Provides the latest RSS feeds for South Africa News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page South Africa News.net http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/cat/371b1b8643d479c1/ en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 01:57:45 -0400 Wed, 22 May 2013 01:57:45 -0400 30 Oscar Pistorius, the South African Paralympic champion who is charged with murdering his girlfriend, will not compete this year in any event as he awaits trial. Pistorius stands accused of premeditated murder after the death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp at his Pretoria home. According to sports 24, Pistorius will face trial in the North Gauteng High Court on 4 June. EWN reported that ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214658363/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:20:02 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214658363/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 A well-connected Indian family in South Africa has apologised for the controversy surrounding the landing a chartered plane at Waterkloof Air Force Base to carry guests for his niece's wedding. The Gupta family said that it had only wanted to hold a memorable wedding, but realised that some bad decisions or misjudgments could have been made in the process to secure landing rights for the plane. ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214655606/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:30:04 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214655606/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Retired South African archbishop Desmond Tutu wins the $1.7-million Templeton Prize for his contribution to 'affirming life's spiritual ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214681078/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 01:20:40 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214681078/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 South Africa 's economy - buffeted by labour unrest, political uncertainties and the seemingly endless aftershocks of racial apartheid - is not roaring ahead like some of its neighbours. In the context of the much touted and much questioned theme of "Africa ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214680735/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 01:19:14 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214680735/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 As South Africans join the world in commemorating the World Wildlife Protection Day on May 22, the South African National Parks (SANParks), is calling on all the people in the country to double their efforts in protecting the country's ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214680899/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 01:08:02 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214680899/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 "Rhino horn is made of the same stuff as human nails. Still want some?" Conservation organisations WWF and TRAFFIC, as part of their campaign against the illegal wildlife trade, are running a series of myth-busting adverts aimed at encouraging Vietnamese citizens to stop buying or consuming rhino horn. According to the latest figures from South Africa's Department of Environmental ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214680900/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:44:58 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214680900/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Carl Pistorius ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214679700/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 22:44:18 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214679700/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - An objection has been lodged over an error on the 2013 property valuation roll relating to a Johannesburg property belonging to the Gupta family, the City said on Tuesday. Spokesperson Kgamanyane Maphologela said the City objected to valuations on four out of 14 properties belonging to the influential family. He was responding to a report in the Saturday Star that one of the ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214671665/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:44:30 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214671665/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - The withdrawal of charges in the Bredasdorp Magistrate's Court on Tuesday against one of the men accused of raping and killing teenager Anene Booysen, has been condemned by the DA. "The DA is outraged by the fact that only one of Anene Booysen's alleged attackers will face the courts," Democratic Alliance spokesperson on police Dianne Kohler Barnard said in a ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214671666/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:44:27 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214671666/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Cape Town - A heavier sentence for corruption was imposed on a senior Western Cape municipal official on Tuesday. The Western Cape High Court overturned the suspended jail sentence of Denvor Fielies, 40, as being "too lenient and disturbingly inappropriate". It was imposed three years ago. He now faces a three-year jail sentence. Fielies, who had come from a humble background, was ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214671667/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:44:25 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214671667/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Bloemfontein - A damning report on the condition of some Free State health facilities and services was presented to provincial health staff on Tuesday by newly-0appointed MEC Benny Malakoane. The MEC at the same time pulled in all financial responsibilities below that of district and hospital managers, as part of what he called a new "no-nonsense" approach to better health service ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214671669/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:44:21 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214671669/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Rustenburg - It was strange for police commander Major General Charl Annandale to claim he only heard of a second Marikana shooting 40 minutes after it occurred, the Farlam Commission heard on Tuesday. Dumisa Ntsebeza, for the families of the dead miners, said this was an "extraordinary proposition". Commission chairperson retired judge Ian Farlam said Annandale's submission did ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214671668/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:44:20 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214671668/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - Bigger refuse bins to fight a rat problem are to be distributed by Ekurhuleni municipality to households in Wattville and Actonville, an official said on Tuesday. "Reducing access to food for the rats by way of providing better storage for refuse, is a step in the right direction for the eradication of rodents," said municipal spokesperson Sam Modiba. Over 64 000 bins of ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214671670/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:44:18 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214671670/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Mbombela - A witness from Mpumalanga testified on Tuesday how she caught a man sexually abusing her 5-year-old sister in 2010. The woman, 18, from KaMhlushwa near Komatipoort, was testifying in the trial of a 46-year-old man in the Nelspruit regional court, a Sapa correspondent reported. "[He] first came to our home and asked my little sister to accompany him to do washing at the local dam. ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214671671/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:44:16 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214671671/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 A public auction of paintings, sculptures and furniture belonging to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela to pay off outstanding debts was scrapped on Tuesday after the former South African first lady refused to open the doors of her home to ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214669923/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:59:15 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214669923/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Carl Pistorius, the older brother of South African athlete Oscar Pistorius, has been cleared over the death of a female motorcyclist who crashed into his car during a bike rally in ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214669924/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:59:14 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214669924/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 One Pistorius brother is free of charges - acquitted today of culpable homicide in the death of a woman in a road accident. The famous younger brother, Olympian double-amputee Oscar Pistorius, still must face his day in court for shooting and killing his girlfriend. Carl Pistorius cried tears of relief Tuesday as a magistrate acquitted him of culpable homicide and negligent driving for the ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214670708/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:56:14 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214670708/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 David Lewis, executive director of the whistleblower organisation said on Tuesday: "To refer to what has happened here as 'name-dropping' is to trivialise a major administrative breakdown, and the doings of a family who clearly are capable of commanding extraordinary privilege based on their relationships with senior public figures ... including the president." The ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214669925/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:53:10 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214669925/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Spokesperson Kgamanyane Maphologela said on Tuesday the City of Johannesburg objected to valuations on four out of 14 properties belonging to the influential family. He was responding ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214669485/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:53:10 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214669485/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 The report, which appears as a video and written article on the broadcaster's website, claims only certain white South Africans have a future in the country. ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214669926/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:53:09 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214669926/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Bloemfontein - Details should be given about a memorandum signed by the Free State government and the Uttar Pradesh government in India, the Democratic Alliance said on Tuesday. Free State DA ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214669927/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:31:15 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214669927/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Cape Town - The Methodist Church did not have a rule prohibiting its members or ministers from marrying someone of the same sex, the Western Cape High Court heard on Tuesday. Annemarie de Vos said the church only recognised heterosexual marriages, but this did not mean her client, Ecclesia de Lange, 43, contravened the church's laws and disciplines. "The decision by the church... was ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214669930/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:31:12 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214669930/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - A woman was critically injured and three other people were seriously injured when two goods trains collided in Brakpan, on the East Rand, on Tuesday afternoon, paramedics said. Netcare 911 spokesperson Santi Steinmann said one of the trains overturned. "After the injured were treated and stabilised on scene, they were transported to nearby medical facilities for the medical ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214669929/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:31:10 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214669929/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - An alleged armed robber and a policeman have been wounded in a shoot-out in Springs, Gauteng police said on Tuesday. Flying Squad members stopped at the Selection Park supermarket to buy refreshments around 16:00 on Monday, Lieutenant Colonel Lungelo Dlamini said. "Unaware that a robbery was in progress, they were suddenly confronted by two armed suspects." A shoot-out ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214669928/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:31:09 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214669928/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 While delivering her department’s budget in Parliament, Pule revealed she was concerned about governance arrangements at the SABC and would be consulting the parliamentary portfolio committee on communications to explore an urgent review and amendment to the Broadcasting Act. She told journalists on Tuesday afternoon that it was a "challenge" for the minister of communications to ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214668380/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:39:19 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214668380/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Sheriffs trying to auction off part of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's art collection and silver teaset in order to settle a long-overdue debt were unable to proceed today, after being refused entry into her Soweto ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214667540/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:24:44 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214667540/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Aspirant traffic cops wait to run 4km in 30 minutes to pass the fitness test which will qualify them to go into the next round for one of 90 provincial posts. File photo; ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214667992/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:19:49 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214667992/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Pretoria - Some wedding guests on board a privately chartered plane that landed at Waterkloof Air Force Base had official business in South Africa, the Indian High Commission said on Tuesday. The senior Indian officials and their delegations were in South Africa for bilateral engagements with the Free State government, according to a statement. "The visit of Honourable Shivpal Singh Yadav, ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214668381/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:16:35 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214668381/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - The Breederiver parole board has granted former gangster Rashied Staggie day parole, the Western Cape department of correctional services said on Tuesday. Staggie, who was sentenced to 13 years' imprisonment in May 2004, would be allowed to spend his days outside prison from September 23, spokesperson Simphiwe Xako said in a statement. Staggie would have to return to a halfway ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214668383/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:16:33 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214668383/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - Murder-accused Lindon Wagner, who allegedly poured petrol on teenager Kirsty Theologo before setting her alight, is "wise and friendly", a Johannesburg court heard on Tuesday. "He is wise and very friendly and when he has drunk alcohol he wants everyone around him to be comfortable and have a good time," co-accused Harvey Isha told the South gauteng High Court ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214668382/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:16:32 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214668382/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - The Inkatha Freedom Party has called for a commission of inquiry into the deaths of 27 initiates in Mpumalanga. "This is tragic. It is imperative that the commission be set up because all stakeholders involved in this matter are defending themselves," IFP spokesperson Peter Smith said on Tuesday. "There is no one willing to take the blame," he said. Earlier, ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214668384/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:16:30 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214668384/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - An Mpumalanga man was jailed for five years by the Nelspruit Regional Court on Tuesday for raping a 2-year-old girl. The man, now 24, committed the crime in Msogwaba near Nelspruit in 2005 when he was 16, according to a Sapa correspondent. The prosecution pushed for the man to be handed a heavy sentence as he initially denied raping the child, who was now 10, and only pleaded ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214668385/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:16:29 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214668385/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Interested in globe hopping for the sake of your business? Now's your chance, with ExportDC. The District's Department of Small and Local Business Development on Tuesday released its calendar of upcoming trade missions to the membership of the D.C. Chamber of Commerce. Between June and September, they'll hit four continents, a pair of Caribbean islands and, for those wanting to stay ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214668085/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:15:36 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214668085/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 London - South African and Turkish equities outperformed both emerging market and global share indices on Tuesday, with Johannesburg's main index hitting a record high as the rand fell more against the ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214665704/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:18:21 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214665704/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wendell Roelf - 21 May 2013 Ten striking South African miners were taken to hospital today after being hit by rubber bullets, police said. It is the latest incident in a series as labour strife spread ahead of mid-year pay ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214665705/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:17:55 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214665705/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Cape Town - Changes to the Broadcasting Act will be put before Parliament in an attempt to curtail a high turnover of SABC board members, Communications ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214666292/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:57:40 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214666292/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Kenny Oldwage said Pistorius and his defence team were delighted after the drawn-out court battle. "We are satisfied with the end of it all. We are delighted," said Oldwage shortly after the judgment. "As for Carl, I can only say he is delighted. For more you will have to speak to him." The Vanderbijlpark Magistrate's Court also acquitted Pistorius on alternative charges ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214666293/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:57:39 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214666293/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - Raising the standard of maths, science, and technology education in Mpumalanga was vital for the province's growth, Premier David Mabuza said on Tuesday. Delivering his office's budget speech to the Mpumalanga provincial legislature, Mabuza said progress had been made on three key issues highlighted in previous budget and policy speeches. These were vision 2030, the ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214666291/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:57:37 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214666291/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Rustenburg - The Farlam Commission of Inquiry on Tuesday reviewed the testimony given several months ago by Brigadier Zephania Mkhwanazi.The public order policing expert was called to give evidence at the commission as he had expertise in training Public Order Police (Pop). He played no part in the Marikana unrest.During his testimony, Mkhwanazi said it would have been best if a Pop-trained ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214666294/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:57:36 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214666294/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 African prosecutors dropped charges on Tuesday against one of the two men charged with raping, mutilating and killing a teenage girl in a crime that outraged a country hardened by some of the world's highest rates of sexual violence. Prosecution spokesman Eric Ntabazalila said the man had been released from custody because there was not enough evidence to take him to trial. The victim, ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214665713/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:53:13 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214665713/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 - South Africa will begin building a 70-kilometer (44-mile) pipeline this year to supply water from a reservoir in the north to local coal mines, Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa said. The De Hoop Dam in Limpopo Province is almost complete and water storage has begun, the minister said today in Cape Town. Work on a separate pipeline that will supply other parts of the ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214663690/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:08:02 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214663690/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 "The state has withdrawn charges against Jonathan Davids after a thorough investigative process. Davids was arrested after he was implicated in the rape and murder of Anene Booysen. The investigation revealed that there was insufficient evidence to secure a conviction," said National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila in a statement on Tuesday. Ntabazalila said ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214664153/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:07:45 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214664153/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 The reason for a gathering of journalists on a steep street in Soweto was sound at first: Madikizela-Mandela owed more than R20 000 to Abbotts College for her grand-nephew's fees. She had not paid after repeated threats, and eventually a court ordered an auction to recover the money owed. Ostensibly, the sheriff of the court was going to auction goods in her house to cover this amount. ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214664154/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:07:44 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214664154/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Accra, May 21, GNA - Former President John Agyekum Kufour on Monday returned home from South Africa and Switzerland after engagements to woe investors to ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214663854/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:54:50 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214663854/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Jacob Zuma got a little support from an unlikely quarter Tuesday when FW De Klerk laid into the "prophets of doom" putting down the country. De Klerk said "afro-pessimists" did not give the country or the continent enough credit for strides made.De Klerk acknowledged the country faces "serious international perception problems" but said the country had seen 18 years ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214664156/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:48:17 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214664156/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - The Constitutional Court has refused the Justice Alliance of SA (Jasa) leave to appeal a costs order relating to a Firearms Control Act ruling. There were no exceptional circumstances to justify hearing an appeal only about costs, the court found on Tuesday. It nonetheless cautioned courts "to be careful not to make costs orders that will inhibit genuine constitutional issues ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214664155/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:48:14 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214664155/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Cape Town - Charges were dropped on Tuesday against one of the men accused of raping and killing teenager Anene Booysen, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) confirmed. Regional spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila said charges were withdrawn against Jonathan Davids, 22, in the Bredasdorp Magistrate's Court after a thorough investigation. "The investigation revealed there was ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214664158/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:48:11 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214664158/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Durban in a Word Thirty writers, thirsty views of Durban. Each piece evokes memories of the city that has shaped... Was R126.00 Now ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214664157/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:48:08 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214664157/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 The National Energy Regulator of South Africa has given state company Eskom a licence to go ahead with its Sere wind farm near Koekenaap in the Western Cape. "Sere is our first large-scale renewable energy project," Eskom chief executive officer Brian Dames said in a statement on Monday. "It demonstrates our commitment to reducing our carbon footprint and to investing in a ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214663862/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:37:58 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214663862/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Nelson Mandela is being sued by his daughters for the right to control his money and artwork, legal documents indicate. Makaziwe and Zenani Mandela are fighting a 2004 court order that gave Nelson Mandela the right to instruct his then lawyer, Ismail Ayob, to stop managing his financial affairs. Ayob is now representing the daughters, The Star reported. The suit, which was filed last week in ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214664159/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:35:29 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214664159/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 The City employees were suspended after they embarked on an unprotected strike in March. In spite of bringing in support staff from various other support centres around the city, Thuso House in Braamfontein is dealing with customer queries at a painfully slow rate. On Tuesday, only seven out of the available 35 customer service stations were staffed with personnel while more than 60 customers ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214662610/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:57:11 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214662610/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 "We are not going to cancel, but there are no bidders. There are none," he said. "It happens." Earlier, after the house's steel gate was not opened in response to their knocks, three representatives of the Soweto sheriff's office regrouped in their vehicle. They had been ordered to auction personal items belonging to Madikizela-Mandela to recover a debt owed to ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214662611/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:57:10 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214662611/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - President Jacob Zuma sent condolences to the United States on Tuesday after a tornado killed at least 51 people, the international relations department ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214661925/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:54:41 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214661925/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Rustenburg - Questions were raised as to why a top public order police (Pop) official was not appointed to oversee the operational plan in Marikana, the Farlam Commission of Inquiry heard on Tuesday.Dumisa Ntsebeza, for the families of the deceased Lonmin miners, said Major General Charl Annandale failed to summon anyone who headed the Pop unit to oversee the plan to disperse striking Lonmin ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214662612/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:32:43 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214662612/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Edna Molewa said on Tuesday.Speaking during debate in the National Assembly on her department's 2013/14 budget, she said this included the cost of refurbishing the country's ageing, existing plants and treatment works."Capital investment in new water and sanitation infrastructure for the entire value chain... is projected to require an estimated R670bn over the next 10 years, or an ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214662613/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:32:38 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214662613/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - The effect of using dagga and vodka in succession was graphically explained to a Johannesburg court on Tuesday by murder-accused Harvey Isha. "When I am lying in bed after taking them, the ceiling would look like it is spinning... you feel like vomiting at the same time," Isha told the South Gauteng High Court sitting in the Palm Ridge Magistrate's Court. He ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214662614/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:32:36 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214662614/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Beyonce's daughter Blue Ivy sits in her very own monogrammed director's chair Beyonce recently shared a heart warming photograph of her daughter Blue Ivy on social networking site Tumblr, and some fans suspect that the image may be a direct response to ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214662615/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:28:57 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214662615/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 JOHANNESBURG - An auction to pay off a debt of Nelson Mandela's ex-wife failed to take place because no one would open her home to the sheriff. Officials and reporters gathered Tuesday outside the gated home of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. No one responded to the doorbell although a black car sped out of the gates. Madikizela-Mandela is loved by many for her role in the anti-apartheid ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214661957/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:27:36 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214661957/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Pistorius was acquitted on a charge of culpable homicide by the Vanderbijlpark Magistrate's Court on Tuesday. National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Medupe Simasiku said the state failed to prove a watertight case against him. "We do accept the decision of the court and we will not be taking any further action on this case moving forward," Simasiku said shortly after ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214660613/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:44:14 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214660613/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Independent was recently purchased by the Sekunjalo Independent Media Consortium, which was set up by Dr Iqbal Surve to bring Independent News and Media SA "back home", after it was bought from Anglo American by the Irish holding company, Independent News and Media in ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214661259/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:44:13 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214661259/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 The ANC has lashed out at AfriForum's youth wing for observing a minute of silence for civilians "killed in ANC terror attacks between 1980 and ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214661258/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:44:13 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214661258/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - Parents demanding a new school for their children protested in Mitchell's Plain, Cape Town, on Tuesday, the Western Cape education department said.Parents of children living in Philippi protested outside the Khanya Primary School in Mitchell's Plain, which their children currently attended, spokesperson Paddy Attwell said.The department said schools in Philippi were under ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214661261/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:22:21 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214661261/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - Ten striking miners at a chrome mine near Rustenburg were admitted to hospital after clashes with security guards, police said on Tuesday. "Ten miners were admitted to hospital. They were injured after security guards fired what are reported to be rubber bullets," police spokesperson Thulani Ngubane said. He added that officers had arrived at the mine, owned by ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214661260/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:22:20 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214661260/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 A statement written by Scott in November was entered as evidence on Monday. In it, Scott said: "The plan or strategy that I prepared and proposed for adoption ... was the first of its kind," the Farlam commission heard on Monday. Major General Charl Annandale, who headed the police's tactical response team during the unrest, denied that Scott had single-handedly formulated the ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214660004/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:35:09 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214660004/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 The case against Jonathan Davids (22) and Johannes Kana (21) was postponed last month because the state was still waiting for forensic analysis, cellphone records and a handwriting report. Booysen (17) was found severely beaten and disembowelled at a construction site after spending several hours at a pub in Bredasdorp on February 2. She died soon after being hospitalised. Before she died, ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214660002/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:35:09 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214660002/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Mbuli (46) collapsed while watching the Cheetahs' 27-13 Vodacom Super Rugby win over the Reds at the Free State Stadium on Saturday night. He was treated on the scene before being taken to the Mediclinic hospital in Bloemfontein, where he died. The archbishop said he thanked God for Mbuli's dedication to building the nation and for challenging South Africans to be the best they could ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214660003/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:35:08 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214660003/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 "This is what happens in society and any organisation when people want favours. They will name-drop to exaggerate their weight and it happens all the time," Mantashe told journalists in Johannesburg following the ANC's latest national executive committee meeting. In the findings of a ministerial ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214660005/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:35:08 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214660005/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Cape Town - Charges against Jonathan Davids, who was accused of raping and murdering teenager Anene Booysen in February, were dropped in the Bredasdorp Magistrate's Court on Tuesday. According to EWN, the State withdrew its case against Davids, much to the delight of his family members, who were in court. Before she died, Booysen apparently identified Davids as one of her alleged ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214660006/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:14:07 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214660006/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Jacob Zuma on Tuesday expressed shock and outrage at the deaths of 27 boys who attended initiation schools in Mpumalanga."The whole country is outraged at this massive and unnecessary loss of young life at the hands of those who are supposed to nurture and protect them," Zuma said in a statement.Colonel Leonard Hlathi said on Monday police were investigating 26 murder cases and one ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214660007/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:14:06 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214660007/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 South African employers are bracing themselves for the mother of strike seasons this year. As the end of May beckons, the country is braced for a series of employment negotiations, as sectoral wage contracts come under the spotlight.First to throw the gauntlet is the country's largest and richest trade union, the powerful, National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), which submitted its wage demands ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214659726/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:11:16 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214659726/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Ten striking miners at a chrome mine in South Africa were admitted to hospital after clashes with security guards, police said. "Ten miners were admitted to hospital. They were injured after security guards fired what are reported to be rubber bullets," police spokesman Thulani Ngubane said. He added that officers had arrived at the mine, owned by chemicals ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214659728/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:09:49 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214659728/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Security guards at a South African chrome mine owned by chemicals group Lanxess fired rubber bullets at stone-throwing workers on an illegal strike, a spokeswoman for the company said on ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214658522/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:07:18 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214658522/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - Magistrates around the country participated in a stay-away on Tuesday, demanding improved salaries and benefits, the Judicial Officers' Association of SA (Joasa) said. "The two-day strike was for yesterday [Monday] and today," Joasa president Nazeem Joemath said. Magistrates embarked on protest action in March. They demanded a single pay structure for the ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214658934/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:05:47 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214658934/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Cape Town - Two men have appeared in the Khayelitsha Magistrate's Court for raping a mentally disabled teenager, The Daily Voice reported on Tuesday.The case against the men, aged 27, and 29, was postponed until next Tuesday for bail information, the newspaper reported.The 15-year-old girl was reportedly playing outside her home on Thursday when she was lured to a shack with the promise of ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214658933/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:05:45 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214658933/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 The Sowetan reported on Tuesday. Philasandre Ngum, 19, was thought to have been abducted at the Boulders shopping centre on 3 May, the newspaper reported. Her mother, Catherine Ngum reportedly opened a missing person's case, distributed flyers and reviewed security footage from the mall showing her daughter entering, but not leaving. The Sowetan reported that she received a phone call ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214658932/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:05:44 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214658932/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Cape Argus reported on Tuesday.Education MEC Donald Grant's spokesperson Bronagh Casey told the newspaper Beauvallon Secondary school, in Valhalla Park, had been burgled and vandalised three times this year and once last year.In the past week two classrooms and a feeding scheme room had reportedly been damaged.According to ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214658931/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:05:43 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214658931/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 The Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference has criticized "the deployment of the police flying squad and other elements of the security forces" and "the use of an air-force base by a privately-chartered jet" during a recent wedding of prominent Indian entrepreneurs. "The South African Police Services should busy itself with combating crime, for which there is ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214658505/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:02:19 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214658505/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 ANC spokesperson Gwede Mantashe said the ruling party's National Executive Committee was satisfied with the report they received on the Gupta scandal. ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214656983/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:52:42 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214656983/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Pretoria - The deputy high commissioner of an Asian country has claimed a Pretoria couple is trying to blackmail him after his dog allegedly bit a woman on the ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214656985/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:52:41 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214656985/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Cape Town - Striking janitors responsible for cleaning communal toilets were responsible for shutting down a section of the N2 highway in Cape Town on Monday, ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214656984/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:52:40 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214656984/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - The ANC Limpopo has praised the police for arresting a man suspected of smuggling cocaine worth about R18m on the street into South Africa."We applaud the police for the swift response, because drugs are one of the contributory factors to crime in the country," ANC Limpopo spokesperson Sipho Dikgale said in a statement on Tuesday.Kudinga Bunyabvabu, 36, was arrested at ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214656987/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:52:38 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214656987/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 The Sowetan . As a result, there would be an auction at her home in Orlando West, Soweto. The Sowetan reported that Madikizela-Mandela signed an agreement on January 11 2008, pledging to pay R40 000 in accommodation fees, but there was an outstanding amount which included interest and legal fees. Dudula was working to resolve the issue before the auction's scheduled start at ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214656986/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:52:35 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214656986/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 This is Walter's first coaching post. He has previously been involved as a fitness trainer for South Africa, Delhi Daredevils and Pune Warriors. He was selected over other applicants, including former Titans coach Richard Pybus and Zimbabwe batting coach Grant ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214656067/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:01:34 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214656067/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Cape Town - Interpol has been asked to help search for a South African chef who is believed to missing in Ireland. Cape Town resident Johan van Wyk, 30, flew to Dublin in November last year. His family's last contact with him was a postcard for Christmas, reported ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214656069/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:48:24 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214656069/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - A junior advocate has urged black businesses and lawyers not to shy away from suing for anti-competitive practices when they are excluded because of their ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214656068/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:48:23 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214656068/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 South Africa's Professor Jonathan Jansen will receive the Education Africa Lifetime Achievement Award for Africa at a gala ceremony in New York on 3 June, it was announced at the weekend. Jansen, the vice-chancellor and rector of the University of the Free State, played a key role in turning the university "away from its apartheid legacy into an institution that is truly representative ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214654987/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:37:15 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214654987/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 With South Africa confirmed as a key partner, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has announced October 2015 as the launch date for construction of the first phase of what could eventually be the largest hydroelectric plant in the world. The Grand Inga project on the Congo River is expected, once all the phases are complete, to generate a massive 40 000 MW of electricity, bringing renewable ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214654919/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:37:14 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214654919/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Washington - President Barack Obama will leave on a first African tour next month, visiting Senegal, Tanzania and South Africa, but his itinerary released on Monday bypasses Kenya, an ancestral ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214654124/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:44:29 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214654124/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 South African bank Absa has launched a multi-currency travel prepaid cash card through MasterCard, which is available in four currencies and is a first for the country and the continent. The bank will also be launching an Islamic Banking multi-currency passport soon, which is a first Sharia'h compliant and unique solution for clients travelling overseas. "Although there are other ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214653208/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:29:34 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214653208/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 South Africa's relations with Canada will come under the spotlight on Tuesday when President Jacob Zuma hosts the Governor General of Canada, David Johnston, for a state visit. This will be Johnston's first visit to South Africa, which forms part of his tour of Africa, including stops in Ghana and Botswana. South Africa is Canada's second-largest trading partner in sub-Saharan ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214653207/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:29:34 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214653207/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Former South African president, Nelson Mandela's daughter Makaziwe Mandela, (left) with her daughter Tukwini pose with a bottle of House of Mandela wine at their home in Johannesburg. Photograph: Getty ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214650089/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:29:09 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214650089/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Footage of a gang of baboons filmed clambering through an open upstairs window of a Cape Town residence and helping themselves to food while running amok has become a viral ... http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214649375/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:33:27 -0400 http://www.southafricanews.net/index.php/sid/214649375/scat/371b1b8643d479c1