Inkatha wants pay limit for bosses at government-run companies

Published 25 January 2010 - The Inkatha Freedom Party is calling for a cap on the pay cheques of parastatal bosses after it emerged that ousted Eskom CEO Jacob Maroga is demanding R85 million in damages. IFP chief whip Koos van der Merwe said Maroga’s...

Simelane's appointment under fire

Published 25 January 2010 - The Democratic Alliance says a tacit admission by president Jacob Zuma that the only document he considered before appointing advocate Menzi Simelane as NPA boss was a CV, supports its argument that Zuma's decision was 'irrational', reports The Star.

Shilowa: Cope needs to establish its branches

Published 25 January 2010 - Cope co-leader Mbhazima Shilowa on Monday said the party needed to work "very hard" to establish branches and develop policies.

'Cope must build branches'

Published 25 January 2010 - Cope co-leader Mbhazima Shilowa says the party needs to work "very hard" to establish branches and develop policies.

No longer my ANC, says Winnie

Published 25 January 2010 - THE power-struggle in the ANC-led alliance is “disgusting”, the Sunday Independent reported ANC stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela as saying. “That is not my ANC, where positions have become so important,”...

Dreaming of an Olympic medal

Published 25 January 2010 - GRAHAMSTOWN may be a long way from the Winter Olympics ski slopes of the world but this has not stopped a Rhodes University student from his dreaming of making his Olympic mark. Since he first started in the sport three years ago during a...

King’s appeal fight takes precedence

Published 25 January 2010 - THE much-anticipated discussion on the secession of AbaThembu from South Africa to form their independent Thembuland state yesterday turned into consideration of a battle plan to assist King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo in his court appeal and raise funds...

ANC youth at loggerheads

Published 25 January 2010 - IN WHAT is being seen by some as a tit-for-tat tactic, a group of ANCYL leaders met on Thursday and suspended chairperson Mlibo Qoboshiyane for bringing the party into disrepute. This comes after Qoboshiyane convened a PEC meeting last week which...

‘Secession a reality’

Published 25 January 2010 - SOUTH Africans need to accept the secession of the AbaThembu tribe, King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo’s lawyer Votani Majola said yesterday.“AbaThembu tribe have seceded from South Africa. The sooner the nation aligns with this reality and...

Winnie slams possible De Kock pardon

Published 25 January 2010 - ANC MP and struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has criticised the possibility of former Vlakplaas head Eugene de Kock receiving a pardon, according to a newspaper report.