Updated: 8am GMT -- 2004/10/14
SouthAfrica
Zuma's name crops up repeatedly in Shaik
trial DURBAN - Deputy President Jacob Zuma's name came up repeatedly as the corruption and fraud trial of his financial adviser Schabir Shaik got under way in earnest in the High Court here yesterday. Using a Powerpoint display that included dia...
Banking services to reach poor
JOHANNESBURG - A new "Mzansi" bank account to be launched on October 25 will extend banking to low-income earners and those currently living beyond the reach of banking services in South Africa, the Banking Council said yesterday. According to th...
Robbers switching from banks to retailers
JOHANNESBURG - Improved security for banks and cash-in-transit vehicles has seen robbers turn to the retail industry, which has suffered a R12 million loss so far this year, a security expert said yesterday. This is up from the total loss for 2003 ...
Asbestos sufferers get relief
JOHANNESBURG - More than R16 million has been paid out to claimants who suffer from asbestos poisoning, the Asbestos Relief Trust said yesterday. Over 100 claims had been paid out, while 150 more were ready to be finalised, John Doidge, chairperson ...
Nigeria slammed for union bashing
JOHANNESBURG - The South African Communist Party added its voice yesterday to protests against the Nigerian government's treatment of its unions. The SACP approved Cosatu's plan to hold a demonstration at the Nigerian High Commission in Pretor...
Pahad's wife sentenced for drink driving
CAPE TOWN - Sandra Jean Black-Pahad, wife of deputy foreign affairs minister Aziz Pahad, was sentenced on Tuesday for a drink drive offence. Pahad was first caught for alleged drunken driving in August, in Eerste River, for which she was released...
2 more S Africans killed in Iraq
PRETORIA - Any person in Iraq runs a very high risk of being killed, the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) said here yesterday. Responding to the death of two more South Africans - both from the Eastern Cape - in a roadside attack on their ...
Crash kills child, injures 13
JOHANNESBURG - A child was killed and 13 were injured, three critically, when a bakkie and a taxi crashed on the West Rand on Tuesday morning, local emergency services said. Spokesperson Malcolm Midgley said the accident occurred at about 7.30am when...
Molusi to chair Joburg tourism
JOHANNESBURG - The chief executive officer of Johnnic Communications, Connie Molusi, has been appointed chairperson of the Johannesburg Tourism Company, the city council announced yesterday. Molusi's appointment follows the death of the compa...
Security rumpus at Shaik trial
DURBAN - There was a row between court officials and journalists who were barred from entering Schabir Shaik's fraud and corruption trial yesterday because security had been increased. On Monday journalists had to apply for access cards to the ...
Woods permitted to give evidence says NPA
DURBAN - The National Prosecuting Authority believes it has already obtained permission for former public accounts committee chairman Gavin Woods to testify at Schabir Shaik's fraud and corruption trial. "As far as we know we do have permission....
Gauteng opens seven new ARV sites
JOHANNESBURG - Seven new sites began providing anti-retroviral treatment in Gauteng this week, bringing the total number in the province to 18, the provincial Health Department said yesterday. "So far there are approximately 5000 people on treatm...
World Cup 'will bring in billions'
JOHANNESBURG - Hosting the Soccer World Cup in 2010 is not an end in itself but a means to attract more tourism and grow the country's economy, Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk said yesterday. Addressing the media on the sidelines of the ...
Work towards economic empowerment - FW
JOHANNESBURG - All South Africans - black and white - must work together towards the economic empowerment of all "truly disadvantaged South Africans, most of whom are black", former president FW de Klerk said yesterday. Addressing the Eskom African ...
Govt failing ostrich farmers - DA
CAPE TOWN - The government has failed ostrich farmers by leaving the European Union in the dark over South Africa's progress in containing avian flu, and should answer for this, the Democratic Alliance said yesterday. "By neglecting to formally noti...
Govt urged to address male rape
CAPE TOWN - Correctional Services Department employees called on the government yesterday not to discriminate against men when it comes to rape. According to Friends Against Abuse (FAA) - an organisation started three years ago by warders at Pollsmo...
