9/6/2010 5:59:47 PM | 1 Comments The alliance between the ANC, the Congress of SA Trade Unions and the SA Communist Party was not "functioning as expected", Cosatu in Mpumalanga said on Monday.
The province wants the union federation to revive its demand for an "alliance pact" and to demand that the alliance be declared the strategic centre of power, Cosatu Mpumalanga secretary, Fidel Mlombo said after a me ...»
9/6/2010 4:07:31 PM | 0 Comments By Siyabonga Ntshingila ;
The ANC announced Monday that President Jacob Zuma was taking to the streets of Mpumalanga.
Zuma is in the province to do his bit for the ANC’s drive to a million registered members by 2012.
Last weekend he was canvassing in the Free State province where he visited the Bultfontein area.
This morning he was in Piet Retief and will head to ...»
9/6/2010 3:28:19 PM | 1 Comments By Siyabonga Ntshingila ;
The Kwazulu-Natal Department of Education has finished a physical headcount of staff in its quest to identify ghost employees.
Department spokesperson Mbali Thusi said today :” Headcounts of over 100 000 employees, which started in July, were completed on August 6 and we are busy verifying the qualifications they gave us”.
The count involved ...»
9/7/2010 1:17:02 PM | 0 Comments The National Prosecuting Authority has confirmed that the charges against Sunday Times journo Mzilikazi Wa Afrika have been dropped.
NPA spokesperson Mthunzi Mhaga said :” The case docket containing evidential material was submitted to prosecutors in the NPA. After perusing the case docket we are of the view that it is desirable that the matter be fully investigated prior t ...»
9/7/2010 12:48:05 PM | 0 Comments
Pretoria police reported on Tuesday that a man drove over a 14-year-old girl after kidnapping her and her friend.
The police say the man did not rape the 14-year-old but he killed her when he drove over her.
"There will be a manhunt today [Tuesday]," said Captain Dumisani Ndlazi.
The two girls, aged 14 and 16, were apparently walking along the road in Elandspoort on Su ...»
9/7/2010 7:52:43 AM | 0 Comments Vusi Ntloko, the man who allegedly picked up murder accused Bees Roux’s wallet and proceeded to use the credit cards found inside, appeared before the Pretoria Magistrate's Court on Monday.
Chief prosecutor Matric Luphondo immediately asked for a seven day postponement for further investigation as there were missing links in the case.
Some of those links were thought to b ...»
9/6/2010 6:05:24 PM | 0 Comments The suspension of the public sector strike was a "step in the right direction", the ANC said on Monday.
"We believe this is a step in the right direction in ensuring stability and normality in our public sector offerings, particular(ly) around education and health services," spokesman
Jackson Mthembu said in a statement.
This, after public sector unions announced that th ...»
