Orlando Pirates recorded their first victory of the year with a 2-1 defeat of Ajax Cape Town in the Premiership on Monday night.
Bucs, who picked up a point from their previous two outings, claimed the full share of the spoils via goals either side of the break from Khethowakhe Masuku and Thabo Matlaba at Orlando Stadium.
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The strikers were employed in the mail sorting centres, said spokesman Christopher Hlekane.
“Early indications are that some operations, including mail and retail, are being disrupted by the work stoppages,” he said.
It was not clear how many workers were on strike.
Hlekane said Sapo management was trying to resolve the workers’ issues.
“Sapo advises that the principle of no-work, no-pay will apply. The organisation will also deal with any incidents of intimidation accordingly,” he said.
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The strikers were employed in the mail sorting centres, said spokesman Christopher Hlekane.
“Early indications are that some operations, including mail and retail, are being disrupted by the work stoppages,” he said.
It was not clear how many workers were on strike.
Hlekane said Sapo management was trying to resolve the workers’ issues.
“Sapo advises that the principle of no-work, no-pay will apply. The organisation will also deal with any incidents of intimidation accordingly,” he said.
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The PSL has released a statement to confirm that Kaizer Chiefs are the winners of the Absa Premiership Quarter Two.
Kaizer Chiefs, who are on 18 points after seven games, are now on top of the Q2 log table. Mathematically, they cannot be caught by any of the clubs behind them, despite the fact that some clubs have not played their full quota of games in Q2.
Bidvest Wits, who are second on the Q2 log table, have 13 points from six games (only one game in hand). Third-placed Ajax Cape Town also have 13 points but they have played their full quota of matches.
Quarter One is yet to be decided – with a number of clubs still having a chance of winning the R1.5-million prize.
Last season, Chiefs won two Quarters (Quarters One and Three) and were also crowned Absa Premiership champions. This means they banked R13-million from the total prize money (League championship and the two quarters).
PSL CEO Brand de Villiers said: “We would like to congratulate Kaizer Chiefs for winning Quarter Two. We have seen them display some good performances lately and this is a timely reward for their efforts.”
De Villiers went further to explain the situation with Quarter One: “For every Quarter, fixtures are allocated at the beginning of the season as block fixtures and whenever there are changes, these fixtures remain in that block.
“People will remember that we had to reschedule a lot of fixtures earlier in the season, mainly involving Orlando Pirates. This created a backlog and resulted in Quarter One fixtures being postponed to a later date.
“The fact that competition is tight at the top of the Q1 log also means that it could go to the last matches to be certain of a winner.”
Outstanding matches for Q1:
Orlando Pirates vs Ajax Cape Town
Bidvest Wits vs Orlando Pirates
Orlando Pirates vs Mamelodi Sundowns
Free State Stars vs Orlando Pirates.
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By Obakeng Maje
Taung- The North West Provincial Legislature’s Standing Committee on Provincial Public Accounts (SCOPA) will hold a meeting with the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture to account over Annual Report 2012/13 and Public Finance Management Act at Taung Tusk Hotel Boardroom at 14h00.
“The public hearing will be attended by MEC Tebogo Modise and departmental management, representatives from the Department of Finance, Department of Local Government and Traditional Affairs and the Auditor General’s office” The departmental spokesperson.-TDN
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Bloemfontein – A man accused of treason and terrorism for an alleged planned attack on the ANC’s 2012 elective conference in Bloemfontein pleaded not guilty on Monday.
Johan Prinsloo, 50, appeared in the Free State High Court on charges of treason, conspiracy to take part in terrorist acts and possession of illegal ammunition.
The State alleged Prinsloo illegally tried to overthrow the South African government by trying to get weapons and ammunition to attack national leaders on 16 December 2012.
The planned attack was apparently aimed at President Jacob Zuma and other Cabinet members at the party’s national election conference.
Prosecutor Torie Pretorius read out the three charges before Judge MH Rampai.
The State then applied for a provisional order for its first witness in the case not to be identified.
Referring to the witness as “Mr A”, Pretorius started the trial by leading evidence from the witness.
The trial continues.
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Cape Town – Former Orlando Pirates and Bafana Bafana striker Benni McCarthy believes his former team-mate Andile Jali has the potential to be regarded as one of South Africa’s greatest football exports.
The all-time leading goal scorer for the senior national team was speaking following Jali’s move from the Buccaneers to Belgian side KV Oostende over the weekend.
It was rumoured that the former University of Pretoria midfielder was unhappy with his new contract offered by the Buccaneers and had opted for a European move instead.
“Gattuso’s” current contract was due to expire at the end of the season after signing a five-year deal with the Soweto giants in July 2009.
Speaking to the Kick-Off website, the former FC Porto goal poacher said that Jali has a strong character, but needs to respect people in order to succeed in Europe and he is confident that the 23-year-old will emulate his own success as well as that of Quinton Fortune and Steven Pienaar.
Jali played his last game for the Happy People in their 1-1 draw against the PSL strugglers AmaZulu at the Moses Mabhida stadium in Durban last Thursday.
Jali helped Pirates win the double and treble in 2011 and 2012 respectively, and was also part of the Sea Robbers’ squad that reached the 2013 CAF Champions League final which they surrendered to Egyptians giants Al Ahly.
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Johannesburg – The State’s case against the man accused of killing forensic auditor Lawrence Moepi is weak, the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court heard on Monday.
“The State’s case is based purely on substantial evidence…The State’s case is particularly weak and based upon mere suspicion,” lawyer Paul Leisher, for Remember Siphoro, said.
“While there is a suspicion there must at least be something that links the accused [Siphoro]. There is a clear motive – no doubt but the same applies for other people.”
Leisher argued that the State’s case was not strong enough and that a trial court would most likely acquit Siphoro.
He said because of the high-profile cases Moepi investigated there could be other people with motives.
Siphoro sat in the dock wearing a peach T-shirt and blue jeans and tentatively listened to the proceedings.
Moepi was followed into the parking lot of the SizweNtsalubaGobodo offices in Houghton, Johannesburg, in October last year, allegedly by Siphoro and an accomplice in a Volkswagen Golf.
He was shot as he was getting out of his car. His killers fled the scene.
Leisher told the court on Monday no one saw Siphoro drive the car and he would tell the court he was not involved in Moepi’s murder.
Bail application
Magistrate Piet du Plessis said because this was a schedule six bail application, Leisher had to prove exceptional circumstances for bail to be granted.
Prosecutor Thomas Matlou argued that the State’s case was not weak or based purely on suspicion. He said he would call the investigating officer to testify on Monday during the bail application.
Matlou told the court there was a problem with verifying Siphoro’s address as the woman staying there said he only stayed over occasionally.
However, Leisher said there was no evidence to prove that Siphoro did not stay there as he was arrested at the address and his clothes were there.
Siphoro, 42, faces charges of murder and assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm. His alleged accomplice was still at large.
The matter continues.
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ohannesburg – After 20 years of democracy in South Africa it is clear that capitalism has failed, National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) president Andrew Chirwa said on Sunday.
“We are here because we want to change the world in favour of the working class,” he said.
“We want to destroy capitalism… Capitalism has failed.”
Chirwa was speaking at Isando in Kempton Park on the East Rand at the official opening of a week-long Numsa political school.
The political school would be attended by 150 shopstewards and other Numsa activists.
It was aimed at taking forward the resolutions adopted at its December Special National Congress.
Chirwa said the union gathered because it wanted to destroy capitalism.
He said Numsa would not look back on its resolution in December that President Jacob Zuma had to resign with immediate effect because of corruption and the policies his administration were implementing.
The union also resolved to not support the African National Congress in the upcoming elections.
Chirwa told the political school on Sunday that they had received support for their call for Zuma to resign and could not look back.
“The hope of the poor and vulnerable is in our hands — we can’t look back now,” he said.
“The political school will help strengthen us more.”
He said Numsa had been inundated with requests by workers across different sectors to join the union.
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Johannesburg – Government-brokered talks between the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) and the world’s top three platinum producers began on Monday in a bid to end a strike that has hit half of global output of the precious metal.
Hopes for an immediate resolution to the strike, which began on Thursday, remained dim given Amcu’s uncompromising approach to negotiations and with the two sides poles apart over wages.
The delegations for the talks at a Pretoria hotel were also low level, with no ministers nor chief executives from Anglo American Platinum, Impala Platinum nor Lonmin . Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa was also absent.
South Africa’s rand lost more than 1% in early trade to hit new five-year lows against the dollar as the strikes coincided with an emerging-market selloff, dealing a double blow to investor confidence in Africa’s biggest economy.
“It’s a perfect storm. Aside from the offshore factors which are beyond our control, locally we have the strikes, a general election in a few months and a weak economy. So there is no good news for the rand at the moment,” said Christie Viljoen of NKC Independent Economists.
Platinum’s spot price climbed slightly to $1 425.00 an ounce, approaching 2½-month highs, on concerns about the impact the stoppages will have on the metal used for emissions-capping catalytic converters in automobiles.
Under the populist battle cry of a “living wage”, Amcu is demanding minimum entry-level pay of 12 500 rand ($1 100) a month from the three platinum producers – a more than doubling of current levels.
Companies say they can ill afford this as they grapple with soaring costs and depressed demand for platinum, especially in key markets such as Europe.
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