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SA one of least safe places in Africa

October 7, 2008

(Article at www.iol.co.za by Hans Pienaar) Independent Foreign Service South Africa has consistently under-performed in fighting crime, and its insensitive approach is exemplified by Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi remaining in his post despite a strong prima facie case of corruption against him. This was academic and author Mamphele Ramphela’s response to South Africa’s extraordinarily low Continue Reading…

Heritage Day in South Africa

September 24, 2008

Heritage Day in South Africa – 24 September 2008 What Is Our Heritage? As South Africa celebrates Heritage Month, we have an opportunity to reflect on what our collective heritage actually is. This is apt as we look back on what we have achieved in the first ten years of South Africa’s freedom and democracy. Continue Reading…

Police face down taxi bosses threats

September 15, 2008

(Article by Mpume Madlala at www.iol.co.za) Police say they will not be intimidated by controversial statements made by senior taxi officials who threatened to “shoot back” at police who impound their taxis and use force against them. More than 40 taxis from the North and South Beach taxi associations were seized on Wednesday after they Continue Reading…

Gold for SA at Paralympics

September 8, 2008

(Article By Stephen Wade at www.iol.co.za) Beijing – Natalie Du Toit opened the Beijing Paralympics on Sunday with a gold medal, which may help her forget a disappointing Beijing Olympics. The South African, who won five golds and a silver in the Athens Paralympics, took the 100-meter butterfly in 1 minute, 6.74 seconds. The time Continue Reading…

SA needs to invest R1-trillion in energy

September 3, 2008

(Article by Anél Powell at www.iol.co.za) It will take an investment of at least R1-trillion to prevent South Africa from becoming an energy-scarce country, says public enterprises minister Alec Erwin. And the wholesale price of energy is expected to double in the next two to three years, meaning that consumers can expect to pay more Continue Reading…

Paralympic shambles fury

September 3, 2008

(Article by Kevin McCallum at www.iol.co.za) Disabled, disgusted and disaffected. South Africa’s Paralympic athletes have lashed out at the team’s administration after arriving in Beijing to find no training kit, no equipment and the “ugliest outfit ever seen” for the Games’ opening ceremony on Saturday. A furious Oscar Pistorius, speaking from the athletes’ village in Continue Reading…