3 Sep 2013

Government

King to pawn...

In an expensive "game of chess", Dave King has finally sorted out his tax issues with SARS and will end up paying over R700m to SARS. As he puts it: "When this tax dispute arose many years ago, I took a conscious decision not to cooperate with the authorities. That was a mistake."

Still on the money front, Satawu says SAA can afford the 12% increase the union is demanding, but if you want to get away from it all... the strikes, the demands, the claims and counter-claims, then Mango has come to your rescue with a scheduled service between Johannesburg and Zanzibar.

Talk about a captive audience... but a nice gesture, so one hopes the inmates took the lessons to heart when Ligwalagwala FM set out to motivate the inmates of Middelburg Prison with a live radio show aimed at discouraging criminal elements and activities amongst youths.

Finally, while no show-off himself, and with no hint of a swagger (but still quite the charmer), our tame motoring editor Henrie Geyser reckons the Renault Clio is a swaggering charmer.

Rod Baker, Content Director

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Weekly top stories

King to pay over R700m to SARS
Dave King: "When this tax dispute arose many years ago, I took a conscious decision not to cooperate with the authorities. That was a mistake." Read more >>
Werthschröder changes SA immigration policy
Alcohol ad ban will hurt: Sacci

Government
Medical personnel form union to seek better deal
[Andile Makholwa] The South African Medical Association (Sama) has formally established a trade union within itself for health personnel, in a move that takes the fight for better salaries and conditions of service for doctors to a new level. Read more >>


Administration
More prudence needed in economic crisis response
South Africa has joined the call by emerging markets and developing countries for more carefully considered global collective action in response to the economic crisis, ahead of its participation in the G20 Leaders' Summit later this week. Read more >>

Let's work on MDGs, Zuma tells MPs
President Jacob Zuma has emphasised the need for the Commonwealth to focus on meeting the United Nations Millennium Development Goals targets, what needs to happen beyond 2015, and also financing the MDGs. Read more >>

Madiba discharged from hospital
Former President Nelson Mandela has been discharged from the Pretoria hospital where he had been receiving treatment for the past two months. Read more >>

WSU bankrupt, no money to pay staff
The embattled Walter Sisulu University (WSU) remains technically and commercially bankrupt, higher education director general Gwebs Qonde said on Thursday (29 August). Read more >>

Public servants off to government school says Sisulu
All workers employed by the state are required to sign the service charter and to attend the school of government, Public Service and Administration Minister Lindiwe Sisulu said on Thursday (29 August). Read more >>

R25m to help SA universities tackle HIV/Aids
The National Skills Fund (NSF) has allocated close to R25m to the Higher Education HIV/Aids Programme (HEAIDS) to skill academic staff at public universities and FETs to integrate and address HIV and Aids issues in curricula. Read more >>

Dlamini slams hypocrisy of women who hit children
The Minister of Social Development, Bathabile Dlamini, has spoken out against the hypocrisy of women who hit their children in their homes, and then called for an end to violence against women. Read more >>

Plaudits for Coca-Cola's container programme
[Khulekani Magubane] Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has hailed the decision by Coca-Cola - the world's largest beverage company - to launch its global Ekocenter container programme in SA as appropriate, as woman empowerment and gender equality were priorities for the government. Read more >>

New umbrella body for military veterans
The Department of Military Veterans says it is to establish an umbrella body to unite all military veterans associations. Read more >>

Shabangu backs PIC on mining executives' pay
[Brendan Ryan] Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu has come out in full support of the recent actions by the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) in voting against pay increases awarded to the chief executives of various mining companies at annual general meetings held recently. Read more >>

Budget allocation beyond SANDF, says admiral
The SA National Defence Force (SANDF) has no say in national budget allocations, the Seriti Commission of Inquiry heard on Tuesday (27 August). Read more >>

Business better for milk farmers
The expansion of South Africa's middle class bodes well for milk producers, SA Milk Producers' Organisation's chief executive Bertus de Jongh said on Tuesday (27 August). Read more >>

Werthschröder changes SA immigration policy
Crucial policy change benefits foreign professionals wishing to extend their work permit status while still in SA. Read more >>

Aspen, Nestlé deal needs further study - tribunal
[Amanda Visser] The Competition Tribunal has requested further analysis of the transaction between SA's biggest pharmaceutical manufacturer, Aspen, and Swiss food giant Nestlé, following some concerns that the transaction does not address the competition authority's reservations about the initial deal between Nestlé and Pfizer Nutrition. Read more >>

Limpopo to speed up payments
Roads Agency Limpopo (RAL) has appointed a private firm to help speed up payment of R70m it owes to service providers, the province said on Monday (26 August). Read more >>

SARS confirms Malema's house owner probe
Claims have surfaced that the man who bought Julius Malema's half-built mansion in Sandown, Norman Tloubatla, is accused of tax fraud himself, the SA Revenue Service (SARS) said on Tuesday, 27 August. Read more >>

SABC to broadcast via Sentech platform
SABC channels will soon be broadcast on signal distributor Sentech's direct to home satellite (DTH-S) platform, the two parties have announced. Read more >>

Alcohol ad ban will hurt: Sacci
Restricting marketing on liquor will have a negative affect on the industry and the economy, says the SA Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci). Read more >>

Amplats to retrench 3‚300
[Max Gebhardt] Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) is to retrench 3‚300 people as part of its plan to reduce costs at its mines in order to ensure its long-term survival. Read more >>


Law Enforcement
End police killings, urges Mthethwa
At least 76 police officers were killed in the line of duty between April 2012 and March this year - an alarming number according to Minister of Police Nathi Mthethwa. Read more >>

Phiyega withdraws Gauteng Commissioner's appointment
National Police Commissioner General Riah Phiyega has withdrawn the appointment of Major General Mondli Zuma as Gauteng Provincial Commissioner. Read more >>

SAA calls off wage talks
SA Airways (SAA) has cancelled pay talks with the SA Transport and Allied Workers' Union (Satawu), spokesman Tlali Tlali said on Thursday (29 August). Read more >>

Convicted killer metro cop wants his job back
An Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department officer who was convicted of murder and sentenced to 16 years in jail is not fighting to be reinstated. Read more >>

Govt beefs up access to correctional centres
Security at all correctional services facilities has been improved with staff now required to wear identification cards to access centres. Read more >>

Emergency line crisis
South Africans' emergency lifeline - the 24-hour 10111 crime-reporting emergency call centre - might collapse when thousands of its employees march on police headquarters in Pretoria today [29 August 2013]. Read more >>

Phiyega must account says Wiley
A shortage of police in the Western Cape required the "unusual step" of calling national police chief Riah Phiyega to account, a provincial lawmaker said on Tuesday, 27 August. Read more >>

Bogus Motlanthe tries to bribe 'friends' on Facebook
A person pretending to be Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe on Facebook has been trying to solicit bribes from members of the public, Motlanthe's office confirmed last week. Read more >>

Media appeal holds up Krejcir case
A media application is delaying proceedings to determine Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir's asylum status, the Kempton Park Magistrate's Court heard on Thursday. Read more >>


International

World's press condemns Brit govt's action against Guardian
PARIS, FRANCE / DARMSTADT, GERMANY / LONDON, UK: World's press protests against destruction of Guardian newspaper hard drives and apparent decline in press freedom of UK. Read more >>


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