The government is to review its current policy on medical parole, Correctional Services Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said in Parliament on Thursday. She said new draft policy on medical parole would be made public at the end of this month. The move comes amid criticism about how convicted fraudster and President Jacob Zuma former financial advisor, […]
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S.Africa: New department to support veterans
It is all systems go for the launch on April 1 of the Department of Military Veterans, which will be partially separated from the Department of Defence. The chief of human resources for the Defence Department, Lieutenant-General Derick Mgwebi, said in Pretoria yesterday that the department would be looking specifically at the wellbeing of military […]
S.Africa: Cosatu calls for strike
Cosatu is planning a national strike in protest against electricity tariff increases and the government’s intention to allow independent power producers in on the action. The trade union federation, an ally of the ANC, also expressed outrage at the news that the ruling party holds a 25% stake Hitachi Africa, the company that won a […]
S.Africa: North West learner drivers must explain licences
Some 70 North West learner drivers must provide proof before the end of the week that their learner licences are not fraudulent, Public Safety MEC Howard Yawa said on Thursday. This follows a licence scam involving a cashier at the Rustenburg Local Municipality, which was discovered by management. “Failure by the applicants to respond to […]
Zimbabwe refugees 'straining' South Africa
The influx of refugees from Zimbabwe is placing “significant strain” on South Africa’s capacity and resources, President Jacob Zuma told British parliamentarians in London on Thursday. “South Africa is greatly affected by the crisis in Zimbabwe,” Zuma said in a speech in the Palace of Westminster. “The influx of economic refugees from Zimbabwe places a […]
Private owners an anomaly at Bank — Marcus
The role of private shareholders with personal agendas in the appointment of half the Reserve Bank’s board of directors had created an “unhealthy” and fraught situation, the Bank’s governor, Gill Marcus, said on Tuesday. It also affected the calibre of directors, who should act in the best interests of the organisation, she told Parliament’s finance […]
South Africa: NIA reporting to Malema?
The National Intelligence Agency (NIA) is in the firing line for once again involving itself in the ruling party’s factional battles. This time around the NIA allegedly provided ANC Youth League president Julius Malema with a list of people who are apparently seeking the destruction of President Jacob Zuma supporters. The NIA played a critical […]
South Africa: Malema in Zuma plot rage
ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema has claimed that he has an “intelligence document” listing the names of prominent political leaders who backed President Jacob Zuma’s rise to power, but who are now being targeted to be toppled. Interviewed on SAfm’s After Eight Debate radio programme yesterday, Malema further claimed that preliminary investigations by the […]
S.Africa: Bank has no specific role in growth – Marcus
Reserve Bank Governor Gill Marcus told MPs on Tuesday that the expanded mandate of the bank passed to her by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan last Wednesday, which explicitly requires the bank to consider economic growth and job creation, does not mean that the bank has a specific role in these matters. She also made it […]
South Africa notifies UN of seized North Korea arms
South Africa has notified the UN Security Council that it recently seized a shipment of North Korean arms bound for Congo in violation of UN resolutions, diplomats said on Tuesday. One diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the South Africans on Monday informed the council’s panel monitoring sanctions imposed on North Korea that spare […]