Updated: 8am GMT -- 2004/06/24
SouthAfrica
Top prosecuting official back behind bars
PRETORIA - Gauteng Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Cornwell Tshavhungwa is back behind bars after his R100000 bail on corruption charges was cancelled by a magistrate here yesterday. Specialised Commercial Crimes Court magistrate Desmond Nai...
Wits divers aim for world record
JOHANNESBURG - The Wits University Underwater Club will attempt to reach a record cave, sea and overall record depth of 320 metres during a dive in the Red Sea next month. Shirona Hassim, a University of the Witwatersrand spokeswoman, said a s...
Search on for illegal surgeons
CAPE TOWN - The Eastern Cape Health Department said it is working with police to track down men who have illegally circumcised 25 youths in the Mdantsane area and one at Cala. The province's circumcision legislation says traditional surgeons and ini...
Aviation security plan awaits approval
CAPE TOWN - With an international review of security at airports given added impetus after the September 11 attacks, South Africa's revamped multi-million-rand National Aviation Security Plan (NSAP) was awaiting ministerial approval, an official said...
Premier's office stops auction
JOHANNESBURG - The KwaZulu-Natal premier's office intervened at the last minute to prevent the sale of furniture from King Goodwill Zwelethini's offices in Nongoma yesterday, a spokesperson for the premier said. The furniture - as well as computer ...
UN meets in SA to discuss Palestine
CAPE TOWN - The "inalienable rights" of the Palestinian people are expected to be debated during a United Nations African meeting here next week, the Foreign Affairs Department said yesterday. Registration for delegates starts today at the Cape T...
Noupoort care centre to contest closure
JOHANNESBURG - The government will work closely with anyone affected by its decision to close the controversial Noupoort Christian Care Centre, Social Development Minister Zola Skweyiya said yesterday. His department would assist parents, the commun...
Minister 'wrong on nuclear power'
CAPE TOWN - Minerals and Energy Minister Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka was misinformed if she believed nuclear power had a future as an energy source, Earthlife Africa said yesterday. "Nuclear energy is not an option for South Africa," said Sibusiso Mimi, ...
ANC contradictions cost SA - Leon
CAPE TOWN - The contradiction between constitutional ideals and African National Congress ideology is undermining South Africa's laudable goals, DA leader Tony Leon said yesterday. Speaking during debate in the National Assembly on President Thabo M...
IFP: devolution of decision-making is Mbeki's test
CAPE TOWN - The gauge of President Thabo Mbeki success over the next five years will be the extent to which he is willing to relinquish power and devolve decision-making, parliament was told yesterday. In the National Assembly debate yester...
Three tiers of govt to meet
CAPE TOWN - Representatives of national, provincial and local government will meet in Pretoria tomorrow in an attempt to improve the intergovernmental system, President Thabo Mbeki said yesterday. Introducing the debate on the Presidency's budget ...
Diabetes now an epidemic in SA, says expert
JOHANNESBURG - The South African population is increasingly at risk of developing diabetes, not only because of lifestyle changes, but also from taking anti-retrovirals, said a diabetes and cholesterol researcher yesterday. "The black popula...
Parties accept report on Ngcuka probe
CAPE TOWN - The ANC and opposition parties have accepted a report on the Public Protector's probe into a complaint against National Director of Public Prosecutions, Bulelani Ngcuka. Deputy President Jacob Zuma lodged a complaint with the Public P...
UDM: interest rate plagues rand
CAPE TOWN - The single biggest factor leading to the rand's volatility is interest rate differential, and it should be reduced, United Democratic Movement MP Martin Stephens said yesterday. He said the rand's volatility remained a central factor in...
Kasrils in 'back to basics' call for intelligence
CAPE TOWN - Significant adjustments to the intelligence services' budget will have to be made in favour of direct operational activities, the rock-face of its business, Intelligence Minister Ronnie Kasrils said yesterday. During debate in the Na...
