Julius Malema property to be attached

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:31:00 +0200

The Cape Town High Court this week instructed a sheriff to attach property belonging to the ANC Youth League and its former president Julius Malema over unpaid legal fees, the Sunday Times reported.

This was to recover more than R100,000 in legal fees racked up in a battle with Western Cape Premier Helen Zille.

Malema and former ANCYL members had described Zille's all-male executive as a group of racist "garden boys" who were her boyfriends and concubines.

Mail&Guardian editor Nic Dawes has resigned

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:30:00 +0200

Mail&Guardian editor Nic Dawes has resigned to join the Hindustan Times in New Delhi as its chief content and editorial officer, the weekly newspaper reported on Friday.

He would leave at the end of September after nine years, half of them as editor.

"My time at the Mail&Guardian both as a frontline reporter and as editor has been the most fulfilling of my professional life," he was quoted as saying on the M&G website.

Australians wrestling deadly saltwater crocodiles fined

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:40:00 +0200

Two Australians who filmed themselves wrestling deadly saltwater crocodiles were Friday fined for interfering with protected animals, news reports said Friday.

Beau Greaves, 23, and Theodore Hewish, 21, posted pictures of themselves on Facebook emulating the exploits of the late Steve "Crocodile Hunter" Irwin in his wildlife documentaries.

The Queensland state government took them to court even though no harm appeared to have come to the crocodiles on Hicks

Silver Lakes Estate fraud

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:55:00 +0200

The accountant for Silver Lakes Estate, in Pretoria, has been fired for alleged fraud thought to involve more than R7 million, Beeld reported on Friday.

"Our internal audit process showed that fraud amounting to R2.8m was perpetrated over the past financial year, which began in April 2012," the newspaper quoted homeowners' association board chairman Dr Steven Pretorius as writing in the estate's e-newsletter.

"We have all the reason in the world to believe

Mandela did not want his children to be involved in the management of his money

Fri, 17 May 2013 07:53:00 +0200

Former president Nelson Mandela did not want his children to be involved in the management of his money and artworks, The Star newspaper reported on Friday.

The revelation was contained in a replying affidavit submitted by Mandela's lawyer Bally Chuene in the High Court in Johannesburg.

Chuene reportedly argued that Mandela's former lawyer Ismail Ayob had influenced Mandela's daughters Makaziwe and Zenani to file court papers against him and his co-directors,

Municipal managers earn more than Zuma

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:28:00 +0200

There is no regulation in place for municipal managers' salaries, with some earning more than President Jacob Zuma, the Dispatch Online reported on Thursday.

Eastern Cape local government department superintendent general Stanley Khanyile reportedly said processes were underway to regulate the upper limits paid to top administrators.

"Legally, there is no ceiling at the moment. What we are doing nationally is developing and finalising regulations in this regard,"

Motsoaledi to fight beer plans

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:52:00 +0200

A beer maker's plans to boost the sale of its product in Africa has left a sour taste in Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi's mouth.

Briefing the media shortly after delivering his budget vote in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Motsoaledi said he was shocked at news that breweries were targeting the African market for expansion by 50 percent in the next decade.

"It's chilling, you get very scared," he told Sapa.

Heineken

Western Cape teacher age concern

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:04:00 +0200

More than 41 percent of permanent teachers and principals in the Western Cape will reach retirement age in the next 15 years, it was reported on Wednesday.

Almost half of permanent teachers, heads of department, principals and their deputies, or around 11,600 people, were 50 or older, The Cape Times reported.

The department employed 31,628 teachers, of whom 2942 were on contract.

The figures were revealed by provincial education

Playboy SA to end its print run

Wed, 15 May 2013 08:20:00 +0200

Playboy SA is to end its print run and go digital, it was reported on Wednesday.

Editor Charl du Plessis told The Times that the "hurdle of conservative readers" had proved too much for the magazine.

"We're told from the consumer side that people don't want to be seen buying playboy. Digital is a more private space, and that is where publishing is heading anyway," he was quoted as saying.

Du Plessis told the

South Africa is not a banana republic: minister

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:47:00 +0200

South Africa is not a "banana republic" where planes are allowed to land illegally, State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele said on Tuesday.

Cwele was reacting to opposition parties' comments that the wealthy and politically connected Gupta family posed a threat to national security by misusing state resources.

They landed a chartered jet carrying guests for a family wedding at the Waterkloof Air Force base in Pretoria -- a national key point. Cwele denied the

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