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Written by ERIC NAKI / Deputy Editor
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Monday, 13 July 2009 12:36 |
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A new report shows a worrying increase of the  number of black orphaned children had increase in the five-year period between 2002 and 2007 while orphans had decreased in the coloured, Indian and white population. According to Fast Fasts published by the South African Institute of Race Relations, African orphans increased by 26 percent from 2 765 000 to 3 481 000 in 2008. The report also shows the number of child-headed households has shot up by 27 percent during this period. The number of orphaned Africans more than doubled between 2002 and 2007. The 2002 figure of African children who lost both parents from  335 000 to 673 in 2007. The report shows the proportion of children of each racial group who had lost both parents increase across the board during the same period with the exception of white children. It also indicate that the number of all orphans in South Africa increased by 23 percent from 2 995 000 in 2002 to 3 679 000 in 2007. Some 701 orphans lost both parents in 2007 which was double the number for the same category compared to 2002. “Overall close to one fifth of South African’s children were orphaned in 2007. Most of these were paternal orphans followed by double orphans and maternal orphans,” said the SAIRR report. The same report also shows that the number of child-headed household has grown by 25 percent from 118 000 in 2002 to 148 000 in 2007.The report describes a child-headed household as the one in which the oldest resident is 17 years old or younger. Older children have the adult burden of caring for younger brothers and sisters, forcing many to drop out of school in an effort to survive. “Growing up in this environment all but ensures that without assistance these children will struggle and live in poverty for the rest of their lives,” says the report. It shows of the 148 000 child-headed households in South Africa in 2007 most were in Limpopo, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal at 57 000, 37 000 and 24 000 respectively. The province with the lowest proportions of such households were the Western Cape at 0,1 percent followed by Northern Cape and Gauteng at 0.2 percent each. According to the report the majority of children in child-headed households were between the ages of 12 and 17 years. This number rose from 86 000 in 2002 to 104 000 in 2007. Also the majority of children in child-headed households are male with 70 000 out of 118 000 being male as at 2002. This figure boys shot up in 2007 to some 95 000 out of 148 000. |
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Malema case postponed, but still refuses to apologise |
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Written by KABELO LEBELOANE
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Friday, 10 July 2009 15:20 |
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ANC Youth League Leader, Julius Malema has appeared in the Equity Court Johannesburg today, and the case was postponed to August 31.Malema said the Sonke Gender Justice Network can “kiss goodbye” to an apology as there won’t be any public apologizing from him. He regards this as a ‘Mickey Mouse stunt’ to pull him down from his leadership.This comes after the network laid a complaint about Malema’s comment that he made in January while addressing students at the Cape Peninsula University. Malema reportedly said the woman who accused President Jacob Zuma of rape must have had “a nice time" with him, because she did not leave early the next day after a sex session.According to the gender advocacy group, the ANC youth leader has undermined women and their rights by his statement. More so the network expected Malema to make a public apology and pay R30 000 towards a shelter for abused women as a compensation.   |
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Last Updated on Friday, 10 July 2009 15:33 |
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Making public representatives more accountable |
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Written by GWEDE MANTASHE
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Thursday, 09 July 2009 08:53 |
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 Over the past few weeks we have been bombarded with articles and editorials that seek to question the appropriateness of the ANC intervention in government. There was particular outrage at the Secretary-General’s “summoning” of the Cabinet Ministers to Chief Albert Luthuli House in relations to two incidents: First the facilitation of discussions between the COSATU unions and the relevant ministers on how to resolve the Occupation Specific Dispensation (OSD) dispute and Second, the questioning of the pronouncement by a minister that non-performing state-owned enterprises would be disposed of.
Without getting into the content of the discussions one has to talk to the correctness of such intervention. Will we see more of such interventions or has the ANC learnt a lesson and will therefore observe the “distance” between the party and the state? Our premise is, we have a political system wherein the political parties contest elections on the basis of their policies. The manifesto of each party is its summary policy position, and the ANC is one exception. During the election campaign we make specific commitments to the electorate and society and when we win the elections, there is a reasonable expectation from the people of South Africa that the ANC will deliver on its commitments. |
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Last Updated on Thursday, 09 July 2009 09:06 |
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By-election results: ANC 6, DA 3 others 0 |
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Written by ERIC NAKI / Deputy Editor
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Thursday, 09 July 2009 16:18 |
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African National Congress has won six  of the nine seats in the municipal ward by-elections which took place on July 8 while the other three seats went to the Democratic Alliance. Three wards that the ANC won in the Free State were uncontested.  This was announced by the Independent Electoral Commission yesterday. The IEC added that the voter turnout varied between 17.84% and 49.74% with an average of 22.08%. The results as announced by the IEC are as follows: Eastern Cape ·        Rowan Henry Thiele of the Democratic Alliance in Ward 29 in Buffalo City [East London] – EC125 ·        Nceba Ernest Mdlungu of the African National Congress in Ward 23 in Intsika Yethu [Cofimvaba] – EC135Â
Free State ·        Zukiswa Terresia Khi of the African National Congress in Ward 4 in Mangaung [Bloemfontein] – FS172 (uncontested) ·       Fusi Phillip Ramokotjo of the African National Congress in Ward 13 in Mangaung [Bloemfontein] – FS172 (uncontested)·       Francois Rossouw Botes of the Democratic Alliance in Ward 25 in Mangaung [Bloemfontein] – FS172 ·       Galekile Moses Bacela of the African National Congress in Ward 45 in Mangaung [Bloemfontein] – FS172 ·       Sophia Mmathuso Jacobs of the African National Congress in Ward 16 in Dihlabeng [Bethlehem] – FS192 (uncontested) ·       Kenneth Thabo Mabasa of the African National Congress in Ward 11 in Metsimaholo [Sasolburg] – FS204 Gauteng: ·       Gordon Mackay of the Democratic Alliance in Ward 90 in City of Johannesburg [Johannesburg] – JHB (The detailed results for each ward and a comparison with the results of the Municipal Elections held on 1 March 2006 are available on the IEC website on www.elections.org.za). |
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Last Updated on Thursday, 09 July 2009 16:28 |
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BEE consortium acquires a stake in Foskor |
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Written by MBUYISI MGIBISA / Business Correspondent
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Thursday, 09 July 2009 08:46 |
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Development financier Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) says it had secured a 15 percent black economic empowerment (BEE) transaction with phosphate producer Foskor.
The state-owned IDC, which owns a stake in Foskor, said the Manyoro Consortium would acquire 15 percent of Foskor's issued share capital. The BEE deal in total is a 26 stake in Foksor.
The development financier said the remaining 11 percent would be split between two special purpose vehicles for staff and local communities. The chief executive office of the IDC, Geoff Qhena, said the BEE deal was in line with the company’s objective of ensuring broad-based empowerment and equity.
"The transaction is in line with the IDC's core objectives of broadening economic participation and facilitating industry development," he said. |
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