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ANC Fiddles over Malema while South Africa Burns

By Michael Trapido ; President Jacob Zuma is going to have to draw a line in the sand and decide where loyalty ends and common sense begins in his, as well as the African National Congress', approach to the ANCYL and its president Julius Malema. After yesterday's ...more [ 3/10/2010 3:11:14 PM / Reads: 601 / Comments:2 ]

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THE TRAPS REPORT

BREAKING NEWS

The former head of MI5 has claimed US intelligence agencies "concealed" their mistreatment of terror suspects.

The governor of Nigeria's Plateau state has accused military commanders of ignoring warnings of an attack on Sunday near the city of Jos.

Burma's military rulers have issued a law which will bar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from participating in planned elections.

The Indonesian president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has confirmed that the terror suspect Dulmatin was killed in a police raid in Jakarta.

US Vice-President Joe Biden has condemned Israel's approval of 1,600 new homes for ultra-Orthodox Jews in East Jerusalem.

Three men have been arrested in connection with the theft of the corpse of Cyprus's ex-President Tassos Papadopoulos, officials say.

A court case brought by the family of Rachel Corrie, a US protester killed by an Israeli army bulldozer in 2003, is due to begin in Israel.

BREAKING NEWS S.A

National police chief Bheki Cele has insisted he be addressed as "general" from now on, after the approval of military rankings for the police, according to a newspaper report on Wednesday.

Western Cape Premier Helen Zille is to sue Julius Malema after the ANC Youth League president accused the DA leader of "suffering from Satanism".

The Democratic Alliance has called the suspension of five municipal officials in George nothing more than a witch hunt.

Demonstrating students on Wednesday set fire to a lecture room and vandalised the Tshwane South College, on the second day of protests at the Atteridgeville campus

ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema has accused DA leader Hellen Zille of being a “satanist” bent on demolishing churches in black communities.

Residents of Oukasie outside Brits on Tuesday called for Sophie Molokoane-Machika, executive mayor of the Madibeng municipality, to resign.

King Goodwill Zwelithini will be limited to 24 local trips and three abroad, while the government will now pay to maintain a fleet of 22 vehicles for him and his family, down from 32 in previous years.

A day after her extraordinary attack on former president Nelson Mandela made headlines in the UK and South Africa, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela seems to have gone to ground while the ANC wants her to explain remarks attributed to her.

The ANC said on Monday it is investigating taking disciplinary action against its spokesperson Brian Sokutu because he allegedly spoke out of turn about President Jacob Zuma’s failure to register his interests in parliament.

The mother of a murdered 7-year-old Wesbank girl has challenged government to make good on its promise that it would bolster the war on crime.

Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane said on Wednesday celebrities were not above the law.

A meeting was planned between staff and students at the Tshwane South College in Atteridgeville on Wednesday morning after an apparent hostage drama on Tuesday.

Religious leaders in the Western Cape have labelled the destroying of church structures in Khayelitsha as an attack on the Christian community.

Tshwane Mayor Gwen Ramokgopa on Tuesday refused to comment on statements by Cooperative Governance Minister Sicelo Shiceka that her council could be placed under administration.

President Jacob Zuma’s attorneys were set to announce on Wednesday whether he would declare his interests to Parliament.

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela had yet to confirm on Wednesday whether scathing comments attributed to her in a London newspaper were indeed true.

Eyewitness News understands SuperSport sound engineer Nick Greyling who was kidnapped in Nigeria last week, has arrived home.

Militants stormed a building used by a US-based charity in Pakistan on Wednesday, sparking heavy clashes with police and killing at least five people, police and an aid worker said.

Automatic weapons fire punctuated by screams erupted after dark on Tuesday in a Nigerian city located near villages where massacres just two days ago left more than 200 people dead.

Israel has decided to stop pursuing dozens of West Bank-based members of Fatah’s armed wing, the Aksa Martyrs Brigades, Palestinian sources said on Tuesday.

Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Wednesday morning expressed his anger over the “unwarranted” announcement by an Interior Ministry committee of the approval to build some 1,600 housing units in northeast Jerusalem’s Ramat Shlomo neighborhood.

The High Court of Justice on Tuesday ordered the Ashdod Rabbinical Council to provide documents proving that the kashrut terms demanded of a Jews for Jesus baker were identical to those demanded of the Jewish bakers in the city.

A former senior health official has urged local health authorities to eliminate discrimination against gay men and to enlist their involvement in China's fight against HIV/AIDS.

China on Tuesday reiterated that it was best to solve the Iranian nuclear standoff through continued diplomatic effort and said there was yet room for dialogue to resolve the issue.

China's top legislature will demand State Council officials to attend its regular legislative sessions to face inquiries and interrogations from legislators, a move to improve supervision of the central government.

The U.S. Senate is set to approve a $138 billion plan that would extend unemployment benefits through the end of this year after eight Republicans joined Democrats yesterday to end efforts to block the plan.

Iraq faces tough political coalition-building as leaders maneuvered amid indications that no party would win a majority when initial results from the parliamentary election are announced.

A US television producer has pleaded guilty to attempting to blackmail US chat show host David Letterman over his sexual affairs.

FINANCIAL

National supermarket chain guru Raymond Ackerman has officially stepped down.

Retail colossus Raymond Ackerman bid his team an official farewell this morning, after over 40 years at the helm of supermarket group Pick n Pay.

Eskom has secret deals with 138 big companies that pay dirt cheap prices for electricity, possibly as low as 9c per kilowatt hour.

The process of large-scale restructuring at the pebble bed modular reactor company, PBMR - through which up to 75% of the more than 800 workers could lose their jobs - is to begin and could last about two months.

Volkswagen (VW) SA has launched a new entry-level car in line with industry goals of boosting local component content in domestically-produced vehicles.

The Department of Communications yesterday gave MPs a firm commitment that it had no intention to continue bailing out "problematic" state-owned entities, including Sentech and the SABC.

Transnet's cost for building the multiproduct-pipeline between Durban and Gauteng had ballooned by more than 20 percent to R15.4 billion, the parastatal said yesterday.

The country's big four consumer food groups - Tiger Brands, Pioneer Foods, Foodcorp and Premier Foods - will come before the Competition Tribunal again for a ruling on alleged price-fixing in their milling divisions since 2006.

FirstRand, South Africa's third-biggest bank, had completed several "significant transactions" following the signing of an agreement with China Construction Bank (CCB), chief executive Sizwe Nxasana said yesterday.

Buyout Firms Can’t Spend $503 Billion as Fund Deadlines Loom

Investors in search of better returns poured $7.8 billion into high-yield municipal bond funds last year, pushing assets to a two-year high. They may start experiencing losses as early as this year as default risks grow.

Apollo Management LP agreed to buy Citigroup Inc.’s real estate investment unit in a move that will more than triple the value of the private-equity firm’s property assets, a person with knowledge of the deal said yesterday.

Japan’s machinery orders slipped in January after the biggest jump since 2000, indicating a subdued appetite among the nation’s companies to ramp up capital spending even as manufacturing passed its worst.

Citigroup Inc., seeking to bolster capital after repaying bailout funds to the Treasury, is selling trust preferred securities as rising investor demand drives borrowing costs to near the lowest in almost five years.

Higher-yielding currencies strengthened against the yen and oil erased losses after China said exports soared to the most in three years.

China’s exports rose more than forecast in February and posted a third straight gain, a rebound that adds to pressure on policy makers to pare back stimulus measures adopted during the global recession.

HEALTH

An electric power button symbol inched past other entries to win New York's condom wrapper design contest, the city said on Tuesday.

The World Health Organisation unveiled on Tuesday landmark new measures to counter the misuse of anti-malaria drugs, which is threatening attempts to stifle some 250 million cases a year of the disease.

SPORT

Inside the banquet hall, a humbled but defiant Michael Vick was honored Tuesday night as one of 32 NFL players to receive the Ed Block Courage Award.

Jennifer Hudson will be the new voice of "One Shining Moment."

West Indies' downward one-day curve got a much needed lift on Saturday, when the hosts beat Zimbabwe by four wickets to level the series. It was their first victory in an international fixture since August last year,

Bryant hit a 17-foot jumper with 1.9 seconds left, and the Lakers rallied in the fourth quarter to snap their three-game losing streak with a 109-107 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night.

The PCB has struck against its players with a venom unseen in recent memory, carrying out the deepest cull of a senior cricket team in many years and banning and fining seven of its top players after the side's disastrous, winless tour of Australia

The most important match of the series, as the players described it, went to Australia.

Thousands of the 35 000 entrants of Sundays Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour will wear black armbands to show a collective sorrow at the death of three cyclists hit by a motorist outside Oudtshoorn on Monday morning.

A record field of close to 21 000 runners, including the men and women's defending champions, and over 1 000 international runners, will line up in Newlands on Easter Saturday April,3 for the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon.

A Chinese factory ordered to stop producing mascots for the World Cup due to allegations of sweatshop conditions defended itself on Wednesday, saying its facilities were among the best in China.

Media reports that Tiger Woods is working with his swing coach Hank Haney have leading golfers talking of a possible return to action for the world number one.

England manager Martin Johnson has made just two changes to the starting XV for Saturday's Calcutta Cup match against Scotland at Murrayfield.

Sprint legend Michael Johnson believes Usain Bolt should consider moving up to 400m after an impressive relay display.

The Football Association is looking into a security breach after a tape emerged purporting to carry discussions between England coaches and players.

AC Milan's David Beckham says he is excited to face Manchester United at Old Trafford for the first time but maintains he wants them to lose.

Rangers moved 13 points clear at the top of the Scottish Premier League with victory over Kilmarnock at Rugby Park

UN chief Ban Ki-moon has paid tribute to the 101 UN "heroes" who died in the Haiti quake at a ceremony in New York.

Nicklas Bendtner struck a hat-trick as Arsenal outclassed Porto to overturn a first-leg deficit with ease and clinch a place in the last eight of the Champions League.

Bayern Munich reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League on away goals despite losing 3-2 at Fiorentina.

Birmingham gained revenge for their FA Cup exit on Saturday and brought Portsmouth back to earth with victory in the Premier League at Fratton Park.

COMEDY

OPINION

John Curtice: Battle narrows down to the key marginals - The last few weeks have witnessed a transformation of the election battle. Between the conclusion of the party conference season and the end of January, the Conservatives had averaged 12 points

Terence Blacker: Jon Venables and a case of mob morality- In the great establishment vs the people clash which is developing around the fate and future of Jon Venables, there will be only one winner. Ministers will argue the letter of the law,

Simon Carr: The truth won't get you anywhere in politics- Trust. They're restoring trust in politics, that's the job in hand. So how's it going in the Department of Cohesion, Communities, Diversity and Looking After People in the Regions,

Mark Steel: My advice to Obama – throw away the kid gloves- When you watch Barack Obama make these speeches to try and introduce healthcare to America, you have to wonder whether he might improve his ratings if he lost his temper and chucked things.

Andreas Spath : Eskom nukes the Cape - Cape Town is going to get another nuclear power plant. So are Thyspunt near Cape St Francis on the Eastern Cape coast and Bantamsklip between Hermanus and Agulhas in the Western Cape. That’s if Eskom.

Hamish McRae: Don't write off the US economy - Americans may be glum about their political situation but they are becoming less so about their economic one. So much of the reporting from and within the US has focused on the discord in Washington ...

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Microsoft on Tuesday warned that hackers are targeting a freshly-uncovered weakness in some earlier versions of its Internet Explorer (IE) web browser software.

Sheesh" and "wow" were some of the comments passing over "Old Four Legs" the Coelacanth as it lay in one-and-a-quarter metre splendour in a propanol bath at Wits University on Tuesday.

Britain has approved the introduction of foreign lice to tackle the spread of Japanese knotweed in the first such use of a non-native insect to control a plant species, the Environment Department said on Tuesday.

Nasa's space shuttle manager says it wouldn't be hard to add more shuttle flights. The real question is money.

Internet giant Google is testing a new television programming search service with Dish Network Corp, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

CRIME & LEGAL MATTERS

Telkom has resorted to deploying armed guards to hide in bushes overnight to try to stop gangs from stripping phone lines in the Western Cape.

A veteran cyclist who was part of the group hit by a bakkie in Oudtshoorn on Monday says it was not yet light and that the group was riding safely when the accident happened.

Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane on Tuesday warned communities to treat service providers with care after a female medic was raped at the weekend.

Hip hop artist Molemo Maarohanye, popularly known as Jub Jub, and a friend will stay behind bars until their next court appearance next week.

A Verulam man who allegedly hacked his sister to death in full view of her five-year-old son, during a bizarre midnight ritual on Saturday, is a Hare Krishna devotee who often spent hours reading spiritual books and meditating with japa (chanting) be

JubJub and Themba Tshabalala were called briefly to the dock at the Protea Magistrate's Court on Wednesday morning, causing a loud outcry outside as police battled to keep noise levels down from hundreds of people protesting outside.

CRICKET SA Youth cricket manager Niels Momberg is recovering in hospital after being shot in an attempted hijacking in the driveway of his home in Parkmore, Johannesburg, early this week.

AN INVESTIGATION into the chief executive of the Eastern Cape Gambling and Betting Board has been launched, the provincial finance MEC said yesterday.

DEPUTY president of the Congress of the People Mbhazima Shilowa says he has no problem with the Gauteng government’s investigation into multimillion- rand motor sports contracts signed when he was premier.

An American man is claiming R12.6m from the Monateng Safari Lodge outside Pretoria after he fell on a wet stoep.

A THEMBISA mother of three yesterday told the Pretoria high court how she killed her five-year-old son before mutilating him because she regarded him as the source of her problems.

A female metro police officer was pulled from her official car and attacked, and her armed colleagues were forced to retreat as upset Khayelitsha residents confronted the council's Anti Land Invasion Unit about its demolition of places of worship in

An Umlazi magistrate, who is charged with the attempted murder of his wife, has been provisionally suspended almost a year after the criminal charges were opened against him.

Hip-Hop star Molemo Maarohanye, popularly known as Jub Jub, was apparently not only drunk but also high on drugs when he was involved in an accident in which four teenagers lost their lives.

TABLOIDS

South African hip-hop artists have released a song branding President Jacob Zuma a pimp.

Troubled rapper DMX was arrested in Arizona on Tuesday for violating his probation by regularly using illegal drugs during the last nine months, authorities said.

Record industry bosses hit back on Tuesday at the "myth" that musicians no longer need them to become successful, insisting the internet can help raise their profile but cannot make them stars.

The executive director of the film academy said on Tuesday that Farrah Fawcett wasn't included in the Academy Awards' In Memoriam segment because the actress was better known as a TV star.

SKERPBY

WITH EDWILL VAN AARDE

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Ons kan nie eers 'n paaltjie koop nie!

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Passop vir die Palaborwa Express

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

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Monday, February 01, 2010

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Monday, January 25, 2010

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Monday, January 18, 2010

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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

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Tuesday, January 05, 2010

POLITICS

Malema is going back to Equality Court Alana Bailey

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

The ANC "Third Force" that Mandela denied to De Klerk and the Goldstone Commission did not find. Lyndall Beddy

Saturday, March 06, 2010

The Souls of Black Folk Pat Rogers

Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Afriforum asks FIFA not to honour Peter Mokaba at World Cup 2010 Kallie Kriel

Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Ever considered that what is wrong with SA's democracy is you? Paul Whelan

Saturday, February 27, 2010

SA Jewry- Malema or Cosatu/SACP ? Bernie Madoff

Saturday, February 27, 2010

OPINION

TWO THINGS. HIV + AIDS = ONE Rashid Kay

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Please spare us the cultural claptrap. David Bullard

Sunday, March 07, 2010

How The Necklace "liberated" South Africa Lyndall Beddy

Thursday, March 04, 2010

Another day, and another senior or promising black journo bites the dust at Naspers Rudzani Floyd

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

SPORT

Machimana retains SA heavyweight title Ron Jackson

Sunday, March 07, 2010

40,000 hookers for World Cup 2010 Bernie Madoff

Friday, March 05, 2010

Morgan Convertible Nigel Owen

Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Kitskriekit is eintlik Blitsvinnig Edwill Van Aarde

Monday, March 01, 2010

A Strange Game of Cricket Dave Papenfus

Monday, March 01, 2010

COMEDY

The day my husband ate Princess Margaret's cherry. Lyndall Beddy

Monday, March 08, 2010

ENTERTAINMENT

‘Borat’-Sacha Baron Cohen has been dropped from the Oscars Sthembile Shelembe

Thursday, March 04, 2010

CD Prices Jazz Fans Cannot Ignore Don Albert

Wednesday, March 03, 2010

FINANCE

FUTURISTIC

GENERAL

Die IPL Reeks Edwill Van Aarde

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

AfriForum satisfied with case on national language policy Alana Bailey

Monday, March 08, 2010

Zackie Achmat's "engagment" with Iran? Bernie Madoff

Thursday, March 04, 2010

South African Arts & Culture Minister Walks out of Lesbian Exhibit defying the meaning of Arts and Culture Melanie Nathan

Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Did Winnie Mandela teach the people to attack councilors and police? Lyndall Beddy

Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Judicial Madness In Our Courts Bonga Ntshingila

Monday, March 01, 2010

HEALTH

Richard Goldstone, al-Mabhouh and EU passports Bernie Madoff

Thursday, March 04, 2010

LIFESTYLE

MOSSADIDIT Baseball Caps For Sale Bernie Madoff

Thursday, February 25, 2010

MOTORING

SATIRE

ALL Rwanda's Genocides (1959, 1963, 1965, 1972, 1994 ) have been caused by Overpopulation. Lyndall Beddy

Saturday, February 27, 2010

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

STATEMENTS

The Department of Basic Education Alana Bailey

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Testimony of Ramadeen, an indentured Indian. Lyndall Beddy

Monday, March 08, 2010

Philippe Karsenty challenges al-Dura incident Bev Goldman

Tuesday, March 02, 2010

TRAVEL

The Arabs of Africa Lyndall Beddy

Wednesday, March 03, 2010