerian Federal executive council from informing Nigerians of the current status of President Umoru Musa Yar’Adua?”
Zuma will put Africa's case in Copenhagen
by Sheree Béga Environmental groups have welcomed President Jacob Zuma’s decision to attend the UN Copenhagen climate talks after his office initially insisted that he did not need to be at the crucial summit. On Thursday, the cabinet announced that President Zuma would lead South Africa’s delegation to the Danish capital, together with Minister of […]
PUBLIC SECTOR DOCTORS IN SHORT SUPPLY – DA
Thousands of public sector vacancies for doctors could be filled by foreign doctors yet the Health Department is taking up to a year to issue the required documentation for them to work. “On average every hospital in the country is short of 40 doctors, yet the Foreign Workforce Management Programme (FWMP) in the Department of […]
ONE HICCUP AS MATRICS SIT FINAL DAY OF EXAM
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 […]