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Parliament Under Press Over CGE Nominations
Pressure is mounting on Parliament to reconsider the selection of commissioners for the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE).
The Democratic Alliance says it will write to the speaker of Parliament, Max Sisulu, to request that the ad hoc committee tasked with filling positions on the commission reconvene and reconsider its nomination of Janine Hicks and Ndileka Loyilane as commissioners.
The move follows a report in the City Press, based on concerns raised by acting chairperson of the CGE, Teboho Maitse, in a letter written to Sisulu, deputy speaker Nomaindia Mfeketo and chairperson of the ad hoc committee, Ruth Bhengu.
To read the article titled, “Pressure mounts over gender commission nominations,” click here.Source:City PressNGOs Welcome Resolution Against Syria
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have hailed South Africa, India and Pakistan's decision to support the United Nations resolution against the Syrian government.
The organisation states by supporting the resolution, these countries rose to the occasion and sided with the people of the trouble-torn country.
It condemns the vetoes by Russia and China on the resolution, stating that, “Vetoes by Russia and China of the UN Security Council resolution on Syria are a betrayal of the Syrian people."
To read the article titled, “Rights bodies welcome India's stand on Syria,” click here.Source:NDTVPresidency Uses Social Media Ahead of SoNA
The Presidency says that President Jacob Zuma will use social media to find out what is troubling South Africans ahead of his State of the Nation address on 9 February 2012.
In a press statement, it says that this year, his social networking has expanded to include Facebook, Twitter and e-mail.
Last year, Zuma used Facebook to encourage ordinary citizens to speak directly to him and to highlight the needs of communities.
To read the article titled, “Social media helps Zuma connect with SA,” click here.Source:The CitizenNtuli-Zuma Criticised Over Grants Comments
Presidential spokesperson, Mac Maharaj, has come to the defence of one of the president’s wives, Nompumelelo Ntuli-Zuma, who had suggested that child support grants be scrapped and the money used instead for old-age pensions.
Ntuli-Zuma was quoted by the New Age as saying that, “Most young teen mothers dump their babies with their grandmothers, while gallivanting around and abusing the grants money” on luxury items, including cellphone airtime.
Her comments were contrary to the researches by the Black Sash and South African Institute of Race Relations, which found that while there is a perception that child support recipients misuse the money, the majority of mothers use the grant responsibly.
To read the article titled, “Child grants: Mac defends Zuma’s wife,” click here.Source:Independent OnlineAIDS Patients Likely to Die – MSF
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has warned that some 15 000 AIDS victims in the Democratic Republic of Congo are likely to die, waiting for lifesaving drugs in the next three years.
Medical coordinator, Anja De Weggheleire, says that the estimate of 15 000 dead in three years is horrifying but represents only the tip of the iceberg, since most victims don't even know they are infected.
In its report, MSF has called for Congo's government to meet its commitment to provide free treatment to people living with HIV/AIDS. It further calls on donors to immediately mobilise resources to ensure that patients waiting for antiretroviral treatment are not condemned to die.
To read the article titled, “15 000 AIDS victims likely to die in Congo, says MSF,” click here.Source:Mail & GuardianNo Probe Into Asylum-Seeker’s Death
The Department of Home Affairs says it will not be investigating the death of an unknown man at its Maitland Refugee Reception Centre.
The man, who was apparently sick when he arrived at the building, was queuing for asylum-seeker documents when he died.
People Against Suffering Oppression and Poverty’s (PASSOP) Langton Miriyoga, acknowledges that the man was sick, but says guards apparently refused to let the man to the front of the queue even after being told that he needed to go to a doctor as soon as possible. Miriyoga, himself an asylum-seeker, says service at the centre is deplorable and the queuing systems are completely inadequate.
To read the article titled, “The Home affairs not probing queue death,” click here.Source:News24World Economic Forum Gets Underway
President Jacob Zuma will use his first day at the World Economic Forum (WEF)'s annual meeting to push Africa's agenda, in Davos, Switzerland.
Zuma leads a powerful business and government delegation in need of new investment that can bolster growth, even as the International Monetary Fund downgraded South Africa's outlook to 2.5 percent.
Meanwhile, WEF founder, Klaus Schwab, has called for a new vision for the world economy.
To read the article titled, “Zuma aims to push Africa's agenda in Davos,” click here.Source:SABC NewsGovt Pushes for Environmental Compliance
The Department of Environmental Affairs is amending the National Environmental Management Act so that it could take the same enforcement action against state-owned enterprises as it did against private companies.
The department states that the amendment will enable criminal prosecutions to be brought against organs of state, in line with the constitutional principle that all people and entities are equal before the law.
In its national environmental compliance and enforcement report for the 2010-11 financial year, the department found that both Eskom and the South African National Roads Authority have contravened environmental legislation in the 2010-11 financial year.
To read the article titled, “New bid to subject state-owned enterprises to green laws,” click here.Source:Business DaySelwane Land Claims Drags
The BaPhalaborwa-ba-ga-Selwane community is up in arms because the Limpopo Land Claims Commission has not yet submitted relevant information to the Land Claims Court to motion their legal battle against the Majeje tribal authority.
The Commission was first ordered in 2008 at a pre-trial hearing in the Land Claims Court to submit information, which would help to resolve the land dispute between the Selwane community and the Majeje tribal authority.
The community is claiming land covering several farms and a game reserve, but the Majeje tribal authority opposes the community's claim, saying it was given the land in 1930.
To read the article titled, “Land claim drags,” click here.Source:Sowetan LiveNGOs Lose Funding to ANC – DA
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called for the National Lotteries Act to be amended in order to rid the lotteries board of perceived political interference.
DA MP, Jacques Smalle, says that his party has noted a growing trend where needy charities are being overlooked by the lotto's board in favour of African National Congress (ANC) aligned organisations.
He states that his party would also ask parliament to change the way board members of the lottery board's fund distributing agencies are being appointed.
To read the article titled, “DA: charities losing lotto funding to ANC,” click here.Source:Sowetan Live
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