According to the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS), the SA government was
"appalled and disappointed" that e.tv censored visuals showing Advocate Gcina Malindi breaking down in tears during the South Gauteng High Court proceedings relating to "The Spear" portrait. In its turn, eNews expressed its
"grave concern" that GCIS would accuse the channel of bias and selective reporting.
Many people might agree that as filming court proceedings is not a given, and that as access is granted subject to certain restrictions, it makes perfect sense to
not broadcast such potentially problematical clips until there is clarity from the judges. To go ahead when there is doubt as to whether permission will be granted or not is to jeopardise the filming of court proceedings in the future.
This should get the tongues wagging... Bobby Godsell says
SA needs a UK-style high pay panel to check into executive pay - which he reckons is excessive and lacks transparency.
Blade to cut a swath through EC colleges? As we all know, education in the Eastern Cape, well... say no more. Hence, it's no surprise that Minister of Higher Education and Training Blade Nzimande has appointed a team to investigate maladministration and corruption at further education and training (FET) colleges in the Eastern Cape in an effort to
clean them up.
Share and share alike... Despite a few murmurs some time back that sharing the Square Kilometre Array was not an option,
it is. Sense prevailed - so it's a case of rather some of SKA, than nothing of SKA.
Finally, our resident motor head, Henrie Geyser gets passionate over the new
red-blooded Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCT.
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Weekend Argus reports that the World Trade Centre (WTC) and Agri Mega Group (AMG) have forged ties to address Africa's agricultural challenges and to position the continent to become the food hub of the world by signing a memorandum of agreement in Cape Town recently. 
Wool prices softened further at this week's sale as the crisis in the euro zone deepened, said Cape Wools on Wednesday (23 May 2012). The market indicator shed 2.5% to close at R95,69/kg. 
According to estimates in a US Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Global Agricultural Information Network report released last week, South African apple exports are expected to show a 7% year-on-year increase this season to 340,000 metric tons with expanded markets in the Middle East and Asia. 
China-Africa Development Fund (CADFund) is considering partnerships with agriculture development banks in some African countries in order to expand its investments on the continent, CADFund's vice president Hu Zhirong said, according to Allafrica.com. 
A year ago, women from Rethabiseng, outside Bronkhorstspruit in Gauteng, were struggling to make a living off the sales of their chickens to the local community. Today, just twelve months on, a multi-million rand enterprise development initiative from AfriSam will see these women's dream of having a good income from sustainable farming come true. 
Greenpop is setting up an ongoing tree planting and eco-education project in Livingstone, Zambia - the country with one of the highest deforestation rates in the world. As a kickstart, it is hosting a three-week volunteer event from 1 to 21 July this year. The organisation is appealing to anyone interested in sponsoring a Truck for Trees. 
