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Zille opposes Mbeki's plan for Zimbabwe

The leader of the Democratic Alliance, Helen Zille, has argued strongly against the idea of a government of national unity in Zimbabwe, saying that it will allow President Mugabe to stay in power, with the opposition Movement for Democratic Change as ...

From MICHAEL HAMLYN, Mail & Guardian Online,  20 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Thabo Mbeki,  Mwai Kibaki

Mine owners face R1m fine under new safety law

Mine owners will face stiffer fines and harsher terms of imprisonment for breaches of mine health and safety rules under a new Bill tabled in Parliament on Friday. The maximum fine that can be imposed by the inspector of mines will be R1-million up from ...

From MICHAEL HAMLYN, Mail & Guardian Online,  20 Jun 2008

Manuel stands by inflation targeting

Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel on Wednesday strongly defended the policy of inflation targeting, and at the same time vehemently set his face against any variation of the target range -- currently at 3% to 6%, which he described as "relatively very ...

From MICHAEL HAMLYN, Mail & Guardian Online,  18 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Trevor Manuel,  Federal Reserve

Manuel accuses Zille of fanning flames of xenophobia

Finance Minister Trevor Manuel has accused Helen Zille, the leader of the Democratic Alliance and mayor of Cape Town, of fanning the flame of xenophobia by saying that attacks on foreigners were in part due to the fact that foreigners were selling the ...

From MICHAEL HAMLYN, Mail & Guardian Online,  22 May 2008
Related Topics: Trevor Manuel

Leon examines fears of a Zuma presidency

Addressing an audience in London on Wednesday, Tony Leon -- the former leader of the Democratic Alliance -- expressed fears that under Jacob Zuma as president, South Africa could revert to a stereotype of "Big Man", African-style kleptocracy replete ...

From MICHAEL HAMLYN, Mail & Guardian Online,  21 May 2008
Related Topics: Tony Leon,  Jacob Zuma,  U.S. Congress

Sars eyes paper-free tax system in the future

A radically transformed revenue-collection system was envisaged by commissioner of the South African Revenue Service (Sars) Pravin Gordhan on Wednesday. Explaining the changes that Sars is implementing this year, Gordhan told Parliament's finance ...

From MICHAEL HAMLYN, Mail & Guardian Online,  21 May 2008

Zuma: Tackle material differences between people

Addressing the students and teachers at a University of Zululand graduation ceremony in Empangeni on Friday, African National Congress leader Jacob Zuma said that nation-building is not only about people's attitudes. "We must understand that ...

From MICHAEL HAMLYN, Mail & Guardian Online,  16 May 2008
Related Topics: Jacob Zuma

DA speaks out against Scorpions Bill

The Democratic Alliance (DA) believes that the Bill abolishing the Scorpions and amalgamating them into a police directorate will dramatically undermine the fight against crime, and against organised crime in particular. "As such, the DA will do all in ...

From MICHAEL HAMLYN, Mail & Guardian Online,  14 May 2008

It's official: May 2 to be additional day off

It is now official: May 2 is to be an additional public holiday. At its fortnightly meeting in Cape Town on Wednesday, the Cabinet endorsed a proposal that it should be declared as an additional day off "to compensate workers for losing a public holiday ...

From MICHAEL HAMLYN, Mail & Guardian Online,  19 Mar 2008

Cronin suggests 'super-Cabinet' to align policy

Jeremy Cronin, the deputy general secretary of the South African Communist Party, suggested in Parliament on Tuesday that there should be a council of state, which would be a super-Cabinet with a strategic planning mandate. Croning was speaking during ...

From MICHAEL HAMLYN, Mail & Guardian Online,  18 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Trevor Manuel

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