JOHANNESBURG – The winner of Survivor South Africa: Santa Carolina, GiGi; fellow Survivor-contestant and Egoli-star, Izak Davel and Mr. South Africa 2009, Stephen Segal, are all donning their cycling gear to raise funds for The Smile Foundation in this year’s Momentum 94.7 Cycle Challenge to be held in Johannesburg on 21 November. USN has come on board and is carrying the cost of all the entries for The Smile Foundation’s charity bond group. This translates into a sizable donation to The Smile Foundation – seeing that 49 people are racing for the foundation this year! “USN is proud to be... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Saturday, October 16th 2010 |
By Own Correspondent – By a margin of a single vote, the German bid for a non-permanent seat on the Security Council succeeded in the first round of voting.“This vote is a sign of great confidence and of course also a gesture of faith in the work of the Federal Republic of Germany,” Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said after the election. He added that everything possible would be done in the next two years to warrant the trust that had been placed in Germany. Voting was conducted by secret ballot, with a two-thirds majority needed for each of the seats... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Saturday, October 16th 2010 |
By Novell Zwange – JOHANNESBURG – The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) yesterday unanimously adopted a motion calling on the AU to allow it to undertake its own independent election observation missions. According to a decision of the Executive Council of the AU, adopted on 1st February this year in Addis Ababa, PAP is to be part of joint election observation missions with other AU organ under a centralized budget managed by the Department of Political Affairs of the AU Commission. The motion called on the AU to rescind its decision which stopped the PAP from fielding its own missions. Moving the... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Saturday, October 16th 2010 |
Publish Date: Friday, October 15th 2010 |
By Nangayi Guyson – About six people in south Africa are facing murder charges after they allegedly stoned to death two young men suspected of stealing a mobile phone The group, including three women, allegedly killed the pair on Sunday evening, Limpopo Province police say. They have urged people not to take the law into their own hands. Correspondents say mobs often beat up and kill suspected thieves in South Africa, where many have lost faith in the justice system. “The taking of the law by the community into their own hands is strongly condemned,” Limpopo police spokesperson Lt-Col Mohale Ramatseba... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, October 14th 2010 |
