The war of words between President Thabo Mbeki and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has been heating up, with name-calling on both sides.
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Archive for June, 2001
The head of the South African Defence Force has been positively linked to the arms scandal. General Siphiwe Nyanda admitted receiving a Mercedes-Benz worth $62,000 at a large discount.
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Finance Minister Trevor Manuel and Asset Forfeiture Unit head Willie Hofmeyr have denied receiving financial assistance from Allan Boesak’s Foundation for Peace and Justice (FPJ).
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The State has dropped 15 of the charges against “chemical warfare expert” Wouter Basson, leaving 46 charges remaining. Basson pleaded not guilty to all charges.
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President Thabo Mbeki’s snub of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela continues to draw attention from around the world.
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The American supposedly appointed to clean up South African Airways only seems to have added his own carriage to the gravy train.
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“Fifty-six percent of black South Africans believed whites were untrustworthy, while a third of whites believed the same of blacks. Just over half the blacks found it hard to imagine ever being friends with a white person. For whites, the figure was 19 percent.” There’s a long way to go for the Rainbow Nation…
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The Mayor of Tshwane approved the purchase of a R1.9 million photocopier. Councillor Kerry Botha “established that the capacity of this machine is much more than the busiest photocopier business in Pretoria”.
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From the Daily Mail & Guardian:
The office of Peter Marais, the Democratic Alliance mayor of Cape Town, has been presiding over a vote-rigging exercise to have two prominent streets named after former presidents FW de Klerk and Nelson Mandela.Petitions purporting to give Capetonians a vote have been filled out with fraudulent signatures in support of Marais’s controversial campaign to change the names of Adderley and Wale streets. In some instances, local National Party organisers have admitted to arranging the circulation and ‘signing’ of the forms.
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According to Reuters, South Africa “has more HIV-AIDS sufferers than any other country”. This could simply be a statistical error because of better testing and reporting infrastructure when compared to other African countries, but if it is true some serious questions have to be asked. South Africa is in a better position than most African countries to protect itself against HIV/AIDS through education and communication – why isn’t it?
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The large number of deaths on railway lines have resulted in calls for the re-establishment of the Railway Police. The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Transport, who made the proposal, also heard that “86 traffic control signals, valued at R1500 each, had been stolen in Gauteng” within three nights.
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142 government cars were used to attend a sports event. The vehicles were discovered near Minolta Loftus in Pretoria. Many officials also illegally use vehicles over weekends, and use state petrol cards for purchases at garage shops.
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Racial discrimination is and will always be racial discrimination, no matter who does it or why.
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A 40-year old farmer and his 33-year old wife were killed on their farm near Ceres on Friday morning. Theft was not the motive, as nothing was stolen.
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