Provides the latest RSS feeds for South Africa News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Africa Leader.com http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/cat/371b1b8643d479c1/ en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 16:07:29 -0400 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:07:29 -0400 30 Johannesburg - A collusion of officials resulted in the irregular clearance for a privately chartered plane to land at Waterkloof Air Force Base, reveals a report on the matter. "It is an undisputed fact that there was no note verbale from the Indian High Commission to the department of international relations and co-operation, and therefore due process was not followed," says the ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214695105/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:48:47 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214695105/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Pretoria - Information on crime supplied by whistle-blowers, was downloaded when the official SA Police Service (SAPS) website was hacked into, Sita said on Wednesday. The police website, like other government entities, is hosted by the State Information Technology Agency (Sita). Divisional head responsible for government solutions, Daniel Mashao, said information posted by citizens ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214695108/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:48:43 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214695108/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Jacob Zuma 's powers to appoint a new Special Investigating Unit (SIU) head. The Democratic Alliance said on Wednesday the SIU had been politicised ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214695107/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:48:40 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214695107/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - KwaZulu-Natal Community Safety MEC Willies Mchunu on Wednesday welcomed the 25-year jail sentence the Durban High Court handed to the Siyanda Majozi who murdered Kloof resident Rodney Bradley. "We commend the excellent work done by the police for swiftly bringing Majozi to book," Mchunu said in a statement.The 23-year-old Majozi was sentenced on Tuesday after pleading ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214695106/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:48:37 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214695106/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 South Africa President Jacob Zuma answers questions from journalists after his meeting with Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (not pictured) at the Presidential Palace in Algiers April 15, ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214694724/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:45:58 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214694724/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 On May 28, Netherlands' YB40 squad will travel to Amsterdam for the Canal Bike Race against the South Africans. They will then practice for two days in Amstelveen before the ODI. Squad: Peter Borren (capt), Wesley Barresi, Tom Cooper, Daan van Bunge, Mudassar Bukhari, Tom de Grooth, Tim Gruijters, James Gruijters, Tom Heggelman, Ahsan Malik, Paul van Meekeren, Stephan Myburgh, Pieter ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214693188/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:49:18 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214693188/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Bloemfontein - Labour inspectors have clamped down on a Free State contractor using sewage water to suppress dust, while building a new road, an official said on Wednesday. "The employer was immediately issued with a prohibition notice to stop using the dirty water collected from municipal sewerage systems by water trucks," said Free State labour chief director Marsha Bronkhorst. ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214693501/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:34:23 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214693501/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - The Constitutional Court will hand down judgment on Thursday, in a matter involving a dispute about the salary increases of regional magistrates and regional court presidents. On 19 February, the Constitutional Court heard an application for confirmation and variation of an order of constitutional invalidity, and a conditional application for leave to appeal a decision of the ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214693505/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:34:21 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214693505/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 @Jacanews: #GuptaGateReport: One #GuptaGuest is still in the country-and did not leave when scheduled. That person is still in #SA. Being investigated. #GuptaGuests did also not comply with the visa requirements... visited Cape Town before departing... Not all those who arrived with the flight departed on the outgoing flight.. AND #SARS has not acted against the ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214693504/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:34:18 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214693504/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - The head of the Hawks in Mpumalanga appeared in the Nelspruit Regional Court on Wednesday on a charge of fraud, police said. National police spokesperson Brigadier Phuti Setati said Major General Simon Mapiane was arrested on Wednesday morning, before briefly appearing in court. He was charged with fraud relating to alleged false travel claims. Setati could not provide details on ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214693503/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:34:14 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214693503/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - A Johannesburg metro police officer was wounded in a shoot-out near the Marlboro Gautrain station on Wednesday, said the metro police. Shots were fired when the metro policeman and a colleague were attacked by robbers at Pan Africa, in Alexandra, at 10:50, said spokesperson Edna Mamonyane. The robbers had pulled up next to the metro police in a car and ordered them to give ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214693502/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:34:13 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214693502/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 As many as 33 young men are now thought to have died over two weeks in one province of South Africa as they took part in traditional initiation ceremonies that included circumcision and extreme survival ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214691887/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:47:54 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214691887/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Jacob Zuma in a parliamentary debate on the issue on Wednesday. He should pay for his role in Guptagate at next year's election, they said. Democratic Alliance defence ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214691889/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:22:04 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214691889/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Rustenburg - The specialised police units deployed in Marikana during labour unrest were given the means to kill striking miners, the Farlam Commission of Inquiry heard on ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214691888/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:22:02 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214691888/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Cape Town - The City of Cape Town intends seeking an interdict against the people disrupting the servicing of toilets in informal settlements, an official said on Wednesday. Utility services mayoral committee member Ernest Sonnenberg said services had been affected in Kanana, Barcelona, and Boystown, in Gugulethu. "We have met with our attorneys and will be getting the interdict soon. ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214691890/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:22:01 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214691890/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Cape Argus reported on Wednesday."We live in a society where, to reach the youth, social media platforms are most effective," African National Congress provincial ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214691891/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:22:00 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214691891/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - Municipal ward by-elections were underway in KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, the Northern Cape, and the Western Cape on Wednesday, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) said. A total of six wards were being contested by 18 candidates representing six political parties, and three independent candidates, IEC spokesperson Kate Bapela said. "All in all, they [the elections ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214691892/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:21:58 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214691892/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Image Credit: Middle Stone Age Silcrete bifacial points, engraved ochre and bone tools from the c. 75 - 80,000 year old M1 & M2 phases at Blombos cave. Image copyright held by author, Chris Henshilwood. Photo by Henning ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214689947/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:32:50 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214689947/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Maria Alyokhina, who was jailed over a protest against Vladimir Putin says she is starting a hunger strike after she was barred from a parole ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214690200/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:29:43 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214690200/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 The South African Council of Churches and the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference (SACBC) would lend their active support, Cosatu Gauteng secretary Dumisani Dakile told reporters in Johannesburg on Wednesday. "We will be embarking upon a series of protests and demonstrations… to highlight to the state and to government that this system is unacceptable." He said ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214690199/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:29:43 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214690199/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 full report on the controversial landing of a privately chartered plane at the Waterkloof Air Force Base was released on Wednesday. The justice, crime prevention, and security (JCPS) cluster of ministries said it believed the issue would serve to support the fight against corruption. "We believe that the unified public voice which condemned the incident, together with decisive government ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214690201/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:08:24 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214690201/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 The Times that residents of a settlement on the farm Kleinfontein, near Pretoria, had vowed that only Afrikaners would be allowed to live there. According to the newspaper, all the settlement's residents, from the security guards at the gate to the gardeners, were Afrikaans. Government servicesWilliams said all South Africans were governed by the Constitution, which catered for people ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214690203/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:08:23 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214690203/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Pietermaritzburg - An advert for trainee positions at the KwaZulu-Natal transport department specified that a stringent physical assessment was required, a commission of inquiry heard in Pietermaritzburg on Wednesday. Applicant Njabulo Manqele had been quick to criticise the KZN government for giving only two days' notice of the fitness test, Ravenda Padayachee SC, for the transport ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214690202/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:08:21 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214690202/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 The Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading (VPUU) area in Khayelitsha has been selected as one of the first spaces to be linked to the broadband network. The Western Cape Government's broadband network will play a major role in transforming residents' lives, says Minister of Finance, Economic Development and Tourism, Alan Winde. "As a major business hub in one of our ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214689525/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 09:58:28 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214689525/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 letter from resident Cordelia Bailey about drug abuse . In the letter Bailey described "lolli lounges" as places where young girls were lured with payments of R100 to entertain men. They became hooked on drugs and stayed on as prostitutes, getting their drugs for free as they kept clients "happy". At the time Zuma called it "a crisis, an abnormality" and ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214688738/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 09:11:50 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214688738/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Gupta family members were attending the wedding of Vega Gupta (23) and Indian-born Aakash Jahajgarhia at Sun City. The landing sparked widespread ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214688737/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 09:11:50 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214688737/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Cape Town - Around 80 foreigners, including an Australian tourist, were detained on Wednesday for not having their documents on them.Michael Camacho, an Australian tourist, was arrested while shopping for curios in Hout Bay, ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214688740/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:50:38 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214688740/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Cannes Film Festival 2013 Latest sales will bring the film to the U.K. and France via Pathe, Germany (Senator), Australia (Village Roadshow), Scandinavia (Scanbox), the Benelux countries (Paradiso), Brazil (Vinny Films), Hong Kong (Golden Scene), Israel (Shani), the Middle East (Gulf Films) and Singapore (Shaw). Deals with several additional territories are currently being negotiated. At an ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214688281/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:47:56 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214688281/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - It was disappointing that an investigation into the deaths of 27 initiates in Mpumalanga was seemingly not urgent, the ANC said on Wednesday."The ANC is very disappointed that ever since the first pronouncement of deaths of our young men... there does not seem to have been any urgency in investigating the circumstances that led to their death," African National Congress ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214687364/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:39:31 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214687364/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Rustenburg - Families of miners shot dead by police in Marikana last year walked out of the Farlam Commission of Inquiry, in Rustenburg, on Wednesday when a senior police officer conveyed his condolences to them.Major General Charl Annandale, who headed the police's tactical response team during the unrest, was testifying about the events at Marikana.Speaking about the role of the police in ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214687363/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:39:30 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214687363/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Cape Town - Inkatha Freedom Party MP Mario Oriani-Ambrosini disclosed on Wednesday that he is suffering from inoperable lung cancer. "Suddenly, and without significant prior symptoms, two days before the secrecy bill debate on April 23, I received a diagnosis of stage four lung cancer, which has extensively metastasised throughout my pleura," he said in a statement. "The ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214687362/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:39:28 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214687362/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Although internal processes will continue against Metro cops who allegedly escorted Gupta guests, criminal charges against them may have been ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214686088/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:51:46 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214686088/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Cape Town - The City of Cape Town has awarded the tender to provide vehicles for its extended MyCiTi bus routes to Volvo SA, a city official said on ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214686089/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:49:57 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214686089/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - Four children, including an 8-year-old, have been removed from "lolly lounges" in Eldorado Park in the past week, Gauteng premier Nomvula Mokonyane said on Wednesday."Four children have been taken away and they are now in alternative centres because of their vulnerability," Mokonyane said.She was briefing journalists on action taken since President Jacob ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214686091/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:31:51 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214686091/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Pretoria - Internal processes against the Tshwane metro police who allegedly escorted guests to the Gupta wedding will continue, spokesperson Superintendent Isaac Mahamba said on Wednesday. "We are still pursuing internal disciplinary matters against the officers," he said. "However, we cannot comment on whether the criminal charges against them have been dropped as that is a ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214686090/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:31:50 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214686090/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 The trade union movement is in a state of flux, with concepts such as centralised bargaining and the "winner takes all" approach of majority -- 50 per cent plus one -- unionism now being challenged. "Agency shop" agreements whereby majority unions take a slice of the subscriptions paid by members of smaller unions, let alone the much bigger question of party political ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214685815/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:22:52 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214685815/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 The Governer-General participates in a Cape Town luncheon discussion May 20, focusing on how CIDA is helping South African officials manage the development of a local fishing port.(Cpl. Vincent Carbonneau/Rideau ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214684869/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:50:08 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214684869/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 South Africa has pledged to help Nigeria make the automotive sector the West African nation's flagship industrial target. Currently German car manufacturer BMW has a plant at Rosslyn near Pretoria. About 80 percent of the BMWs produced there are for the international market. Credit: John ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214684874/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:42:32 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214684874/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Pretoria News reported on Wednesday.The sex worker reportedly claimed she was hitch-hiking to Mamelodi when the emergency workers offered her a lift in a municipal rapid response BMW.According to the newspaper, they demanded sex along the way and threatened to kill her. They took turns raping her, then sped off, leaving her in the ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214685130/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:24:24 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214685130/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Cape Town - A roof repair man has told a Cape Town court that he stabbed a Claremont mother because she wouldn't pay him the money she owed him. Moegamat Salie, 31, told the Western Cape High Court that he went to Anzunette du Plessis's house on 4 October 2012 to check on work he and his father had done to the roof of her house, reported ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214685129/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:24:22 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214685129/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 The Times reported on Wednesday.Everyone living there, from the security guards at the gate to the gardeners, was Afrikaans, the newspaper reported.The Gauteng legislature's portfolio committee on community safety was reportedly told last year that black police officers were not being allowed inside the enclave.Its controlling body's chairperson Jan Groenewald ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214685128/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:24:21 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214685128/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 The Cape Times reported.The bus driver was unaware of any cyclist while driving in Durbanville on Tuesday morning, Golden Arrow Bus Service spokesperson Bronwen Dyke ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214685127/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:24:20 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214685127/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - An Alberton guesthouse manager says she was assaulted by a group of drunk guests when she told them not to make a noise over the weekend, but they accused her of using a racial slur against them. Leslie Rabie ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214683109/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:10:26 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214683109/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Durban - A KwaZulu-Natal family was terrorised by a gang of robbers who pushed a gun into a 13-year-old's mouth to force his father to open the safe. Karen Daley, 43, saw how her son, Matthew, was frogmarched into the house with robbers pointing a gun at his head on ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214683111/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:10:25 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214683111/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - Convicted drug trafficker Frank Nabolisa has filed an application against the minister of correctional services in the South Gauteng High Court for certain prisoner ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214683110/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:10:23 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214683110/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Cape Town - The National Assembly plenary will debate the use of the Waterkloof Air Force Base on Wednesday. The debate comes after Justice ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214683108/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:10:21 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214683108/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 The Pistorius brothers are, on average, having their first good week in a long time - as long as Carl Pistorius does not decide to sue the ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214682100/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 02:23:49 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214682100/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Daily Dispatch reported on Wednesday. She and the rest of the class were beaten with a stick when they failed to produce maths homework on 8 May, the pupil at Ndabankulu Senior Secondary School, in Butterworth, told the newspaper. In the video, the Dispatch heard the teacher swearing at the pupil. The girl's parents had reported the matter to the school. The Dispatch reported that ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214682102/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 02:03:17 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214682102/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Durban - A Hluhluwe farmer drove himself to hospital after he was shot in the chest during an armed robbery on Tuesday. Peter-John Hassard, in his 30s, was leaving his farmhouse when five men pounced and shot him at close range. His father, Peter Hassard, told The Witness on Tuesday afternoon that his son lost four litres of blood and was in the high-care unit at a local hospital. "I ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214682101/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 02:03:16 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214682101/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Retired South African archbishop Desmond Tutu wins the $1.7-million Templeton Prize for his contribution to 'affirming life's spiritual ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214681078/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 01:20:40 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214681078/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 South Africa 's economy - buffeted by labour unrest, political uncertainties and the seemingly endless aftershocks of racial apartheid - is not roaring ahead like some of its neighbours. In the context of the much touted and much questioned theme of "Africa ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214680735/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 01:19:14 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214680735/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 As South Africans join the world in commemorating the World Wildlife Protection Day on May 22, the South African National Parks (SANParks), is calling on all the people in the country to double their efforts in protecting the country's ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214680899/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 01:08:02 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214680899/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 "Rhino horn is made of the same stuff as human nails. Still want some?" Conservation organisations WWF and TRAFFIC, as part of their campaign against the illegal wildlife trade, are running a series of myth-busting adverts aimed at encouraging Vietnamese citizens to stop buying or consuming rhino horn. According to the latest figures from South Africa's Department of Environmental ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214680900/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:44:58 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214680900/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 An attempt to force Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Nelson ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214679699/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 22:39:47 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214679699/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - An objection has been lodged over an error on the 2013 property valuation roll relating to a Johannesburg property belonging to the Gupta family, the City said on Tuesday. Spokesperson Kgamanyane Maphologela said the City objected to valuations on four out of 14 properties belonging to the influential family. He was responding to a report in the Saturday Star that one of the ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214671665/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:44:30 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214671665/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - The withdrawal of charges in the Bredasdorp Magistrate's Court on Tuesday against one of the men accused of raping and killing teenager Anene Booysen, has been condemned by the DA. "The DA is outraged by the fact that only one of Anene Booysen's alleged attackers will face the courts," Democratic Alliance spokesperson on police Dianne Kohler Barnard said in a ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214671666/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:44:27 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214671666/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Cape Town - A heavier sentence for corruption was imposed on a senior Western Cape municipal official on Tuesday. The Western Cape High Court overturned the suspended jail sentence of Denvor Fielies, 40, as being "too lenient and disturbingly inappropriate". It was imposed three years ago. He now faces a three-year jail sentence. Fielies, who had come from a humble background, was ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214671667/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:44:25 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214671667/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Bloemfontein - A damning report on the condition of some Free State health facilities and services was presented to provincial health staff on Tuesday by newly-0appointed MEC Benny Malakoane. The MEC at the same time pulled in all financial responsibilities below that of district and hospital managers, as part of what he called a new "no-nonsense" approach to better health service ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214671669/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:44:21 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214671669/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Rustenburg - It was strange for police commander Major General Charl Annandale to claim he only heard of a second Marikana shooting 40 minutes after it occurred, the Farlam Commission heard on Tuesday. Dumisa Ntsebeza, for the families of the dead miners, said this was an "extraordinary proposition". Commission chairperson retired judge Ian Farlam said Annandale's submission did ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214671668/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:44:20 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214671668/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - Bigger refuse bins to fight a rat problem are to be distributed by Ekurhuleni municipality to households in Wattville and Actonville, an official said on Tuesday. "Reducing access to food for the rats by way of providing better storage for refuse, is a step in the right direction for the eradication of rodents," said municipal spokesperson Sam Modiba. Over 64 000 bins of ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214671670/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:44:18 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214671670/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Mbombela - A witness from Mpumalanga testified on Tuesday how she caught a man sexually abusing her 5-year-old sister in 2010. The woman, 18, from KaMhlushwa near Komatipoort, was testifying in the trial of a 46-year-old man in the Nelspruit regional court, a Sapa correspondent reported. "[He] first came to our home and asked my little sister to accompany him to do washing at the local dam. ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214671671/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:44:16 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214671671/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 A public auction of paintings, sculptures and furniture belonging to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela to pay off outstanding debts was scrapped on Tuesday after the former South African first lady refused to open the doors of her home to ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214669923/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:59:15 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214669923/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Carl Pistorius, the older brother of South African athlete Oscar Pistorius, has been cleared over the death of a female motorcyclist who crashed into his car during a bike rally in ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214669924/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:59:14 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214669924/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 One Pistorius brother is free of charges - acquitted today of culpable homicide in the death of a woman in a road accident. The famous younger brother, Olympian double-amputee Oscar Pistorius, still must face his day in court for shooting and killing his girlfriend. Carl Pistorius cried tears of relief Tuesday as a magistrate acquitted him of culpable homicide and negligent driving for the ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214670708/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:56:14 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214670708/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 David Lewis, executive director of the whistleblower organisation said on Tuesday: "To refer to what has happened here as 'name-dropping' is to trivialise a major administrative breakdown, and the doings of a family who clearly are capable of commanding extraordinary privilege based on their relationships with senior public figures ... including the president." The ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214669925/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:53:10 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214669925/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Spokesperson Kgamanyane Maphologela said on Tuesday the City of Johannesburg objected to valuations on four out of 14 properties belonging to the influential family. He was responding ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214669485/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:53:10 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214669485/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 The report, which appears as a video and written article on the broadcaster's website, claims only certain white South Africans have a future in the country. ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214669926/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:53:09 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214669926/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Bloemfontein - Details should be given about a memorandum signed by the Free State government and the Uttar Pradesh government in India, the Democratic Alliance said on Tuesday. Free State DA ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214669927/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:31:15 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214669927/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Cape Town - The Methodist Church did not have a rule prohibiting its members or ministers from marrying someone of the same sex, the Western Cape High Court heard on Tuesday. Annemarie de Vos said the church only recognised heterosexual marriages, but this did not mean her client, Ecclesia de Lange, 43, contravened the church's laws and disciplines. "The decision by the church... was ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214669930/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:31:12 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214669930/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - A woman was critically injured and three other people were seriously injured when two goods trains collided in Brakpan, on the East Rand, on Tuesday afternoon, paramedics said. Netcare 911 spokesperson Santi Steinmann said one of the trains overturned. "After the injured were treated and stabilised on scene, they were transported to nearby medical facilities for the medical ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214669929/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:31:10 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214669929/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - An alleged armed robber and a policeman have been wounded in a shoot-out in Springs, Gauteng police said on Tuesday. Flying Squad members stopped at the Selection Park supermarket to buy refreshments around 16:00 on Monday, Lieutenant Colonel Lungelo Dlamini said. "Unaware that a robbery was in progress, they were suddenly confronted by two armed suspects." A shoot-out ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214669928/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:31:09 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214669928/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 While delivering her department’s budget in Parliament, Pule revealed she was concerned about governance arrangements at the SABC and would be consulting the parliamentary portfolio committee on communications to explore an urgent review and amendment to the Broadcasting Act. She told journalists on Tuesday afternoon that it was a "challenge" for the minister of communications to ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214668380/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:39:19 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214668380/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Sheriffs trying to auction off part of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's art collection and silver teaset in order to settle a long-overdue debt were unable to proceed today, after being refused entry into her Soweto ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214667540/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:24:44 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214667540/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Aspirant traffic cops wait to run 4km in 30 minutes to pass the fitness test which will qualify them to go into the next round for one of 90 provincial posts. File photo; ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214667992/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:19:49 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214667992/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Pretoria - Some wedding guests on board a privately chartered plane that landed at Waterkloof Air Force Base had official business in South Africa, the Indian High Commission said on Tuesday. The senior Indian officials and their delegations were in South Africa for bilateral engagements with the Free State government, according to a statement. "The visit of Honourable Shivpal Singh Yadav, ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214668381/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:16:35 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214668381/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - The Breederiver parole board has granted former gangster Rashied Staggie day parole, the Western Cape department of correctional services said on Tuesday. Staggie, who was sentenced to 13 years' imprisonment in May 2004, would be allowed to spend his days outside prison from September 23, spokesperson Simphiwe Xako said in a statement. Staggie would have to return to a halfway ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214668383/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:16:33 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214668383/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - Murder-accused Lindon Wagner, who allegedly poured petrol on teenager Kirsty Theologo before setting her alight, is "wise and friendly", a Johannesburg court heard on Tuesday. "He is wise and very friendly and when he has drunk alcohol he wants everyone around him to be comfortable and have a good time," co-accused Harvey Isha told the South gauteng High Court ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214668382/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:16:32 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214668382/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - The Inkatha Freedom Party has called for a commission of inquiry into the deaths of 27 initiates in Mpumalanga. "This is tragic. It is imperative that the commission be set up because all stakeholders involved in this matter are defending themselves," IFP spokesperson Peter Smith said on Tuesday. "There is no one willing to take the blame," he said. Earlier, ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214668384/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:16:30 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214668384/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - An Mpumalanga man was jailed for five years by the Nelspruit Regional Court on Tuesday for raping a 2-year-old girl. The man, now 24, committed the crime in Msogwaba near Nelspruit in 2005 when he was 16, according to a Sapa correspondent. The prosecution pushed for the man to be handed a heavy sentence as he initially denied raping the child, who was now 10, and only pleaded ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214668385/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:16:29 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214668385/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Interested in globe hopping for the sake of your business? Now's your chance, with ExportDC. The District's Department of Small and Local Business Development on Tuesday released its calendar of upcoming trade missions to the membership of the D.C. Chamber of Commerce. Between June and September, they'll hit four continents, a pair of Caribbean islands and, for those wanting to stay ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214668085/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:15:36 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214668085/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 London - South African and Turkish equities outperformed both emerging market and global share indices on Tuesday, with Johannesburg's main index hitting a record high as the rand fell more against the ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214665704/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:18:21 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214665704/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Wendell Roelf - 21 May 2013 Ten striking South African miners were taken to hospital today after being hit by rubber bullets, police said. It is the latest incident in a series as labour strife spread ahead of mid-year pay ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214665705/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:17:55 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214665705/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Cape Town - Changes to the Broadcasting Act will be put before Parliament in an attempt to curtail a high turnover of SABC board members, Communications ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214666292/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:57:40 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214666292/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Kenny Oldwage said Pistorius and his defence team were delighted after the drawn-out court battle. "We are satisfied with the end of it all. We are delighted," said Oldwage shortly after the judgment. "As for Carl, I can only say he is delighted. For more you will have to speak to him." The Vanderbijlpark Magistrate's Court also acquitted Pistorius on alternative charges ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214666293/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:57:39 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214666293/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - Raising the standard of maths, science, and technology education in Mpumalanga was vital for the province's growth, Premier David Mabuza said on Tuesday. Delivering his office's budget speech to the Mpumalanga provincial legislature, Mabuza said progress had been made on three key issues highlighted in previous budget and policy speeches. These were vision 2030, the ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214666291/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:57:37 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214666291/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Rustenburg - The Farlam Commission of Inquiry on Tuesday reviewed the testimony given several months ago by Brigadier Zephania Mkhwanazi.The public order policing expert was called to give evidence at the commission as he had expertise in training Public Order Police (Pop). He played no part in the Marikana unrest.During his testimony, Mkhwanazi said it would have been best if a Pop-trained ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214666294/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:57:36 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214666294/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 African prosecutors dropped charges on Tuesday against one of the two men charged with raping, mutilating and killing a teenage girl in a crime that outraged a country hardened by some of the world's highest rates of sexual violence. Prosecution spokesman Eric Ntabazalila said the man had been released from custody because there was not enough evidence to take him to trial. The victim, ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214665713/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:53:13 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214665713/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 - South Africa will begin building a 70-kilometer (44-mile) pipeline this year to supply water from a reservoir in the north to local coal mines, Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa said. The De Hoop Dam in Limpopo Province is almost complete and water storage has begun, the minister said today in Cape Town. Work on a separate pipeline that will supply other parts of the ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214663690/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:08:02 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214663690/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 "The state has withdrawn charges against Jonathan Davids after a thorough investigative process. Davids was arrested after he was implicated in the rape and murder of Anene Booysen. The investigation revealed that there was insufficient evidence to secure a conviction," said National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila in a statement on Tuesday. Ntabazalila said ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214664153/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:07:45 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214664153/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 The reason for a gathering of journalists on a steep street in Soweto was sound at first: Madikizela-Mandela owed more than R20 000 to Abbotts College for her grand-nephew's fees. She had not paid after repeated threats, and eventually a court ordered an auction to recover the money owed. Ostensibly, the sheriff of the court was going to auction goods in her house to cover this amount. ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214664154/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:07:44 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214664154/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Accra, May 21, GNA - Former President John Agyekum Kufour on Monday returned home from South Africa and Switzerland after engagements to woe investors to ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214663854/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:54:50 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214663854/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Jacob Zuma got a little support from an unlikely quarter Tuesday when FW De Klerk laid into the "prophets of doom" putting down the country. De Klerk said "afro-pessimists" did not give the country or the continent enough credit for strides made.De Klerk acknowledged the country faces "serious international perception problems" but said the country had seen 18 years ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214664156/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:48:17 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214664156/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - The Constitutional Court has refused the Justice Alliance of SA (Jasa) leave to appeal a costs order relating to a Firearms Control Act ruling. There were no exceptional circumstances to justify hearing an appeal only about costs, the court found on Tuesday. It nonetheless cautioned courts "to be careful not to make costs orders that will inhibit genuine constitutional issues ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214664155/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:48:14 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214664155/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Cape Town - Charges were dropped on Tuesday against one of the men accused of raping and killing teenager Anene Booysen, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) confirmed. Regional spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila said charges were withdrawn against Jonathan Davids, 22, in the Bredasdorp Magistrate's Court after a thorough investigation. "The investigation revealed there was ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214664158/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:48:11 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214664158/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Durban in a Word Thirty writers, thirsty views of Durban. Each piece evokes memories of the city that has shaped... Was R126.00 Now ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214664157/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:48:08 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214664157/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 The National Energy Regulator of South Africa has given state company Eskom a licence to go ahead with its Sere wind farm near Koekenaap in the Western Cape. "Sere is our first large-scale renewable energy project," Eskom chief executive officer Brian Dames said in a statement on Monday. "It demonstrates our commitment to reducing our carbon footprint and to investing in a ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214663862/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:37:58 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214663862/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Nelson Mandela is being sued by his daughters for the right to control his money and artwork, legal documents indicate. Makaziwe and Zenani Mandela are fighting a 2004 court order that gave Nelson Mandela the right to instruct his then lawyer, Ismail Ayob, to stop managing his financial affairs. Ayob is now representing the daughters, The Star reported. The suit, which was filed last week in ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214664159/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:35:29 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214664159/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 The City employees were suspended after they embarked on an unprotected strike in March. In spite of bringing in support staff from various other support centres around the city, Thuso House in Braamfontein is dealing with customer queries at a painfully slow rate. On Tuesday, only seven out of the available 35 customer service stations were staffed with personnel while more than 60 customers ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214662610/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:57:11 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214662610/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 "We are not going to cancel, but there are no bidders. There are none," he said. "It happens." Earlier, after the house's steel gate was not opened in response to their knocks, three representatives of the Soweto sheriff's office regrouped in their vehicle. They had been ordered to auction personal items belonging to Madikizela-Mandela to recover a debt owed to ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214662611/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:57:10 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214662611/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - President Jacob Zuma sent condolences to the United States on Tuesday after a tornado killed at least 51 people, the international relations department ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214661925/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:54:41 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214661925/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Rustenburg - Questions were raised as to why a top public order police (Pop) official was not appointed to oversee the operational plan in Marikana, the Farlam Commission of Inquiry heard on Tuesday.Dumisa Ntsebeza, for the families of the deceased Lonmin miners, said Major General Charl Annandale failed to summon anyone who headed the Pop unit to oversee the plan to disperse striking Lonmin ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214662612/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:32:43 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214662612/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Edna Molewa said on Tuesday.Speaking during debate in the National Assembly on her department's 2013/14 budget, she said this included the cost of refurbishing the country's ageing, existing plants and treatment works."Capital investment in new water and sanitation infrastructure for the entire value chain... is projected to require an estimated R670bn over the next 10 years, or an ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214662613/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:32:38 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214662613/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - The effect of using dagga and vodka in succession was graphically explained to a Johannesburg court on Tuesday by murder-accused Harvey Isha. "When I am lying in bed after taking them, the ceiling would look like it is spinning... you feel like vomiting at the same time," Isha told the South Gauteng High Court sitting in the Palm Ridge Magistrate's Court. He ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214662614/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:32:36 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214662614/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Beyonce's daughter Blue Ivy sits in her very own monogrammed director's chair Beyonce recently shared a heart warming photograph of her daughter Blue Ivy on social networking site Tumblr, and some fans suspect that the image may be a direct response to ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214662615/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:28:57 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214662615/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 JOHANNESBURG - An auction to pay off a debt of Nelson Mandela's ex-wife failed to take place because no one would open her home to the sheriff. Officials and reporters gathered Tuesday outside the gated home of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. No one responded to the doorbell although a black car sped out of the gates. Madikizela-Mandela is loved by many for her role in the anti-apartheid ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214661957/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:27:36 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214661957/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Pistorius was acquitted on a charge of culpable homicide by the Vanderbijlpark Magistrate's Court on Tuesday. National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Medupe Simasiku said the state failed to prove a watertight case against him. "We do accept the decision of the court and we will not be taking any further action on this case moving forward," Simasiku said shortly after ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214660613/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:44:14 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214660613/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Independent was recently purchased by the Sekunjalo Independent Media Consortium, which was set up by Dr Iqbal Surve to bring Independent News and Media SA "back home", after it was bought from Anglo American by the Irish holding company, Independent News and Media in ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214661259/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:44:13 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214661259/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 The ANC has lashed out at AfriForum's youth wing for observing a minute of silence for civilians "killed in ANC terror attacks between 1980 and ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214661258/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:44:13 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214661258/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - Parents demanding a new school for their children protested in Mitchell's Plain, Cape Town, on Tuesday, the Western Cape education department said.Parents of children living in Philippi protested outside the Khanya Primary School in Mitchell's Plain, which their children currently attended, spokesperson Paddy Attwell said.The department said schools in Philippi were under ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214661261/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:22:21 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214661261/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Johannesburg - Ten striking miners at a chrome mine near Rustenburg were admitted to hospital after clashes with security guards, police said on Tuesday. "Ten miners were admitted to hospital. They were injured after security guards fired what are reported to be rubber bullets," police spokesperson Thulani Ngubane said. He added that officers had arrived at the mine, owned by ... http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214661260/scat/371b1b8643d479c1 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:22:20 -0400 http://www.africaleader.com/index.php/sid/214661260/scat/371b1b8643d479c1