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Strikers torch truck

About 50 striking truck drivers set a truck on fire on Henwood Road in Pinetown on Friday, an eThekwini metro police spokesperson said. Superintendent Eugene Msomi said the truck driver ran away when he was stopped by the strikers. Police closed off Kings Road, Glenugie Road and Sunnyside Lane as strikers gathered. More than 20

Israel, Iran square off at UN

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanded Thursday that the international community impose a red line on Iran to prevent it from enriching enough uranium for a nuclear bomb. “The hour is late, very late,” Netanyahu said, alleging Iran was already 70% of the way through the process of enriching enough uranium to fuel a bomb,

Board members jump as SAA takes nosedive

South African Airways (SAA) was plunged deeper into crisis yesterday when its chairwoman Cheryl Carolus and six other board members resigned. There has been speculation SAA will report a loss of more than R1.5bn and its low-cost carrier Mango a loss of R100m. This follows a decision by Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba to cancel

60% of South Africans fear housebreaking

Most South Africans fear falling victim to housebreaking, a crime survey has revealed. Releasing the results of 2012 Victims of Crime Survey (VOCS) in Pretoria on Thursday, Statistics SA deputy director general Kefiloe Masiteng said about 59.3 percent of households perceived burglary as the most common crime. “We were asking families what are the most

Minister praises police for arresting Corrie Sanders’s killers

The police officers who arrested the alleged killers of former world heavyweight boxing champion Corrie Sanders were commended by Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa on Thursday. “I wish to express my gratitude to the North West members of the police… who worked tirelessly,” he said in a statement. “Their dedication towards the safe-keeping of our society

White office workers threatened by strikers

Striking black mine workers at the Mponeng mine near Carletonville, west of Johannesburg, have issued death threats to white office workers at the mine. Yesterday they were told not to come to work today, unless they wanted to be killed. White office staff were told to assemble at the Jacaranda garage in Fochville. An eyewitness

NYT is a propaganda megaphone says correspondent

The New York Times has essentially become a “propaganda megaphone” to peddle the establishment’s narrative — especially when it comes to war — charged foreign correspondent Daniel Simpson, who resigned from the paper in disgust. According to Simpson, the paper, which is often lambasted and ridiculed by conservatives and libertarians for its blatant “liberal” bias,

Opposition rejects Mugabe’s election timetable

Zimbabwe’s main opposition the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) on Thursday said President Robert Mugabe’s planned timetable for a constitutional referendum and elections was not realistic. In a High Court filing seen on Thursday, Mugabe proposed a referendum for the first week of November and presidential and legislative polls for March next year. “The dates

As long as dollar remains reserve currency, war is an option

Pravda.Ru interviewed Paul Craig Roberts, an American economist, who served as an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan Administration and became a co-founder of Reaganomics – the economic policies promoted by the U.S. President Ronald Reagan during the 1980s. We asked Mr. Roberts to share his views about the current state of affairs inside and outside the United States. Pravda.Ru: Mr.

ANC wants ‘strategic nationalisation’

The ANC has rejected “wholesale nationalisation” in favour of “strategic nationalisation”, according to recommendations from its national policy conference. The African National Congress called for “transformative state intervention in the economy” which could take many forms. One form is “state ownership, including more strategic use of existing state-owned companies, as well as strategic nationalisation, where

Strike violence causes traffic chaos near Johannesburg airport

Three people were injured in protests by striking truck drivers in Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg, on Thursday morning, metro police said. “Up to now we can say three people [have] sustained injuries following truck protests around 7am,” said Inspector Kobeli Mokheseng. “There were calls coming in on Thursday morning that on the R21 to Pretoria,

DA backs Malema

Cape Town – The official opposition in Parliament, the DA, has backed Julius Malema’s demand that President Jacob Zuma stand trial for the multiple criminal charges he has faced. On Wednesday, Malema demanded that Zuma should still face the charges in open court, instead of “running away” from the courts. “Zuma has 700 charges against

‘God help us’ if Juju becomes president

ANC spokesman Jackson Mthembu said during a television interview that it would be a dark day for the country if the expelled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema ever came to power, Beeld newspaper reported on Thursday “Can you imagine Julius Malema becoming president of the country? Oh, dear God, may that day never dawn

Land grab statement: Afrikanerbond reports chief to SA Human Rights Commission

T he SA Human Rights Commission has been asked to investigate Chief Phatekile Holomisa for calling on South Africans to reclaim land from whites by next year, said the Afrikanerbond on Wednesday. Afrikanerbond chief secretary Jan Bosman said the comments by the chief, reported by the SABC, were an incitement to violence and because he