south africa
briefs
Gwede Mantashe (Reuters)
Right2Know proceeds with freedom of expression candlelight vigils Across the country, the Right2Know campaign held candlelight vigils in support of freedom of expression and access to information on what was supposed to be the eve of the Protection of Information Bill’s passage into law. The ANC had withdrawn the Bill earlier in the day, but the campaign went ahead with the vigils because the substance of the Bill has not changed.
Mantashe: ANC membership has grown to almost 1 million The ANC’s Gwede Mantashe
told reporters at a briefing on Monday that the party’s membership had grown by almost 50% since its general conference in Polokwane in 2008. The party has 933,672 members and would like to hit the 1 million mark in time for its centenary celebrations next year. Following ill-discipline at the start of the Julius Malema disciplinary hearing, the party had said it would begin vetting its members to weed out those likely to act violently.
Nxele told Sapa on Monday he had been re-instated and the issues over his suspension resolved amicably. Nxele had been suspended on 8 July for misconduct, the details of which were not made public. He said correctional services minister Tom Moyane announced the lifting of the suspension on Monday.
KZN correctional services regional commissioner suspension lifted
The South African Communist Party on Tuesday joined the National Union of Mineworkers in calling for urgent intervention at the SABC. The “skewed news coverage” and “collaboration
Suspended KwaZulu-Natal correctional services regional commissioner Mnikelwa
SACP: SABC being manipulated for political purposes
tuesdAY - 20 september 2011