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south africa
Protestors gather outside
Parliament to Pressure
government to grant
dalai lama visa
A crowd of about 100 people
gathered outside Parliament
on Monday evening to protest
against the South African government’s
failure to grant the
Dalai Lama a visa to visit the
country. Despite much speculation
and pressure, there was
no word at the time of writing
whether the visa had been
granted. President Jacob Zuma
said in a televised interview
that he was not in charge of
home affairs so was not in a
position to answer, while international
affairs spokesman
Clayson Monyela said that the
decision would be communicated
to the applicant alone
and no one else.
Zuma sPeaks on business,
job creation and more at
business breakfast
Speaking at a business breakfast
organised by The New Age,
President Jacob Zuma finally
spoke in public about some of
the issues facing his adminis-
briefs
Cell C courts controversy with a rip-off of ZA News’s “DivvyCam” (featured here)
tration, including land reform
and the Malema problem. On
the former he said that the
South African Constitution
(unlike the Zimbabwean one)
does not permit land grabs,
and on the latter he said that
the ANC and government were
in charge of the country. Zuma
also said that nationalisation is
a debate and not a policy, and
we add, yet.
municiPalities aPPeal for
donations for victims of
sunday’s tornadoes
Photos and videos of the Duduza
tornado that hit the East
Rand circulated on Monday as
residents picked up the pieces.
An eight-year-old child was
killed, 160 people were injured
and about 150 homes were
damaged or destroyed, according
to reports, prompting the
Ekurhuleni municipality to appeal
to the public for donations
for affected families. Setsoto
municipality in the Free State
has also made the appeal after
another tornado killed a nineyear-old
boy and injured 42.
serial raPist targets
models and serial killer
targets gay men
Police are still looking for a serial
rapist who uses Facebook
to lure his young female victims
with promises of money.
According to Eyewitness News,
police now know the identity
of the suspect, who has previously
used numerous aliases.
tuesday - 4 october 2011