Tue, 21 May 2013 22:42:12 GMT
 Independent Online | Joburg has objected to low valuations on 4 Gupta properties Politicsweb The City of Johannesburg has objected to seventy-three percent (73%) of the 85 499 property value objections on the 2013 valuation roll. Included in the list of objections is 169 properties in Saxonwold plus five others within or close to Sahara Group ... Questions over more Gupta properties |
Wed, 22 May 2013 00:29:08 GMT
 The Public News Hub | Where is the justice for Anene? Daily Maverick Rebecca Davis studied at Rhodes University and Oxford before working in lexicography at the Oxford English Dictionary. After deciding she'd rather make up words than define them, she returned to South Africa in 2011 to write for the Daily Maverick, which ... Why's only one person standing trial for killing of Anene Booysen? - DA NPA drops charges in Anene Booysen rape, murder case Anene accused back in the dock |
Wed, 22 May 2013 02:24:34 GMT
 The Guardian | Oklahoma rescuers wind down search for survivors in wake of savage tornado The Guardian Rescue workers were scaling back their search for survivors amid the devastation wrought by one of the most powerful tornadoes in modern US history on Tuesday. Hundreds of US National Guard, police and medical staff spent the day combing through piles ... US tornado rescue effort nears end Oklahoma tornado: Emergency warning system hailed as a lifesaver Oklahoma tornado aftermath: Prayers and song amid the darkness |
Tue, 21 May 2013 22:42:05 GMT
 The Province | FW de Klerk optimistic about future of SA - Foundation Politicsweb In a speech to the Process Expo at Nasrec this morning, FW de Klerk questioned the tendency to be pessimistic about both South Africa - and Africa. He said that he wanted to address "these Prophets of Doom and Afro-Pessimists in a balanced way". ANC, DA: BBC report on white South Africans distorts truth Do whites have a future in South Africa? Let's Have Common Citizenship in Africa - Thabo Mbeki |
Tue, 21 May 2013 20:53:48 GMT
 AFP | Kenya, US ties under scrutiny as Obama skips country again The Standard Digital News Kenya: US President Barack Obama is scheduled to tour Africa next month but will skip Kenya again in his second trip to the continent. Tweet. In his second tour of Africa under his presidency, but the first since his re-election last November, Obama will visit ... Obama's Africa tour leaves ancestral homeland of Kenya as loser Kenya 'fine' with Obama snub Eyebrows Raised as Obama Skips Kenya and Zimbabwe on African Tour. |
Tue, 21 May 2013 22:42:03 GMT
 Times LIVE | Cape Town's court action against SANRAL still a waste of money - COSATU ... Politicsweb COSATU remains concerned that this court case is just a waste of tax-payers money by the City of Cape Town, as it does not deal with the fundamental issues of toll roads. Toll roads are bad for the people because it will ensure that only people with money ... Court halts Cape toll project Sanral to study WC toll ruling Western Cape toll interdict welcomed |
Tue, 21 May 2013 16:10:44 GMT
 Independent Online | Four injured in train crash Independent Online 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 spokeswoman Santi Steinmann said one of the ... Four injured in Brakpan train collision Train collision leaves two critical |
Tue, 21 May 2013 21:11:00 GMT
 NBCNews.com | New Egypt Tax Law: Cuts for Poor, Business Hikes ABC News Egypt's president signed a new tax law Tuesday that cuts the amount paid by poorer Egyptians in the latest move aimed at reforming the country's economy. The changes, which are more favorable than the previous tax law for the country's most vulnerable, ... Egypt's songs of revolution have given way to a literature of despair Egypt: Echoes of the revolution far from Cairo Egypt passes new tax law in bid for economic reform |
Tue, 21 May 2013 14:20:30 GMT
 iAfrica.com | Probe initiate deaths - IFP iAfrica.com 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 ... Zuma outraged at death of initiates in Mpumalanga - Presidency Zuma reacts to initiation deaths Commission of Enquiry Must Be Set Up to Investigate the Death of Initiates in ... |
Tue, 21 May 2013 12:39:23 GMT
 Independent Online | No go for Winnie auction Independent Online Behind-the-scenes talks were underway after an auction of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's personal items to cover a debt to a college did not go ahead as planned. File photo: Reuters. Related Stories. No bidders at Winnie auction · Bid to prevent auction of ... No bidders at Winnie auction South Africa: With No Bidders or Keys, Auction Fails Winnie Madikizela-Mandela auction in South Africa called off |