Five people arrested in connection with the killing of a teenager in Muldersdrift were released on Thursday, Gauteng police said. Lt-Col Katlego Mogale said the five men who appeared in the Krugersdorp Magistrate’s Court on Thursday were released, as there was “no evidence” linking them to the murder. The men were accused of attacking and
Read more: Five suspects released in Alyssa Botha (13) murder case
If the unrest in the mining industry continues, it will undermine investment confidence and cut growth in the South African economy, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan warned on Friday. Responding to a question at a media briefing in Pretoria — called to announce a clampdown on the strike violence in the sector — he said the
Read more: Violence threatens South African current account – Finance Minister
Expelled ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema is a “populist, lumpen and right-wing demagogue,” the Communication Workers Union said on Thursday. “The CWU condemns the populist, lumpen and right-wing demagogue Julius Malema, who is also known as tenderpreneur,” said the union in a statement. The union accused Malema of using the recent shooting of 34
Read more: Malema is a ‘lumpen’ says Communication Workers Union
Put down your weapons and stop committing violence, or face the full might of the law, Justice Minister Jeff Radebe warned striking miners on Friday. In an announcement made in Pretoria, following a meeting of security cluster ministers and other Cabinet members, he said government would no longer tolerate the violence, threats and intimidation taking
Read more: ‘Put down your weapons,’ asks South African Justice Minister
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said that staff at the country’s embassy in Sudan were safe after the building came under siege by protesters Friday. “The German embassy in Khartoum is currently the target of attacks by violent demonstrators. The embassy staff are safe. The crisis cell at the foreign ministry (in Berlin) is meeting
Read more: Sudan embassy staff safe: German foreign minister
by Ilana Mercer I AM SO SAD – and it is not because a justifiably angry crowd of Libyans in Benghazi stormed an embassy that represents the brute force that destabilized their lives for decades to come. I feel for my countrymen who perished in that embassy, but the truth remains that they acquiesced in
Labour unrest in the mining industry was extremely damaging to the economy, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Friday. “It undermines confidence in the South African economy, and if we undermine confidence, we undermine investment,” he told reporters at a press conference in Pretoria. – Sapa
Read more: South African finance minister says unrest damaging the economy
Striking Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) mineworkers demanded pay of R16,070 a month at a meeting at the Blesbok stadium in Rustenburg on Thursday. This was according to Gaddafi Ndoda, who described himself as a member of a newly formed workers’ committee. “To us, R12,500 is just a basic salary,” he said, referring to the amount
The Lebanese news organization Tayyar.org is reporting that the murdered American ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens, was raped prior to his killing September 11, 2012. The Lebanese news report cited the Agence France-Presse (AFP) broke the story when given the information by an unnamed senior member of the Libyan Interior Ministry. Tayyar.com also reported
Read more: U.S. Ambassador in Libya was sodomised before being killed
By Mike Smith Bobby Godsell, the former Anglo American boss, Eskom boss and friend of Cyril Ramaphosa, the ANC’s chief negotiator at Codesa, said that the deaths at the Marikana mine was “outrageous”. “In an apartheid South Africa with no (democratic) constitution you can say that violence was regrettable and understandable,” he said during a
Read more: Mines getting nervous as the revolution gains momentum
The SA National Defence Force will seek legal advice on expelled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema’s address to soldiers, the SANDF said on Thursday. “We want to understand the legality of it and the implication. The meeting between Mr Malema and SANDF members… we need to find the legal basis of that,” said Brig-Gen
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe has denied there was wide-spread panic over recent violent protests countrywide. “I’m not sure what’s the difference between panic and caution. If they take cautionary measures to avoid the damage and deaths of people that have occurred now, I don’t think that can be called panic, it would be called
Read more: ANC tries to reassure ‘panicking’ international community about South Africa
The ongoing labour dispute at Lonmin and spreading throughout the mining sector is being organised by an ANC faction with expelled ANCYL president Julius Malema acting as their front man, Cosatu president Sdumo Dlamini said in a report on Thursday. The Congress of SA Trade Unions leader told Business Day the unrest was the result
by Dan Roodt Living in South Africa, one gets used to being called a moron by every visiting foreigner, especially ones of the liberal to left-wing persuasion. After all, they seem to reason, we do not know anything about our own history. We do not understand our own country or our own continent. Nor do
Read more: If Africa is more like Singapore, why are we getting so many refugees?
