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TuESDAY, 15 mAY 2012InDIcES Sick Zulu may get early parolecris makaye
DURBAN businessman PrinceSiso Zulu could be a free man
by December and may end upspending most of his remaining
jail ter m in a hospital ward atWestville Prison.
Authorities say Zulu is eligi-ble for 28 months of parole a ndremission of his three-year prison
sentence in terms of PresidentJacob Zumas recent amnesty forcertain categories of prisoners.
Zulu was sentenced after twostudents were killed and 10 peo-
ple injured in a n accident involv-ing his BMW X5 in 2008.
He handed himself over toprison authorities on Satur-day and moved straight to theMedium B hospital section. This
is the same facility where con-victed fraudster Schabir Shaikspent most of his prison termbefore being given early parole.
KwaZulu-Natal Correc-tiona l Serv ices spokes perso n,Nokuthula Zikhali, said Zulucould be in hospital for 21 days.
But he could be kept there forlonger, depending on his health,Zikhali said. This is normal pro-
cedure for every prisoner beforebeing sent to a cell.
But a prison source said: Newprisoners are only accommo-dated in the hospital when theyarrive in prison with injuries oracute illness. I think this is hap-pening because Zulu is beinggiven preferential treatment.
Lonwabo Dandala, Zulus law-yer, said he was not aware that
his client was in the prison hospi-tal. He said that another attemptwould be made in the Pietermar-itzburg High Court on Friday forleave to take Zulus case to theSupreme Court of Appeal.
We dont have much hope inthat proc ess because we havebeen allocated Judge Piet Koen,the same judge who dismissedhis application for appeal. If we
fail, we will pe tition SCA judges.Dandala said he was also talk-
ing to victims of Zulus accidentwith a view to pursuing alterna-tive dispute resolution options.
Misile Msweli, one of the vic-tims of the accident, said: If theyapproach us we will sit down andtalk. As Christians, we believe inforgiveness.
Outas case too strongmiael Appel
THE South African NationalRoads Agency Limited (San-ral), in a letter from their legalteam yesterday, announced theywould not be appealing the April28 decision by Judge Bill Prinslooto temporarily halt e-tolling.
The e-tolling system washalted pending a full court review
of Sanrals decision to implementopen road tolling with the fund -ing model, in particular, to bescrutinised along with the nan-cial viability and social impact ofthe system on motorists.
An urgent interdict againstthe implementation of e-tollingon April 30 was successfully ledby the Opposition to Urban Toll-ing Alliance (Outa).
Chairperson of Outa WayneDuvenage told The New Age:They (Sanral) weighed up theruling and the strength of ourcase was such that their appealwould not have worked.
Our case is too strong. Nowwe move to round two of ou rapplication, so we are just waitingfor all the records and documen-tation from all the parties includ-
ing the Department of Transportand Sanral.
We want all the recordsand then we can decide on acourt date (for the review) one-tolling.
Eorts to reach Sanral chair-person Tembakazi Mnyaka wereunsuccessfu l at the time of goingto print.
DA and cosatu in street fght
FIERY EXCHANGE: A member of the DA Youth League, left, takes aim with a toy gun in a confrontation with members of Cosatu, right, during their march to Cosatu House yesterday. Pictures: FATI MOALUSI
March widens rift, say analystsSiyaoa mkwaazi
YESTERDAYS clash wouldfurther strain relations between
the DA and Cosatu followingthe public spat between HelenZille and Zwelinzima Vavi, ana-lysts said.
Wits University political ana-lyst Daryl Glaser said it wouldhave been wiser for the DA tomarch on the Union Buildingsor Parliament to demand theimplementation of the youthwage subsidy. He said there waslegitimate debate to be heard onthe youth wage subsidy.
The DA certainly has a rightto march in defence of its posi-tion and this march was appar-
ently agreed with the police.Whether it was a good idea tomarch on Cosatu headquartersis another matter, said Glaser.
It could set a precedent thatthe DA comes to regret. Does
it really want Cosatu membersmarching on its own headquar-
ters whenever it disagreesstrongly with the DA?
Head of politics at Stellen-bosch University AmandaGouws said the DA was tryingto assert its political authorityby showing Cosatu that they
could also march about issuesthey felt strongly about. TheDA and Cosatu have never seeneye to eye on labour issues. Ithink this w ill strain relationswith Cosatu and the ANC.
Prof Tinyiko Maluleke of theUniversity of SA described themarch as a result of deteriorat -ing relations between Cosatuand the DA. He said both par-ties failed to handle the matterconstructively.
Everyone has a right to anopinion and to take action but
Cosatu is not a government ornance ministry. There wasalso no need for Cosatu to callon its members to block [email protected]
UNITED: DAparliamentaryleader LindiweMazibuko,Helen Zilleand nationalspokespersonMmusiMaimane.
Picture: SCOTT SMITH
Warre maoa
WHAT started as a peacefulmarch ended with chaos and
bloodshed sparked by missile-throwing confrontations betweenthe DA and the Cong ress of SATrade Unions (Cosatu) yesterday.
Seven people were injured andthree vehicles damaged whenmembers of Cosatu barred the DAfrom marching to the federationsoces in Braamfontein, Johan-nesburg.
The bone of contention was theyouth wage subsidy, for which theDA has accused Cosatu of hav-ing blocked the government fromimplementing.
Hundreds of DA memberswalked to Cosatu oces on Jor-risen Street, Braamfontein, tohand over a memorandum ofdemands. As they were about500m away from the building,tempers ared up and confronta-
tions followed.Hundreds of Cosatu members,
who were waiting for the DA pro-testers outside Cosatu premises,ran up to the approaching pro -testers. This was followed by anexchange of insults. Rocks andseveral other objects ew from oneside to the other, causing damageto the windscreen of the truck car-rying DA leader Helen Zille, parlia -mentary leader Lindiwe Mazibukoand other personnel.
Police had their hands full in
trying to keep angry people fromboth wa rring sides at bay. Busi-ness operations on Jorissen and
Melle streets were halted as shopowners shut their doors for fea r ofbeing looted.
Addressing the crowd, Zille
accused Cosatu of thwarting thegovernments eorts to create jobsfor the unemployed youths.
Today we are marching to sup-port millions of people who areunemployed. Cosatu does not sup-port the unemployed, but the DAcares for them, Zille said in Xhosaand English.
Every single nation and everysingle society looks after youngpeople. No one elected Cosatu togovernment but we, as the DA,were elected by you.
Zille said the DA was introduc-ing the youth wage subsidy in theWestern Cape.
We want to give young peopleskills so that they can work andght poverty, she said.
Zille was interrupted by a small
Cosatu crowd that ran to the DAtruck, but the police i ntervened.She and her entourage were sub-sequently whisked away, bundledinto the VIP vehicle th at drove o.
The DA marchers nally gaveup and left, but Cosatu followedthem. Police used teargas to dis-perse the rampaging crowd.
Gauteng police spokespersonLt-Col Tshisikhawe Ndou con-rmed the casualties and vehicledamages.
Seven people were treated forminor injuries. I cannot reveal theextent of vehicle damage at thisstage, Ndou said.
Johannesburg metro policespokesperson Chief Superinten-
dent Wayne Minnaar said all theincidents would be investigated.Cosatu spokesperson Patrick
Craven said he would issue a state -ment to comment on the march alater stage. See pae 4
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African diaspora togather in Pretoria
Ivie Makuaa
SOUTH Africa will next weekhost the Global African DiasporaSummit, said Minister of Interna-tional Relations and Cooperat ionMaite Nkoana-Mashabane at theOR Tambo Building in Pretoriayesterday.
The summit, which seeks
to strengthen the relationshipbetween Africa and the Africandiaspora, will run from May 23to 25.
Nkoana-Mashabane said: Weperceive the diaspora as vital inthe pursuit for a peaceful andprosperous Africa.
She said the hosting of the sum-mit was in line with the countrysforeign policy objectives whichaim to consolidate the Africanagenda and strengthen pan-Afri-can solidarity.
The summit is expected toendorse several programmesthat include the AU DiasporaVolunteer Programme, anAfrican Diaspora D evelopmentFund, Remittances and Financial
Instruments.The summit would also seek to
set the ball rolling on the devel-opment of a skills database fordiaspora professionals and theadoption of a market place of the
African diaspora to promote inno-vation and entrepreneurship, saidNkoana-Mashabane.
The creation of partnerships
between A frica and the Africandiaspora was among the expectedoutcomes of the summit.
It would aim to achieve sustain-able dialogue and partnershipsfor Africa and her diaspora andto foster the promotion of South-South cooperation.
The outcome would be realisedthrough the implementation of arealisable programme of action,she said.
Expected attendees includedelegations from member statesof the AU and the diaspora,the Caribbea n Communit y, theSouthern Common Market, thecommunity of South AmericanNations and the Arab League.
Speedy justice or ofcials
Siabga Mkhwaazi
DISCIPLINARY cases againstcivil servants could soon be nal-ised within a shorter of time.
Deputy Minister of Public Ser-vice and Adm inistration AyandaDlodlo said yesterday they werefnalising guidelines that woulddeal with the fast-tracking ofdisciplinary cases against civilservants.
Dlodlo said the guidelineswould stipulate how they wouldspeed things up.
Speaking to The New Age inher parliamentary oce, Dlodlosaid they needed to address theproblem of prolonged disciplinarycases once and for all.
If it took ocials more than 60days, which was the prescribed
period, to conclude these cases,
there was no guarante e theywould be dealt with spe edily.The disciplinary process is
like a court process. If it dragson for a long time its like justicedenied, she said.
Suspended government ocialswanted to have their cases nal-ised as quickly as possible.
Its not intellectually stimulat-ing to sit at home, said Dlodlo ofthe suspended ocials.
The Public Service Commissiontold MPs two weeks ago that therewere too many cases that were
not nalised for several months.The PSC revealed that the gov-
ernment had spent R52m duringthe 2010-11 nancial year, paying1 559 civil servants who were sit-ting at home becaus e their caseshad not been concluded within theprescribed 60 days.
Most of the suspended ocialswere from the s ecurity cluster.
Dlodlo said it was incumbent
upon managers to ensure thatthey speeded up the cases.Managers make unpopular
SPEEDING UP: Deputy Minister of Public Service andAdministration Ayanda Dlodlo. Picture: TSHEPO KEKANA
Unfnalised disciplinary cases cost the country R52m last fnancial year
decisions, she said, adding thatif managers were reluctant to dis-cipline their colleagues it wouldcreate instability in the publicservice.
On reports about tensionsbetween some minist ers andtheir directors-genera l, Dlodlo
said these need to be tackled bythe cabinet.
If you have an unhappy DGit has a cascading eect on the
department, she said.
The government would end uplosing experienced DGs if ten-sions between the DGs and min-
isters were not addressed.Dlodlo said senior civil serv-ants were required to declaretheir nancial interest s to avoid aconict of interest with companiesin which they have shares that dobusiness with gover nment.
As we employ (senior civilservants) we need to know whatbusinesses they are involved in.The problem is largely at the pointof employment and recruitment.
Their CVs dont tell us theseare the businesses I am involvedin. The interviewing processneeds to say that you must declareyour business up front, she said.
This was one of the measuresto tackle corr uption in the publicservice.
She said the government wasworking hard to tackle graf t andthat President Jacob Z uma had
been at the forefr ont of clampingdown on [email protected]
Pandor pushes for telescope decisionSiabga Mkhwaazi
SCIENCE and Technology Min-ister Naledi Pandor is pushing forthe decision on the hosting of theSquare Kilometre Array (SKA)radio telescope to be announcedbefore the end of June.
Pandor told journalists in Par-liament yesterday she wouldprotest if the SKA organisationdid not decide which biddingcountry, between South Africaand Australia, should host thegiant telescope in the southernhemisphere.
She said it was agreed at ameeting in Canada last year thata decision on the SKA would bemade before the end of June.
The SKA organisation couldnot turn around and postponethat decision.
Winning the bid to host thismegascientifc project remainsan important focus of my depart-ment. We are still waiting for theannouncement on the selected
site, she said.The SKA board had agreed
to establish a scientic workinggroup on how to derive valuefrom the bids of South Africaand Australia, said Pandor, add-ing that the board would considerthe working g roups report at itsmeeting next week.
The organisation was supposedto have made the decision on thewinning bid last month, but th edecision was postponed to allowfor the scientic working group.
Pandor said the decision wouldhave to be made before the end ofnext month.
If the organisation fails toannounce the winning bid Pan-
dor said she would complain and
suspend her participation on theSKA board.
It was important for SouthAfrica to know where it stood interms of whether it would host thegiant radio telescope.
Pandor said she was thrilledthat the country had done well in
Science and TechnologyMinister Naledi PandorPicture: GALLO IMAGES
bidding for SKA.The matter was now in the
hands of the organisation and shehoped that the meeting of May 25
would settle this issue.We are insisting that there
must be a decision in the rst hal fof this yea r, said Pandor.
Meanwhile Pandor said herdepartment was pushing for moreuniversit y s tudents to enrol forhonours and masters degrees inthe eld of science and technology.
The department was workingon a document that would giveprojections on the number of stu-dents it wants enrolled in thosepost-graduate degrees.
Deputy Minister of Science andTechnology Derek Hanekom saidit was a known fact that some stu-dents dropped out during theirrst year at university.
Those who continue with their
studies progress and completehonours and masters degrees,he said.
The department would wantto have m ore and mor e studentsdoing post-graduate programmes,Hanekom added.
Review of foreign land ownersSiabga Mkhwaazi
THE government wants to reviewthe ownership of land by foreign-ers in the country.
Rural Development and LandReform Minister, Gugile Nkwinti,said yesterday that they werelooking at plans to address the
question.Nkwinti said foreigners owned
large pieces of land in SouthAfrica.
There is a strong lobby that weshould review foreign land owner-ship. South Africa has a challengeof having to redistribute (land) inan equitable way, he said.
You cannot ignore the fact thatwe have a sizeable chunk of land
owned by foreigners. How do weshare the land among the growingpopulation? said Nkwinti.
He said the government wouldassure foreigners that land reformwas a necessar y transfor mationprocess.
During this transformation
process, they would have freeholdon the land.
As you invest in this countryyou must take int o account thatwe are transform ing, he said.
He said while investmentwas important , t he governmenthad a responsibility to ensurethat it addre ssed the question ofland.
Deputy Minister of RuralDevelopment and Land Reform,Lechesa Tsenoli, said it was thegovernments unfnished busi-ness.
It is crucial to invest, but wecannot sweep the unresolved landquestion under the carpet.
He said the government neededto move fas t in dea ling with this
matter.Nkwinti said he supported
moves to bring back the Expro-priation Bill, which allows forexpropriation in the public inter-est.
Although the bill was with-drawn from Parliament by then
Public Works Minister ThokoDidiza in 2008, the present Pub-lic Works minister, Thulas Nxesi,has said that the draft law wouldbe tabled in Parliament this nan-cial year.
Nkwinti said South Africawould not have expropriationwithout compensation .
On the willing-buyer, willing-seller principle, he said theyneeded to look at other ways tosolve the question of land redis-tribution.
That was why they were pro-posing the establishment of theland valuer-general, the landmanagement commission andland rights management boardto look at the value versus the
quality of land that was sold.In a number of cases the land
price had been above the marketvalue.
He said fraudsters were behindthe over-chargi ng of the state forland.
CAMPAIGNING: MaiteNkoana-Mashabane
Picture: ELVIS NTOMBELA
SA heightens lobbyfor Dlamini-ZumaIvie Makuaa
MINISTER of InternationalRelations and Cooperation MaiteNkoana-Mashabane told a mediabrieng in Pretoria yesterday thatSouth Africa would not stop lob-bying and consulting for Nko-sazana Dlamini-Zumas bid forthe African Unions (AUs) t opposition.
A vote to select a new chairper -son for the AU Commission endedin a deadlock in January as therewas no clear winn er between theSouth African hopeful and incum-bent Jean Ping of Ga bon.
Nkoana-Mashabane said:South Africa continues to sendministerial delegations to Africancountries to hold consultations onDlamini-Zumas candidature.
She also told the brieng thatKenyan President Mwai Kibaki
had invited President Jacob Zuma
for consultations on Dlamini-Zumas candidacy of the chair-person of the commission.
This, she said, was in additionto a meeting of the ad-hoc com-mittee on the election of membersof the AU Commission that Zumahad attended on Monday in Benin.
The meeting presented a reporton consultations that had takenplace between South Africa andGabon on the inconclusive electionof the countrys candidates for theAU Commission.
Nkoana-Mashabane said thead-hoc committee would presenta report of its deliberations for
consideration at the Assembly ofHeads of State and Governmentsummit in Malawi next July.
She added that convergenceson the principle of rotation had
emerged out of Mondays ad hoccommittee meeting.
In response to a question onwhat would happe n should therebe a second stalemate on the AUstop post in the upcoming summit,Nkoana-Mashabane said: South
Africa wi ll follow the democrat icprocesses of the AU.
She rearmed the Southern
African Development Commu-nitys (SADC) faith in Dlamini-Zuma, saying: SADC is unitedbehind its candidate and theregion continues to consult widelyacross all regions on the conti-
nent.Nkoana-Mashabane also
responded to a regional questionon the Sudan and South Sudansituation saying: We are notpessimistic about the situation.
No amount of bloodshed will evertake the place of pe ace.
She also tackled a questionon Americas request for SouthAfrica to stop i mporting oil fromIran. South Africa had its ownprogramme on the diversicationof access to crude oi l. We diversi-ed and the process continues.
There were still consulta-tions between South Africa andAmerica and South Africa andIran while the diversication pro-gramme which started in 1994continued, said Nkoana-Masha-bane.
IMMOVABLE: Cosatu supporters lie down in front of a police van. Picture: SCOTT SMITH
cIty cEntrE ProtESt
SHOUT OUT: A young Communist League memberclimbs on to a police vehicle to get his point across.
Picture: FATI MOALUSI
SOLIDARITY: DA supporters on the m arch in Joburg. Picture: SCOTT SMITH
FLAT OUT: Members of the DA Youth marching toCosatu House in Braamfontein. Picture: FATI MOALUSI
Clash in street as Cosatu haltsDA march for youth subsidy
