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Press Review, Politics
16. April 2009
Overseas voters cast their ballots
INDEPENDENT Electoral Commission (IEC) officials were sanguine about yesterday’s voting at several missions abroad, saying “things went fantastically”. IEC CEO Pansy Tlakula personally oversaw the...
|+| [more]Economy, Press Review
16. April 2009
Manuel ‘ready to carry on as finance minister’
FINANCE Minister Trevor Manuel hinted yesterday that he may be willing to carry on serving in his post if asked to by the country’s new president, although he could not “carry on forever”. He told...
|+| [more]Press Review
15. April 2009
Handy push for power providers
THE renewable energy industry got more than it bargained for when the National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) announced higher than expected renewable energy feed-in tariffs, paving the way for...
|+| [more]FIFA World Cup 2010, Press Review
15. April 2009
2010 LOC steps up its marketing efforts
South Africa's 2010 Local Organising Committee (LOC) has stepped up efforts to market the Confederations Cup, 61 days before the tournament kicks off. The LOC together with government's 2010 Soccer...
|+| [more]Press Review
15. April 2009
South African expats vote early
South Africans who live outside the country have begun voting in the general election. Nearly 18,000 have registered to vote, after the constitutional court ruled that expatriates who were already on...
|+| [more]South Africa, Topnews
15. April 2009
15 April 1996: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission begins
On 15 April 1996, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, under Chairman Archbishop Desmond Tutu, began its first formal hearings in East London. The South African TRC was set up by...
|+| [more]Topnews, FIFA World Cup 2010
14. April 2009
Picture Galery on Cape Town Stadium Progress
The City of Cape Town is building a world-class, FIFA-compliant 68 000-seat stadium in Green Point. See the latest pictures of this new stadium in our