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E-tolling threatens South Africa’s credit rating
(17 May 2012)“The impasse over the implementation of electronic tolling on newly built roads, demonstrates continued tension between South Africa’s economic and social priorities versus its aspirations to contain the rise in public debt,” investors service, Moody’s said in a credit opinion. …
read moreRamphele, Kriegler spark bid to keep Mdluli out of SAPS
(16 May 2012)The Mail & Guardian understands former Constitutional Court and Appeal Court judge Johann Kriegler persuaded Freedom Under Law to take on the case after the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) withdrew fraud and murder charges against Mdluli. Mdluli had been accused of being involved …
read moreMarch on Cosatu: Stay home today, ANC tells DA
(15 May 2012)In a statement released on Monday, ANC spokesperson Jackson Mthembu requested that the DA desist from marching to Cosatu House as this would “heighten unnecessary tension”. Mthembu said the DA’s decision was “ill-informed and opportunistic” and did not add value …
read moreE-tolling pile-up: Motlanthe gets behind the wheel
(14 May 2012)Nazir Alli might be out of the picture, but Sanral’s plans to roll out e-tolling endure. This week the government task team headed by Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe will begin trying to work out what to do about the court …
read moreMthethwa shifts spy boss Mdluli to new department
(10 May 2012)Controversial head of SAPS crime intelleigence Richard Mdluli will be moved to another division within the police service, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa announced on Wednesday. “We have decided that Lieutenant General Mdluli should be shifted from his current position with …
read moreSimelane’s lawyer says decisions are up to Zuma
(9 May 2012)President Jacob Zuma and Justice Minister Jeff Radebe overlooked the criticism that national director of public prosecutions Menzi Simelane received in the findings of the Ginwala inquiry when appointing him to his position, the Constitutional Court heard on Tuesday. “Based …
read moreEnd of the road: Sanral’s Nazir Alli resigns
(8 May 2012)Nazir Alli, the CEO of Sanral, has resigned—just over a week after a judge put the brakes on the controversial e-tolling system being rolled out on Gauteng’s highways. The board of the South African Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has accepted …
read moreAnother model left shamefaced over racist tweet
(7 May 2012)Tshidi Thamana tweeted: “Dear Mr Peter Mokaba … I wish all whites had been killed when you sang ‘Kill the Boer’, then we wouldn’t have to experience @JessicaLeandra’s racism [sic].” Dos Santos tweeted on Thursday: “Just, well took on a …
read moreFarming out SA’s water worries
(7 May 2012)Two decades of high rainfall have masked South Africa’s traditional water scarcity. To solve looming problems the country will have to work with its neighbours to share water and agriculture resources, as well as reallocate its internal resources. Traditionally, South …
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