Global South Africa Newswrap 22 June 2012

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Global South African News Wrap 22 June 2012

Index

I dont respect Zuma: Malema ............................................................................................ 2

'Prove you're not a dictator': NEC in heated Zuma attack .................................................. 5Zuma flees to Mexico ......................................................................................................... 8

Minister calls for special status for coal to keep Eskom cost hikes in check ................... 10New police boss wants time to earn her stripes ................................................................ 12

SA among Walmarts five countries posing high risk of corruption ................................ 12Malema slams Zuma ......................................................................................................... 23

Malema no threat to Zuma ............................................................................................. 24ANC hasn't improved education: Holomisa ..................................................................... 25

ET killer to be sentenced................................................................................................... 26Listen up, or else! .............................................................................................................. 27

Prayers for Phiyega ........................................................................................................... 29

ANC awaits Cosatu's verdict ............................................................................................ 31Zimbabwe is happier than SA ........................................................................................... 32It's just not Ayoba! ............................................................................................................ 33

Vavi furious over union's 'porn' link ................................................................................. 36The Gloves Are Off .......................................................................................................... 38

Cosatu wary of Sisulu's tough attitude towards unions .................................................... 40Rejected proposals stall secrecy Bill................................................................................. 42

Friends of JZ case to set a precedent ................................................................................ 43Juju, Floyd forced to say sorry to Zille ............................................................................. 45

Motshekga defends her department against bad publicity ................................................ 47Battle for ANC leadership in the Free State intensifies .................................................... 48


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17 June 2012The Sunday Independent

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Moloko Moloto and Moffet Mofokeng

I dont respect Zuma: Malema

Expelled youth leader Julius Malema has branded President Jacob Zuma a corrupttribalist and urged the youth to disrespect his leadership as the president cancelled a

national day event, apparently for security reasons.

Malema attacked Zuma a week after the president convinced the ANCs nationalexecutive committee the second highest structure in the party not to rescind the

former youth league presidents expulsion.

Malema was addressing a youth month lecture in Thohoyandou, Limpopo, on Fridaynight.

The event was organised by the so-called friends of the youth league.

Ironically, The Friends of Jacob Zuma lobby group was formed soon after the president

was fired by his predecessor Thabo Mbeki in 2005.

Malema said ANC leaders were not good role models for the youth.

They are corrupt, they are practising that during the day, he said. Ironically, Malema isbeing investigated by the Hawks and Sars for alleged tax-related corruption.

He urged his followers to disrespect Zumas leadership, adding that he has been expelled

by a faction but not by the ANC. President Jacob Zuma is a president of a faction withinthe ANC, Malema said. He questioned the ANCs stance on corruption.

They have never marched against corruption, they have never marched against crime,

but they marched against The Spear, said Malema in reference to the ANC march lastmonth to the Goodman Gallery against the portrait depicting Zumas genitals.

Malema stated clearly that he opposed a second term for Zuma.

We dont want the president that is going to be controlled by families outside the ANC.

We want the president who will lead with the collective. President Zuma is not thatleader, Malema said.


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He reiterated that Zuma was a dictator for instructing that the forthcoming ANC nationalconference in Mangaung should not discuss his expulsion.

How do you say when you have taken a decision in a democratic society, nobody must

talk about it? Its only dictators who can say that, not the democratic ANC, he said.

Malema who was booted out for causing divisions and insulting Zumas leadership went on to say the president was selfish and compromised.

But comrades you must know the real man, the man for his own family, the man who

has no interest for his own people, the man for his tribe... the man who we said was aunifier, the ANC today is more divided, he said

What is the legacy of President Zuma? His legacy is that of expelling those who

disagree with him.

Why is President Zuma reshuffling every day? It is because his choices are not good. Heis exposing himself, nobody is exposing him..., said Malema, referring to the presidents

cabinet reshuffle this week

Things are worse now. Government institutions are used to fighting political battles,Malema said.

He dared those who differed with his views about Zuma to prove him wrong.

Malema who once declared he would kill and die for Zuma said the ANC made a

mistake by electing Zuma as party president in 2007.

We said President Zuma was the best economist, he knew the economy the onlyexample we could use was that he was the former MEC for Economic Development and

Finance, he said.

For this Malema admitted to the audience that the ANC had lied.

The firebrand former youth leader said if Zuma was re-elected ANC leader in Mangaungin December, SA would be stuck with him as state president for the next seven years.

And even in 2019, from the look of things, I dont think he will agree to leave, he said.

Malema wanted Zuma to grant Tony Yengeni and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela his

allies in the ANC presidential pardons.

He said the two had been wrongfully charged and arrested while Schabir Shaik thepresidents former financial adviser was granted medical parole.


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Sapa reports that Chabane told the audience that young people were exploited in servicedelivery protests because of their vulnerability. We call on young people to resist this

exploitation and focus on their education and uplifting their lives, he said in a statement.You should rather play a significant role in uplifting your communities than destroying

(them) through the violent protests we have witnessed in recent times.

15 June 2012

Mail and Guardian

Matuma Letsoalo, Charles Molele & Michelle Pietersen

'Prove you're not a dictator': NEC in heated Zuma attack

Zuma's backers and foes in the ANC's top brass have nailed their colours to the mast in a

fiery meeting in which he was accused of suppressing debate.

President Jacob Zumas leadership style was openly attacked at a special ANC nationalexecutive committee (NEC) meeting this week. It turned vicious when senior leader

Siphiwe Nyanda, who led the assault on Zuma, challenged him to prove that he was not adictator.

A heated debate around the review application by the ANC Youth League and its

expelled president, Julius Malema, exposed sharp divisions in the ANCs top leadership.

According to ANC sources, Nyanda told Zuma: The argument that there are no meritsfor the case to be reviewed is not correct.

The complaint is in relation to the ANC disciplinary processes. You yourself [Zuma] said

in a speech that without unity of the organisation theres no leader that can sitcomfortably if theres no unity.

If you dont allow this, then it is true that the ANC is under a dictatorship. If you are not

a dictator, then you must prove your credentials. We are not just dealing with anymembers here. It is the leaders of the youth league.

Human Settlements Minister and ANC NEC member Tokyo Sexwale also took a swipe atZuma for suppressing views within the ANC: If we are to be seen to be building unity,

we have to give the youth league a hearing. We cant close our ears to people who wantto raise a different view. You [Zuma] are suppressing debates within the ANC.

Disrespectful youth league

Arguing against the review and in defence of Zuma were Public Enterprises MinisterMalusi Gigaba, Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande and Gauteng Premier

Nomvula Mokonyane.


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Gigaba is understood to have said that the ANC could not allow the disrespectful youthleague leaders back into its ranks, in a reference to Malema, suspended youth league

secretary general Sindiso Magaqa and spokesperson Floyd Shivambu.

An NEC member told the Mail & Guardian that Gigaba, a former youth league president,

had acted like a howling dog and that through his negative comments about Malemaand his colleagues had betrayed his legacy as a youth league leader by not defending itsleaders.

Gigaba declined to comment.

Nzimande reportedly slammed Nyanda for his virulent attack on Zuma, saying they had

been in the ANC long enough to comprehend its complex organisational processes.This prompted an angry retort from ANC NEC member Tony Yengeni, who said that

Nzimande was a newcomer to the ANC as he had spent his formative years in thestruggle as a member of the Inkatha Freedom Party.

According to sources, Mokonyane said youth league members were lobbying NEC

members at night for their support for a review of the sanctions against Malema and hiscolleagues. Justice Minister Jeff Radebe called for ANC treasurer general, Mathews

Phosa, a youth league backer, to be censured because of his public comments on the case,but Radebes call was not taken further.

Zuma to be replaced

Zuma is said to have stood firm on his position that there was no need to entertain thereview application. I have met with the youth league leaders and I differ with their

views. I always thought they [the current leadership] wont last, Zuma told the NECmeeting.

Nyanda, Sexwale and Yengeni are pushing for Zuma to be replaced as ANC president by

Kgalema Motlanthe during the partys elective conference in December. Others pushingfor Zumas removal within the ANC NEC include Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Sports

Minister Fikile Mbalula, Arts and Culture Minister Paul Mashatile, ANC deputysecretary general Thandi Modise, Phosa and Limpopo Premier Cassel Mathale.

Zumas supporters include Nzimande, Gigaba, Police Minister NathiMthethwa, ANC

secretary general GwedeMantashe, ANC chairperson BalekaMbete, ANC WomensLeague president Angie Motshekga, and premiers ZweliMkhize (KwaZulu-Natal), Ace

Magashule (Free State) and David Mabuza (Mpumalanga).

Zuma has solid backing from his home province of KwaZulu-Natal as well asMpumalanga. Motlanthe enjoys support from Limpopo, Gauteng and the Northern Cape.

The remaining provinces are divided in their support. In the Eastern Cape, the Motlanthefaction apparently enjoys support from four of the biggest regions, whereas Zuma is

backed by the Chris Hani region, which is home to Mantashe.


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The M&G understands that delegates at the Gauteng provincial general council lastweekend demanded that the province propose an alternative to Zuma for the position of

ANC president. However, they decided to withhold names until the nominationsofficially open in October. In his political report, provincial chairperson Mashatile made

it clear that Gauteng did not want Zuma to continue as ANC president.

On Thursday, Mantashe denied that Zuma was under attack by NEC members at themeeting. He could not remember Yengeni verbally attacking Nzimande and calling him a

former IFP member. He didnt say so; he didnt speak in the meeting.

On the allegations that Zuma was accused of being a dictator and of suppressing debateduring the meeting, Mantashe said it was not true because the issue was debated for a

long time. Its strange for Zuma to suppress debate when he did not chair the meeting.

Mbeki moment: Zuma cracks down, critics fight backThis week President Jacob Zuma sought to impose his authority. He fired former police

commissioner Bheki Cele. He shut the door on former ANC Youth League leader JuliusMalema. He shook up his Cabinet.

By any standards, here is a man who is decisive and in charge. But it was also the week

in which Zuma was called a dictator to his face by his comrades at the ANCs nationalexecutive committee meeting. He had to try to pacify Cele as he fired him. It was also the

week when the influential Gauteng ANC asked questions about his leadership.

Zuma is tough but also fragile in his leadership. Even though he remains the favourite toreturn for another term as ANC president, he must surely have noticed that his potential

rival for the post, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe, is projecting himself differently,although still not openly campaigning.

Zuma would do well to remember where former president Thabo Mbeki was just before

the ANC policy conference in 2005 and where he was six months before the Polokwaneconference in 2007. Mbeki and his lieutenants appeared to be fully in charge of the party,

ready to return for another term. His supporters maths told them they were making goodprogress.

Zuma is no Mbeki

Mbeki allies, Smuts Ngonyama and Sankie Mthembi-Mahanyele, spoke like GwedeMantashe did this week: the policy conference is a platform to discuss policy and no

other issues will be entertained there. But Zuma is no Mbeki. By 2005, Mbeki hadalienated not only his securocrats and the youth league, but also the alliance partners: the

South African Communist Party and Cosatu.

Zuma has been ANC president for less than five years and only three years as head ofstate. He has worked hard to keep the SACP and Cosatu on his side and the province that

will carry the most delegates to Mangaung, KwaZulu-Natal, is fully behind him. A


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market survey indicates that he enjoys about 60% support from the population a drop of6% from last year.

But the parallels with Mbeki remain, and this may well turn out to be a week to

remember in Zumas political life.

17 June 2012Sunday Times

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Sibongakonke Shoba, Sibusiso Ngalwa and George Matlala

Zuma flees to Mexico

President Jacob Zuma flew out yesterday, dodging a scheduled appearance at the

country's main Youth Day rally, where he expected to be booed and ridiculed by angry

Julius Malema supporters.

In doing so, Zuma became the first president of democratic South Africa to miss the

highly symbolic rally, with only a cabinet minister being sent to address it.

And as Zuma jetted out of SA, Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille rubbed salt in thewounds, telling a rally in the ANC's Soweto heartland: "We have a president who simply

seems unable to understand the lives others lead."

Youth Day is the second most important public holiday on SA's political calendar afterFreedom Day, as it commemorates the 1976 student uprising, during which scores of

protesting school children were killed by apartheid police. During Nelson Mandela'stenure, he addressed most of the rallies and sent his deputy, Thabo Mbeki, in 1997 and

1998, when he was not available. Mbeki did the same when he was president, save for2000 and 2004, when Zuma, who was Mbeki's deputy at the time, represented him.

But with Zuma suddenly announcing on Friday that he would not be attending this year's

event, his office could not explain why Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe - who issaid to oppose Zuma getting a second term as president - did not go instead.

Zuma is in Mexico, where he will be attending the Group of 20 leaders' summit, whichstarts tomorrow in Los Cabos.

The Sunday Times has learnt that Motlanthe was all along given the impression that

Zuma would attend the event, only to be informed at the last minute that the presidentwould skip the celebrations.

Zuma was originally scheduled to leave the country yesterday evening or early this

morning after addressing the national rally at the Wolfson Stadium in Kwazakhele, PortElizabeth. But he opted to leave early yesterday, allegedly following warnings that youth


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league supporters, still angry at Malema's expulsion from the ANC, would use the eventto embarrass him.

Insiders say Zuma had been inundated with pleas from his political inner circle not to go

to the event because of fears he would be embarrassed. While his office only announced

his change of plans on Friday, news had filtered through as early as Wednesday thatMinister in the Presidency Collins Chabane would replace Zuma.

Zuma's detractors in the youth league believe that the late announcement was a deliberateploy to ensure that Motlanthe, whom the league wants as the next ANC president, was

not given the platform, which the league could have turned into a Motlanthe electioncampaign.

Motlanthe's spokesman, Thabo Masebe, refused to comment.

The hosting of the main rally in Port Elizabeth came after a tussle between Zuma's office

and outgoing National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) chairman AndileLungisaover the venue. Zuma wanted the event to be taken to Mpumalanga, but the NYDA stood

firm, arguing that it be held in the Eastern Cape, as Mpumalanga had already hosted thenational rally in 2010.

The Sunday Times has learnt that Youth League members - angry at the expulsion of

their leader Malema - had planned to "confront" Zuma about their former president'sexpulsion and Zuma's failure to deliver on job creation, among other things. Zuma was

embarrassed in February when unruly league members heckled him in Cape Town as headdressed an ANC centenary memorial lecture.

The anti-Zuma sentiment was evident at the rally yesterday as a portion of the crowd

sang pro-Malema songs while Chabane was delivering the keynote address. The groupsang Jacob Zuma, uphi uJuju, asiphelelanga (Jacob Zuma, where is Juju? We are

incomplete). However, Chabane continued reading his speech.

Despite fears among Zuma's advisers that the youth league would discourage people fromattending the rally, a sizeable crowd of a few thousand people were in attendance, mostly

adorned in ANC colours.

Chabane was accompanied by his deputy, Obed Bapela, Eastern Cape premier NoxoloKiviet, Nelson Mandela metro mayor Zanoxolo Wayile and ANCYL provincial chairman

Ayanda Matiti. Matiti shouted, "Viva, Julius Malema" when he greeted the crowd.

NYDA CEO Steven Ngobeni expressed disappointment with Zuma's decision not toattend the rally.

"We are quite disappointed. We are sure a number of young people are disappointed that

the president was not able to come to the event.


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"I think it is quite an obvious reaction ... but there are sound reasons why the presidentcouldn't come," said Ngobeni. He said they were not aware of any plans to embarrass

Zuma at the rally.

The president is under siege from his detractors, who have escalated the campaign to

have him removed in Mangaung in December.

On Friday, Zuma seemed to be on the warpath as he addressed the memorial lecture on

the ANC's sixth president, Dr Alfred Xuma, at the Johannesburg City Hall. He lashed outat his opponents for campaigning to remove him and advised party members not to elect

leaders who wanted the high office because they were rich - a comment seen as a veiledswipe at presidential hopeful Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale. "I don't think

we should allow that situation ... delegates should be ashamed of electing somebodybecause he has money. Whether you have money or you don't, it must be principles that

inform us in electing our leadership," said Zuma.

Sexwale has been crisscrossing the country in what Zuma's backers claim is part of hiscampaign to take on the ANC president. Today he will take his campaign to Alexandra

township in Johannesburg, where he will also address a lecture on Xuma - as a guest ofthe party's regional leadership.

While there was no senior ANC leader who addressed the main Youth Day rally, Zille

and her leadership collective took the opportunity to endear themselves to theunemployed youth in Soweto, where the 1976 protests took place.

15 June 2012

Business DayPage 1

SisekoNjobeni

Minister calls for special status for coal to keep Eskomcost hikes in check

Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigabas comments rekindle debate about balance

needed between exports and domestic use

Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba says coal should be classified as a strategic

resource, to protect Eskom from rising prices and deteriorating quality.

Coal is an important cost driver for the state-owned utility, which could pass on its high

cost to consumers. The government wants Eskom to keep tariff increases at relatively lowlevels.


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Mr Gigabas comments reinvigorate the debate about the balance between coal exportsand domestic use. Growing interest in SAs coal especially from India has affected

the quality and cost of coal supplied to Eskom.

There has been a shift in the global market to buying lower-grade coal, which has

traditionally been sold to Eskom.

Speaking at the presentation of Eskoms annual results in Cape Town yesterday, Mr

Gigaba said: "I will be interacting with the industry to find an amicable solution. Coalshould be classified as a strategic resource to support industrial output."

SA might consider various models to achieve this, including export quotas and legislating

the quality of coal, he said.

Eskom said yesterday coal prices were the main driver of the 29,2% rise in its primaryenergy costs in the year to March.

Eskom CE Brian Dames said yesterday the cost of coal had risen 17,7% in the past

financial year. He said Eskom had hoped for a single-digit increase.

Ian Hall, chairman of the South African Coal Road Map steering committee, said thegovernment, Eskom and coal producers were discussing the need to strike a balance

between domestic use and exports.

SA had sufficient coal reserves to meet domestic and export needs, Mr Hall said.

"It is also a good thing that the government is paying attention to the issue ofinfrastructure. If there was sufficient infrastructure to transport coal from the Waterberg

area (in Limpopo) to Mpumalanga (where many of Eskoms power stations are ), thiswould not be an issue," he said.

In its report for the past financial year, Eskom said coal quality in Mpumalanga had

deteriorated in recent years "because better quality coal has already been extracted,leaving behind only poor-quality deposits, and coal is now being mined in difficult

geological areas".

Mr Dames said earlier this month Eskoms average coal stock was less than 42 dayssupply, mainly due to the underperformance of mines supplying Arnot, Matla and Tutuka

power stations between January and March.

15 June 2012Business Day

Page 3Roy Downing


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New police boss wants time to earn her stripes

Newly appointed police commissioner Riah Phiyega has pleaded with South Africans togive her a chance in the position and judge her on outcomes

Gen Phiyega will be under immense pressure to eradicate corruption and boost morale inthe South African Police Service (SAPS), after her last two predecessors, Jackie Selebiand Bheki Cele, were dismissed from service.

Speaking during her introduction to the media by Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa in

Pretoria, Gen Phiyega emphasised that fighting corruption was a national priority.

She was due to meet with the leadership of the SAPS today.

"Im hoping that I can give my thoughts and ideas on how we can join those strategicinitiatives with some of the fresh thoughts that are put into place," she said.

Gen Phiyega said over the next three months she would be engaged with various

stakeholders, learning and seeking input and counsel on how to maintain the"momentum" already achieved in the fight against crime. "We will be looking at how we

can do better in instituting effective financial controls and general management of theresources."

There was a mixed reaction to Gen Phiyegas appointment, with many commentators

lamenting her lack of policing experience. However, the former Absa and Transnetexecutive said: "Ive never been a police (officer), but I want to say that you dont need

to be a drunkard to own a bottle store.

"I can learn judge me in 12 months time on whether I have a poor learning capacity."

On Wednesday, Mr Cele advised Gen Phiyega to work with police officers who were inthe field every day, and not just the high-ranking officials. "Work with the generals, but

make sure you work most with your foot soldiers," he said.

15 June 2012

Business ReportPage 1

Ann Crotty

SA among Walmarts five countries posing high risk ofcorruption

Walmart recommends that its employees in certain countries make payments to police

officers if they feel threatened by the officers behaviour.


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But the employee must first say that they are prepared to pay an official a recorded fine

if the law has been broken and ask for a ticket or receipt. However: If the police officerbecomes angry, aggressive or you feel threatened by the police officers behaviour, as

your health and safety is our priority, you may make the payment.

This exception to an otherwise strict policy on bribery and corruption is contained in a14-page statement of ethics, which was updated in February and issued by Walmarts

wholly owned subsidiary, International Produce Limited.

The 14 pages contain detailed procedures, which are intended to reinforce our stance onbribery and corruption and to help our colleagues and business partners to do the right

thing when they are carrying out our business.

In what is understood to possibly be a reference to South Africa and maybe China, Brazil,Mexico and India, the code notes: Police in certain countries stop our colleagues, mainly

when driving, and ask for personal payments. In some circumstances our colleagues havebeen threatened with being locked in a cell if a payment is not made.

The code recommends that to reduce risk, the colleagues should ensure the vehicles are

in good working order and properly licensed and they should keep to the speed limit.

Walmart has had difficulty shaking off the topic of corruption since April when the NewYork Times published damning allegations that the groups Mexican division had

extensively used bribes to speed up its store-opening process.

Earlier this week it emerged, from a letter written by members of a US Congressionalcommittee that has been tasked with investigating the Mexican bribes, that Walmarts

legal advisers had identified five countries that posed the greatest risk of corruption. Thefive first-tier countries are Mexico, China, Brazil, India and South Africa.

The lawyers had been retained in 2011 to conduct a broad review of your anti-corruption

policies and operations in Mexico, Brazil and China, stated the letter, which wasaddressed to Walmarts chief executive Michael Duke. As a result of the review, the

lawyers recommended that Walmart also evaluate its operations in India and SouthAfrica.

The committee is investigating to determine whether or not Walmart has contravened the

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), which makes it illegal for American companiesand individuals to pay bribes in foreign countries.

It is evident from the letter that the committee is frustrated by Walmarts unwillingness to

co-operate with the inquiry. You have provided us with no documents, you havedeclined to allow any Walmart employees to brief our staff about the allegations.


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Commenting on the references to South Africa, a Walmart spokesperson told BusinessReport yesterday that Massmart has always maintained a robust risk control

environment within the King 3 governance framework.

The spokesperson said since the mergers implementation last June, a review of

Massmarts internal controls had been initiated to ensure they were compliant with theFCPA.


Page 3Natasha Marrian

Hobnobbing with Zuma comes at a cost

The African National Congresss Progressive Business Forum is set to charge R500000

for a presidential table of 10 at a banquet to be held on the sidelines of the ANCs four-day policy conference

Schmoozing with President Jacob Zuma does not come cheap. The African NationalCongresss (ANCs) Progressive Business Forum a forum in the ANC which

companies may join by subscription is set to charge R500000 for a presidential tableof 10 at a banquet to be held on the sidelines of the ANCs four-day policy conference,

which begins on Monday.

As the ANC mulls the "second transition" and a possible new direction for the countryseconomy, business men and women will be treated to an up close and personal

interaction with Mr Zuma and his Cabinet, but it comes at a cost.

In addition to the networking lounge, exhibitions and VIP areas a common feature atANC conferences this years event hosts a "Brics Colloquium", bringing together

business and government leaders from Brazil, Russia, India, China and SA, the forumsaid yesterday.

Sponsorship packages are on offer. The titanium package costs a cool R500000, whichseats the lucky executive at Mr Zumas table among other benefits.

The R250000 platinum package will get an influence seeker a table hosted by a Cabinet

minister, while a gold package worth R100000 buys a table with a deputy minister and asilver package with a R50000 price tag buys a table hosted by an MEC.

That is the cost of first-hand access to key players at the June 26-29 conference that is

also a precursor to the ANCs "watershed" national conference in December, wheredecisions on the policy talks unfolding next week will be made.

Packages include exhibition space, access to business breakfasts scheduled for the


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duration of the conference, and access to the VIP lounge with benefits increasing forthose with larger purses.

Benefactors may sponsor more than the prescribed package amount should they so wish.

The events for business on the sidelines of the policy gathering and the colloquium areorganised by the co-conveners of the Progressive Business Forum, Renier Schoeman andDaryl Swanepoel.

"Part of the intention of the colloquium is to help demystify Brics, to provide practical

content and prospects for local and international business in the emerging economicblock," said Mr Schoeman.

ANC treasurer-general Mathews Phosa will deliver the opening address at the colloquium

and speakers will include International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane andFinance Minister Pravin Gordhan. Speakers from business bodies and government

departments representing Brics countries will also address the colloquium.

Mr Zuma will deliver a keynote address to a 200-strong business and political audience ata banquet on the last day of the colloquium. "Many important issues relating to the

economy will be discussed our objective is to create a platform for engagement withbusiness people," said Mr Schoeman.

He said proceeds from the events organised by the forum go into ANC coffers and may

contribute to the funding of centenary celebrations a coffee table book on the ANCs12 presidents would be available for R2500 at the policy conference.

Business-networking breakfasts will be held ahead of the conference proceedings on each

day of the gathering, promising A-list guest speakers from the governments economiccluster, including Mr Gordhan and Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel.

It appears as if everyone is invited with the liquor company Brandhouse Beverages

among the 30 to 40 businesses represented at the ruling partys policy indaba.

This is amid a crackdown by the government on its departments entering intopartnerships with the liquor industry.

The ANCs policy conference begins at Gallagher Estate on Tuesday, June 26 and

concludes on June 29.


Page 3Natasha Marrian

ANC women lobby for gender parity at conferences


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Women in the African National Congress (ANC) are seeking to boost their power at

electoral conferences as they push to ensure that 50% of delegates are female.

ANC Womens League secretary-general Sisisi Tolashe said this week the partys

constitution is silent on gender parity among delegates at conferences the partyshighest decision-making body.

The push by the womens league comes in an election year for the ANC and should itsucceed it would make women a powerful lobby group. The move seeks to build on the

gender parity resolution adopted at the ANCs Polokwane conference which called forthe partys leadership structures to have an equal number of men and women.

"As a society women are in the majority, the same with the ANC membership," Ms

Tolashe said in an interview. "Our constitution for now is quiet, so we want to push aposition that says for every male delegate coming from the branches, the second delegate

must be a woman."

The media-shy league secretary hails from Queenstown in the Eastern Cape where shecut her teeth as an anti-apartheid activist.

While party branches already push for gender parity in their own leadership "structures",

they may be more circumspect about limitations on delegates sent to conferences, as theselection is usually crucial to the outcome of leadership elections.

The womens league is also set to discuss whether the gender parity principle should be

applied to the top six leaders of the ANC.

Ms Tolashe said the top six leaders of the ANC were now recognised as a party"structure", and it followed that women be represented equally among the top brass too.

This suggestion would have ramifications for the partys upcoming leadership race.

The ANC currently has two women in its top six, and if the league decided to push ahead

with this proposal, one male would have to step aside for a woman.

"Earlier on we did not see it as a structure, it was not the top six and now we affirmedthat structure. So if we are affirming that structure, all structures of the ANC should

adhere to policies of the ANC," she said.

The league is due to arrive at next weeks policy conference with certain "non-negotiables" meant to strengthen its emancipation agenda. On organisational renewal, the

league is set to reject a proposal for the extension of the probation of new members to sixmonths, arguing this would affect its ability to attract new members.

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serving the party and the country. Those who join the womens league have to be ANCmembers first, and a six-month waiting period would hamper its ability to increase its

membership.

The womens league has succeeded in pushing for the representation of women in

government but critics argue it is largely absent from the daily struggles of women.

Ms Tolashe dismissed the criticism, saying the league was outside courts supporting

women and girls who have been raped, abused and murdered.

"This is what we do on a daily basis. And no organisation is more present than thewomens league."

Ms Tolashe said violence against women and girls in SA should be tackled urgently.

"Where is the woman in a three-year-old? Because you go to bed for sex with a woman.A three-year-old, where is the woman there? Our society is sick."

She said this problem cannot be left to womens organisations alone to resolve. "It must

be everybodys business," she said.

Policies meant to solve the problem would emerge from the ANCs policy conferencenext week if the party tackled unemployment, ensured job creation and empowered

women economically, Ms Tolashe said. "If a boyfriend starts to rape a six-year-old, andthe woman stays in that arrangement knowing that this woman is trapped she

thinks, if I leave here, what do I do? So you cant talk morals unless you address thebasics, creating jobs ," she said.


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Page 4Nick Hedley

E-tolling meetings closer to solution

The interministerial committee set up by the Cabinet to assess e-tolling met the SouthernAfrican Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association and the Road Freight Association on

Tuesday

Meetings between industry stakeholders and the government seeking a solution to thestalled Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) and e-tolling have been

"encouraging", although points of view still differ.

The interministerial committee set up by the Cabinet to assess e-tolling as the funding

mechanism for the GFIP met the Southern African Vehicle Rental and LeasingAssociation and the Road Freight Association on Tuesday, following a meeting withBusiness Unity SA last week.

Last month, the Treasury filed for leave to appeal to the Constitutional Court against the

interdict against e-tolling. The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) willchallenge the appeal in the Constitutional Court on August 15, chairman Wayne

Duvenage said yesterday.

Road Freight Association (RFA) technical and operations manager Gavin Kelly saidmeetings were "getting closer to a solution". He said the government seemed to have a

better understanding of the RFAs concerns over the high costs involved in e-tolling, andTuesdays meeting was "a very positive step".

According to a joint statement issued by the committee and the two associations, the

meetings were "constructive" and "frank".

The parties agreed that the GFIP was a necessity, and that roads had to be paid for, butthere were "divergent views" on the project, the statement said.

Mr Kelly said that while the RFA was not opposed to the user-pays scheme, it opposedthe high administration and collection costs involved in e-tolling.

A better option, and one that the government was seemingly beginning to consider, was

the fuel levy, he said, adding that the meetings had discussed the costs entailed in a fuellevy.

Further options would be explored over the next few weeks and meetings could go on for

a month or two, Mr Kelly said.


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Outa will meet the inter-ministerial committee today.

In April, Judge Bill Prinsloo ruled in favour of an application brought by Outa andinterdicted the South African National Roads Agency from commencing tolling on

Gautengs highways prior to a full judicial review of the project.

Mr Duvenage said the interdict had made the government and South Africans realise thatthere were bigger issues at stake. He said discussions with the committee had been

"encouraging", and there had been an openness to listen and engage, although there wasstill a divide on the issue.

He said t he administration costs of e-tolling were huge and that the costs of collection, at

about R1,3bn a year, "could be well spent elsewhere".

Busa deputy CEO Raymond Parsons described the bodys meeting with the committee as"a constructive and confidence-building engagement". Busa was also concerned about the

cost of collecting tolls and the onerous regulatory framework required to police the e-tollsystem.


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21 June 2012The Times

Page 1Nivashni Nair and Mhlaba Memela

Hawks round up 'hit squad' unit suspects

Twenty officers from Durban's disbanded elite crime-busting unit - branded in the mediathe ''Cato Manor Death Squad'' - spent the night behind bars after a nationwide swoop by

heavily armed National Intervention Unit officers yesterday.

The arrested officers from the Cato Manor Organised Crime Unit, ranks ranging fromconstable to full colonel, applied to the Durban High Court late on Wednesday afternoon

to have their warrants of arrest set aside.

But Judge Trevor Gorven postponed the application indefinitely and ordered that the

officers apply for bail today in the Durban Regional Court.

His order came after a day of confusion and anger over the way in which the 20

policemen, alleged to be members of a "hit squad", were arrested by a team led by theirHawks colleagues.

The disbanded unit was part of the Hawks.

The men had gathered at the unit's head office on Tuesday night with lawyer Carl van der

Merwe after hearing that they were to be arrested on charges of murder, assault andunlawful possession of firearms and ammunition that night.

Van der Merwe wrote to Hawks head Anwa Dramat earlier in the week to state that the

men would cooperate fully .

While they were at their office early yesterday morning, more than 60 NationalIntervention Unit police, led by Major-General Ntebo Mabula, the head of the Hawks in

North West, swooped on their homes in Durban.

Two officers were arrested in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, and one on the West

Rand.

The policemen began receiving telephone calls from their frantic wives, who had beenforced to open doors to members of the arresting team, who were armed with search-and-

seizure warrants.

Each of the 17 Durban officers, including the unit's operational commander, ColonelWillie Olivier, were taken to their home to witness the search-and-seizure operation and

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They were taken to the police Air Wing premises at the old Durban International Airport.

In court papers filed yesterday afternoon, Van der Merwe said Mabula refused to givehim a copy of the affidavit that supported the arrests, He said the affidavit submitted in

application for the search warrant was a clear "rip-off".

Hawks spokesman McIntosh Polela said an undisclosed amount of counterfeit cash,stolen property, crime-scene photographs and dockets were seized during the raid.

He said the two officers arrested in Hammanskraal were taken into custody at the police

training college and the other policeman arrested in Gauteng lived on the West Rand andhad been on sick leave for the past two years.

He said the provincial unit's head, Major-General Johan Booysen, was not arrested.

"Major-General Booysen is not part of the investigation and is not on the list of people

we arrested," he said.

Booysen won a court battle earlier this year against his suspension after he was accusedof failing to act on information implicating police officers under his command in the use

of excessive force against suspects, and the operation of an alleged "death squad" at theCato Manor Organised Crime Unit.

The Sunday Times published pictures of police officers in what appeared to be a party

mood at crime scenes in December.

Several witnesses claimed that unit members had "executed" suspects and often heldbooze-fuelled parties afterwards.

The newspaper reported that at least 51 suspicious killings had been linked to the

suspected "hit squad".

Polela said the arrests did not relate to the murder of taxi boss BonganiMkhize, who wasallegedly gunned down by the Cato Manor unit in 2009.

He said more arrests were imminent.

"This was the first phase of the investigation. We expect that more arrests will follow."

Independent Police Investigative Directorate spokesman Moses Dlamini said the police

watchdog began its investigation in January.

"Executive director Francois Beukman set up a team of investigators to review all thecases involving members of the Cato Manor Organised Crime Unit and finalise

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Warrant officers Paddy Padayachee, Paul Mostert, Raymond Lee, Eric Nel, Ajith Ganesh,Shane Naidoo, Eugene van Tonder (retired) and Jeremy Martin, and captains Neville Eva

and Anton Lockem, received notices of "intention to suspend" and last month ColonelOlivier, the unit's operational commander, and warrant officers Wilbert Thabete, Peter

George, Mac Makhanya, Themba Mkhwanazi, Tata Mdlose and Bongani Magwazi were

told that they were being investigated.

21 June 2012

The TimesPage 4

Amukelani Chauke

Zuma's plan thrashed

The ANC's second transition draft policy document punted by President Jacob Zuma is

receiving mixed reaction from party structures.

On Wednesday, the ANC in North West joined Gauteng and Limpopo in rejecting thedocument. The Eastern Cape, which is to finalise its policy positions tomorrow, is said to

have also rejected the document.

Though KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga have endorsed the document, indications fromANC structures in other provinces, as well as within ANC alliance partner Cosatu, are

that the policy proposal will be rejected when the ruling party holds its policy conferencenext week.

The ANC in Free State is yet to take a position on the party's policy proposals.

Earlier this month, Zuma told ANC delegates in Northern Cape that the apartheid

economy remained intact and that a second transition to remove it was needed.

"We need a second transition because the first transition was relevant to the politicaltransition. But it is not adequate for a social as well as economic transformation phase,"

he said.

But his deputy, Kgalema Motlanthe, last week punched holes into the proposal, which he

said was loaded with "smatterings of Marxist jargon".

"Second transition! Second transition! Second transition! From what, from where towhere? What constituted the first transition? What were the tasks of that phase; have all

those tasks been accomplished or not?" Motlanthe asked.

The second transition draft document speaks of how the party focused on politicaltransition in the first 18 years of democracy, and that the next 50 to 100 years should be

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In rejecting it, the ANC in North West said the document created a notion that "there is asecond transition that our struggle is entering as if there was a first transition declared at a

given epoch of our struggle".

"This labelling of our current conjuncture of our history as the second transition further

creates an impression that the first transition, as of the advent of democracy in 1994 todate, has resolved issues of inequality, racism, sexism, degradation, poverty,unemployment and landlessness," the province said in a statement.

Gauteng said the "concept is neither persuasive nor theoretically sound".

Limpopo has since said it does not agree with the separation of political and economic

transformation.

The ANC Youth League has also rubbished the document, saying what was needed was aradical approach as prescribed in the Freedom Charter.

18 June 2012

The New Age

Montsho Matlala

Malema slams Zuma

Expelled ANCYL president Julius Malema has criticised president Jacob Zuma, saying

the youth must not support him at Mangaung.

The firebrand youth leader was applauded by the crowd of youth as he lashed out atZuma in a rally held in Thohoyandou on Friday night.

He said that he regretted leading campaigns in 2007 to get Zuma elected to the top

position.

Malema said the youth should not support Zumas attempt for a second term as partypresident of the ANC and warned he would be ousted at the ANC conference inMangaung in December.

He called Zuma a tribalist and a dictator who was intolerant of the views of the

youth.

The gathering was organised by Friends of the Youth League, a body formed by a pro-Malema lobby after Malema was fired as ANCYL leader.

Addressing a separate Youth Day rally at Sekororo sport grounds near Tzaneen on

Saturday, premier Cassel Mathale, who enjoys the support of the ANCYL, said the youthwage subsidy would not lift young people out of unemployment.


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We have infrastructural programmes, which include water, construction and mining

projects. These projects will absorb the youth, said Mathale.

The DA, as part of its commemoration of the 36th anniversary of the historic black youth

revolt against apartheid education, staged a protest outside Mathales office in Polokwaneon Friday, demanding the implementation of the youth wage subsidies.

Led by provincial leader Jacques Smalle, protesters shouted slogans denouncing the ANCand calling on Mathale and his cabinet to step down.

The youth wage subsidy can greatly reduce unemployment among our young people and

help them gain much needed skills.

This province must implement the wage youth subsidy now, said Smalle.

To prevent possible abuse of the subsidies by employers, he said the money should beadministered by a provincial government department.

However, Mathale was not available to receive the memorandum.

Dr Phuti Pheme, director general in the premiers office, accepted it.

I will forward your memorandum to him, Pheme said.

18 June 2012

The New AgeWarren Mabona

Malema no threat to Zuma

Expelled ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema has gained more support in the

Eastern Cape and other provinces, but President Jacob Zuma still stood at the summit ofmost support bases in preparation for the upcoming ANCs elective conference, itemerged on Sunday.

Political analyst Steven Friedman told The New Age that some sections of the media

were creating the impression that Malema commanded more support than he actuallyhad. He said many young people did not even view the beleaguered former leader as a

solution to their problems.

Evidence shows that Malema has no support, but he is being portrayed by the media ashaving more of it, Friedman said.


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He was commenting on a scuffle that broke out at a rally in the Eastern Cape on YouthDay, where Malema supporters booed Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane while

he was addressing the gathering. The irate pro-Malema crowd had reportedly descendedon the rally and demanded to see their expelled leader, forcing Chabane to deviate from

his address delivery and calm them down.

According to Friedman, the booing incident did not mean Malema had made inroads intothe Zuma support bases of the Eastern Cape. He said most of the protesters were just

venting their anger because Malema had lost the connections that benefited them throughtenders for their businesses.

Only a faction made noise and that rally was not even a national event. Those protesters

were employed people looking for tenders and they were worried that their connection toMalema was no longer working, Friedman said.

Another analyst, Andre Duvenhage, said Malema lobbying was gaining momentum, but

that did not pose a threat to Zumas chances of being re-elected.Chris Hani district is the only one of the three Eastern Capes major district behind

Zuma, but it is still too early to predict anyones downfall, Duvenhage said.

Malemas attempt to have his expulsion reviewed was turned down at the meeting of theANCs national executive committee meeting held recently. This indicates the issue will

not be dealt with at the governing partys elective conference in Mangaung later this year.

16 June 2012The New Age

Sapa

ANC hasn't improved education: Holomisa

The ANC has not done enough to improve the quality of education in the country, UnitedDemocratic Movement leader Bantu Holomisa said on Saturday.

"Today's black children are still doomed to be 'hewers of wood and drawers of water'who cannot read or write," he said at a Youth Day rally in Mthatha, Eastern Cape.

Holomisa said that throughout the African National Congress 's time in power, black

schools lacked basic infrastructure and were still under-resourced.

He said the funds and resources that should have been spent on educating the youth,creating jobs and combating poverty were routed to the "ANC's party coffers and the

pockets of the privileged few".

"Maybe the fault lies in every new Education Minister who brings a different policy andwe start from scratch every five years."


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He encouraged the youth not to allow "corrupt government officials" to steal their future.

"You have the power to change things by changing people's minds and showing them the

truth," he said.

"Just as the youth of 1976 you must go out and show a corrupt government that you aremore that just hewers of wood and drawers of water".

18 June 2012The New Age

Phuti Mosomane and Sapa

ET killer to be sentenced

The man convicted of killing rightwing leader Eugene Terre'Blanche is due to besentenced in the High Court in Ventersdorp on Monday.

Chris Mahlangu was convicted last month of hacking Terre'Blanche to death at his

farmhouse in April 2010, attempted robbery and housebreaking with the intent to steal.

His co-accused, Patrick Ndlovu, was acquitted of the murder and attempted robbery, butwas found guilty of housebreaking with the intent to steal.

At the last court appearance, Judge John Horn rejected claims that Terre'Blanche

sodomised Mahlangu.

He said Mahlangu used the semen-like fluid on Terre'Blanche's genitals as an opportunityto use sodomy as a defence.

Horn said the notion that the substance had been semen was never proved.

He further rubbished Mahlangu's claim that he had acted in self-defence and said therewas no evidence that Terre'Blanche was killed because of his political views. He found

that the dispute between him and Terre'Blanche was over wages.

While Terre'Blanche was portrayed as arrogant and violent, neither of the two accusedtestified about this.

Ndlovu's name was made public for the first time in May.

His trial had been held in camera as he was a minor at the time.

In April, he turned 18 and could be named.


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Shortly after the verdict was handed down Visagie said the AWB welcomed the

judgment but the sentence that would be handed down would be the one that woulddetermine that stand.


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Amukelani Chauke

Listen up, or else!

Presidential hopeful Tokyo Sexwale has warned that a president who stopped listening to

his people would be removed at the ANC's elective conference.

In a thinly veiled reference to President Jacob Zuma, Sexwale - who, in recent monthshas repeatedly come to the defence of expelled ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema

- also cautioned against efforts to sideline the party's youth.

Lecturing on the life of former ANC president Alfred Xuma yesterday, Sexwale said theparty stalwart dug his own grave in the 1940s and was removed after he refused to

implement the league's radical and "militant" tactics in fighting the apartheid regime.

"Young people say: 'If you don't change, we will ask for your removal at the nextconference'. And the conferences are always in December, just like Mangaung,'' said

Sexwale.

He has been criss-crossing the country in recent weeks in what Zuma's backers say is acampaign to take on the ANC president at the party's elective conference in December.

Party members have been forbidden to campaign for new leaders until October.

Sexwale told a packed community hall in Alexandra, Johannesburg, yesterday: "At theseconferences, we change leaders, not because we want to change leaders but because thestruggle is about moving forward.

"People come and go. Change comes with new ideas. And one thing if you are a leader,

do not stand in the way of new ideas, otherwise the ideas will change you," he said.

Sexwale's speech was warmly applauded by a mix of elderly people and youth leaguesupporters - who later sang struggle songs while using the hand gesture used by soccer

fans when they call for a substitution during a match.

Sexwale, who is the human settlements minister, then attempted to play downsuggestions that he would stand against Zuma at the Mangaung elective conference.


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"Now, sometimes people always say: 'The way he is talking, he is talking about

Mangaung.' I am not standing, I am not running for anything but I am also not runningaway from anything," he said.

Though the youth league has been pushing for Zuma to be replaced by his deputy,KgalemaMotlanthe, and for former league leader FikileMbalula to take over from ANCsecretary-general Gwede Mantashe, Sexwale has stood by Malema and other youth

league leaders since they were charged with ill-discipline last year. His stance is seen bysome ANC insiders as a bid to win the support of the league.

Sexwale has been touted by Zuma's opponents as an alternative candidate for the ANC

presidency should Motlanthe choose not to stand.

Zuma appears to be aware of the threat. Delivering an earlier Xuma memorial lecture atthe Johannesburg City Hall, on Friday, Zuma, in an apparent reference to Sexwale, a

successful businessman, said: "I don't think we should allow that situation ... delegatesshould be ashamed of electing somebody because he has money. Whether you have

money or you don't, it must be principles that inform us in electing our leadership."

Sexwale's remarks yesterday were made after Zuma became embroiled in controversy forcancelling at the eleventh hour his scheduled speech at a Youth Day rally in Port

Elizabeth on Saturday. It is thought at he cancelled to avoid being heckled by disgruntledyouth league supporters.

The Presidency said he had had to fly to the G-20 summit opening in Mexico today.

Political analyst Daniel Silke said Sexwale's comments were part of what has been

unfolding in the past few weeks: Zuma, Motlanthe and Sexwale have started to declaretheir candidacies "openly".

"The gloves are off in terms of candidates publicly trying to differentiate themselves. We

have seen in the past week especially Sexwale and Motlanthe coming out with statements... indirectly declaring their candidacy by making prompted and analytical remarks about

where the ANC is.

"The current state of the ANC is now being publicly questioned by Motlanthe andSexwale ... candidates are no longer shy and are campaigning at a mainstream level," he

said.

Minister in The Presidency Collins Chabane was asked by Zuma to deliver the keynoteaddress at the Youth Day rally on Saturday. But rebellious youth league members

reportedly tried to disrupt the proceedings and sang pro-Malema songs while dancing inthe Wolfson stadium, in Kwazakhele.


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Silke said leading up to Mangaung, Zuma and other presidential hopefuls will find itdifficult to speak at rallies because of their fear of facing an audience that might oppose

their campaign.

He said the ruling party could move into a new phase of politics in which the president's

public appearances were stage-managed to prevent his being subjected to open hostility.

"In future.the ANC and The Presidency are going make sure that whatever audience

listens to the president, that audience is hand-picked in order to be an acceptingaudience," Silke said.

A report on e.tv news last night said that Young Communist League chairman Buti

Manamela, speaking in Modimolle, Limpopo, hit out at Motlanthe, Zuma's mainopponent, for saying that the ANC does not need the SA Communist Party.


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Mckeed Kotlolo

Prayers for Phiyega

Newly appointed national police commissioner RiahPhiyega received blessings and

pledges of support when she visited her church in Atteridgeville, near Pretoria, onSunday.

The slew of well-wishes from members of the Tshwane Uniting Reformed Church left

Phiyega, who was accompanied by her husband, Elias Phiyega, moist-eyed.

Phiyega was led into the building by a brass band and a group of dancing, ululating andsinging church members.

The Rev Jackie Molawa welcomed her with a hug as she entered the church.

Not even the weekend's cold weather could dampen the worshippers' high spirits.

The couple were later called to the front of the church, where Molawa prayed for them asthey knelt before him.

"I call upon the Lord to give you the wisdom of King Solomon to be able to make wise

decisions. I also call on the Almighty to give you His divine protection," said Molawa.


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After receiving the blessings, and hearing words of encouragement taken from the Bible,Phiyega took to the podium and vowed to do her job with integrity and to put the interests

of others before her own.

Phiyega, who replaced the axed BhekiCele on Tuesday last week, likened her new job to

being in a David versus Goliath battle.

Phiyega occupies several leadership positions in the church, including being chairman of

the women' s forum and the strategic committee. She is the second police commissionerto belong to the Uniting Reformed Church.

The first was the incarcerated Jackie Selebi, who worshipped at the Melodiya Tshwane

Uniting Reformed Church, in central Pretoria.

Selebi was suspended for taking bribes from confessed druglord Glenn Agliotti inJanuary 2008.

Phiyega asked the congregation to sing I Surrender All .

She could not hold back her tears, which she described as "tears of joy".

"I am not crying because I am weak. I'm crying because the challenge before me is heavy

and also because I am with my brothers and sisters," she said.

She said that when she was told of her appointment she could not "run away" becauseGod had given her strength and the knowledge to do the job.

She thanked President Jacob Zuma for his "transformational leadership of giving duties

to capable people".

Molawa said her appointment was not a mistake and that she had been chosen by God.

"God's timing is not our timing," he said, adding that God's assignments were often madewhen people least expected them.

"When God places you in a particular position, He has already unpacked his plan," he

said.

"He will ensure that His appointee successfully services His people."


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Amukelani Chauke

ANC awaits Cosatu's verdict

Trade union federation Cosatu - the ANC's biggest ally - is this week expected to say

whether it is satisfied with the ruling party's policies and performance.

With just under two weeks to the ANC policy conference in Midrand, Gauteng, Cosatu isabout to complete its assessment of the ANC's national executive committee - whether it

has delivered on its promised economic and labour policies.

Some union leaders and ANC provinces have called for changes to the national executive

committee, the ANC's most powerful decision-making body between conferences .

Cosatu spokesman Patrick Craven refused to divulge details of the assessment, saying the

trade union federation was still finalising it and would make an announcement"probablytowards the end of the week".

Asked if Cosatu were satisfied with the ruling party's progress in implementing policy

shifts related to labour and the economy, Craven said: "At this stage, we would not wantto communicate anything related to the assessment. We don't want to discuss an isolated

issue. We would much rather wait until [this week] to make an announcement."

Though Cosatu has so far enjoyed a fruitful relationship with the ANC - the two recentlyformed a joint team to investigate the funding of Gauteng e-tolling - unions have been

frustrated by the government's refusal to meet their demands.

Some within the tripartite alliance have said it is crucial that President Jacob Zuma keepthe unions happy and alliance relations solid for his political survival.

Cosatu and some of its affiliates voiced their concerns about certain leaders holdingdifferent views on policy, especially with respect to nationalisation.

Cosatu is expected to criticise the ANC for not implementing a shift in its

macroeconomic polices to "sustain growth, job creation and poverty eradication", asstated in its Polokwane resolutions.

After the trade union federation's central executive committee meeting earlier this month,

its general secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi, said the ruling party should "urgently" change itsmindset to tackle the alarming levels of poverty, unemployment and inequality before

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He said the ANC had moved "away from the radical approach of the Freedom Charter totransform the society".

"We are trying to re-interpret the Freedom Charter now [to say] 'No, we did not call for

nationalisation, no, that's not what we meant' because we are busy appeasing the ruling

elite in society.

"Unfortunately, it has been 18 years of our democracy [spent] appeasing. So, when we go

to the ANC policy conference, and when we go to our own congress in September, therewill only be one thing that we talk about: [that] unless we embrace radical policy changes

again we are doomed."

The Freedom Charter states: "The mineral wealth beneath the soil, the banks andmonopoly industry shall be transferred to the ownership of the people . ".

Other issues expected to dominate Cosatu's assessment are its anger over several labour

proposals and policies that have been stalled at the National Economic Development andLabour Council, in which the Department of Labour negotiates social and economic

policies with labour, business and community organisations.

The issues Cosatu is unhappy about include:

Labour law amendments, most of which it views as a threat to its bargaining powers andthe right to strike; and

The Department of Labour's reluctance to ban labour broking.


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Thando Mgaga

Zimbabwe is happier than SA

It's official. South Africans are a grumpy bunch.

This is according to the 2012 Happy Planet Index, which portrayed a gloomy picture ofthe life-outlook of this country.

The index, released last week, placed South Africa 142nd of 151 countries on experience

of wellbeing (happiness), life expectancy (health) and ecological footprint.

Even South Africa's embattled northern neighbour, Zimbabwe, has a better outlook,being in 115th position, with Ethiopia 94th. Botswana occupies the bottom ranking.


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The Happy Planet Charter has been endorsed by leading environmentalists, economistsand politicians ahead of this week's UN Earth Summit.

Topping the happiness index is Costa Rica, with Vietnam and Colombia in third place.

The U S , Russia, the UK, Germany, Japan and France did not do so well either, withnone of them making the top 10.

The US is ranked 105, Russia 122, UK 41, Germany 46, Japan 45 and France is placed50th.

Nic Marks, of the New Economics Foundation, the creator of the index, said: "The index

measures what really matters - long and happy lives now and the potential for good livesin the future.

"For too long we have relied on incomplete measures of progress that focus only on

economic activity, such as gross domestic product. Rich and poor nations face differentchallenges but their ultimate goal is the same," he said.

Foundation senior researcher Saamah Abdalla said that countries such as Costa Rica

outrank the UK - and other bigger countries - because their inhabitants live long andhappy lives using a fraction of the planet's resources.

"They point the direction towards a development model that can achieve healthy, happy

and sustainable lives."

South Africa scored 52.8 on life expectancy, 4.7 on experience of wellbeing, 2.6 onecological footprint and its index score is 28.2.

17 June 2012

Sunday TimesPage 1

MzilikaziWaAfrika, Rob Rose and Stephan Hofstatter

It's just not Ayoba!

Telecoms companies lobbied by Communications Minister Dina Pule to pay R25.7-

million towards this month's high-profile ICT Indaba are furious that millions insponsorship fees were drawn from the account of the event organiser by a man alleged to

be romantically linked to her.

The Sunday Times has established that millions paid in "sponsorships" by Telkom, MTNand Vodacom were withdrawn within days by PhosaneMngqibisa, who is said to be

romantically linked to Pule. The minister personally lobbied Telkom, MTN andVodacom to sponsor the event, held in Cape Town last week.


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Vodacom, MTN and Telkom together forked out R25.7-million , with her department

chipping in another R10.5-million.

Senior executives at the telecoms companies contacted by the Sunday Times were

furious.

Insiders at MTN said this was "serious, as it might warrant an internal review of our

processes over how we pay sponsors", saying the marketing department "facilitated thesequestionable payments to alternative accounts".

The money trail followed by the Sunday Times shows that Telkom paid R5.7-million and

Vodacom R5-million into a First National Bank account in the name of Carol BouwerDesigns, while MTN paid R15-million into the bank account of a company called ABR

Consulting.

Pule's department appointed Carol Bouwer Designs, a company owned by formerGenerations star and businesswoman Carol Bouwer, who is close to President Jacob

Zuma, to put the Indaba together.

All three telecoms companies confirmed that they paid those amounts only after theywere approached directly by Pule's ministry and asked to sponsor the event.

In February, Pule sent a letter to Bouwer, seen by the Sunday Times, in which the

minister said her department "will make a financial contribution amounting to R10-million". She said she would "sign off a letter of endorsement, which Carol Bouwer

Productions will use to approach other potential sponsors".

The event drew political heavyweights, including Zuma, his deputy, Kgalema Motlanthe,Pule, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies and foreign dignitaries.

Approached by the Sunday Times, Bouwer confirmed that Mngqibisa was a "second

signatory" to her company bank account and that he had "access to the account until theconclusion of the [ICT Indaba]".

Bouwer admitted she hired Mngqibisa's company, Khemano, to handle the "event

management" part of the indaba. "It was clear most of the payments would have to beeffected by him, so I entrusted this responsibility to him to ensure ... suppliers can be paid

timeously".

She would not reveal how much money Mngqibisa withdrew from her account orconfirm whether he did pay the suppliers, saying only that "a full financial reconciliation

is under way".

"Until I receive the audited statements from the project team, it would be premature forme to comment on payments being irregular or otherwise."


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She said she had no idea of his relationship to the minister, but had she known, "such a

relationship would simply disqualify him from working with me on this project".

Though Mngqibisa refused to reveal the exact nature of his relationship with the minister,

a number of those close to the minister confirmed the link.

Though asked explicitly to clarify this "relationship", Mngqibisa sent a statement to the

Sunday Times shortly before going to print, saying: "I prefer to keep my private personallife private, since I am not a public figure. I strongly deny all allegations of impropriety

against me, and challenge anyone making such allegations to [provide] evidence".

He would not reveal whether the money he withdrew was spent appropriately to pay thesuppliers, saying: "I have an obligation to maintain the privacy of my clients."

In a written reply, Pule's spokesman, SiyaQoza, did not address questions on the nature of

her relationship with Mngqibisa. He said "questions regarding subcontractors and/orservices providers engaged by [Bouwer] should be referred to the company".

He said an audit of the finances of the indaba "is expected in July".

He said the budget for the Indaba was R102-million, which was largely raised "through

sponsorships", and it was necessary for the department to partner with Bouwer "becausethe ICT indaba is in the domain of the department".

He confirmed that the department paid R10.5-million for "securing the venue, conference

speakers, the audio systems and interpreters".

MTN, Vodacom and Telkom confirmed that they were told by Pule's ministry to dealwith Bouwer's company.

PyneeChetty, a spokesman for Telkom, said: "[We] will engage with [Bouwer's

company] to seek the necessary comfort on these matters ... to ensure that all promisedrights were met, as well as proper governance followed."

MTN SA's chief human resources officer, Themba Nyathi, said his company put the

money into the ABR Consulting account because the original account it was given, thatof Carol Bouwer Designs, "did not comply to MTN's procurement requirements".

ABR Consulting president Sheryl Manchisi said MTN's R15-million was used to pay

suppliers. "Everything is accounted for and in black and white. We're being audited rightnow."

Vodacom spokesman Richard Boorman said his company had "performed a full due

diligence on Carol Bouwer Productions, including an anti-corruption questionnaire".


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17 June 2012

Sunday Times

Page 2

Shanaaz Eggington

Vavi furious over union's 'porn' link

COSATU general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi is not amused that an affiliated union -Sactwu - is caught up in a hostile bid to buy a porn empire in the US.

SA television executives are involved in the controversial R247-million deal that is now

being contested in the US courts.

The SA Clothing and Textile Workers' Union has a large stake in Hosken Consolidated

Investments (HCI) which has interests in an overseas company - Longkloof Ltd - whichis trying to wrest control of US porn giant New Frontier Media.

This company, which trades as NOOF on the Nasdaq, produces and distributes hard-coreporn via cable and satellite channels, including The Erotic Network and Penthouse TV.

A rival group of bidders, which run Playboy TV and X-rated internet websites, has

offered R198-million to buy NOOF.

"This is very terrible, I wasn't aware of it," said a surprised Vavi when the Sunday Timesphoned him this week.

"Luckily [Sactwu general secretary] Andre Kriel was with me when you called. I asked

him if it was true and he said 'yes'. He said they are now trying to get out of it," said Vavi.

Kriel, confronted with what Vavi had said, replied: "Whatever I said to Vavi was aprivate communication. Whether he's decided to talk to you about it is his prerogative and

his decision.

"The union's position is simple. We were alerted to it [the takeover] via a tweet a couple

of months ago and, I said at that time, that we will investigate. I have investigated andthen I conveyed the union's position to HCI. Sactwu is not getting involved in

pornography ... I have communicated Sactwu's position to HCI and from there it is up tothem how they process it," he said.

Former trade unionist Marcel Golding, group CEO ofe.tv and chairman of HCI, is part of

the takeover group along with e.tv executives Willem Nel and KhalikSherrif.

Earlier this month NOOF filed a federal lawsuit in the US District Court of Coloradoalleging that the bid violated US securities laws.


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Longkloof Ltd is based in the Channel Islands and is leading the charge to acquire

NOOF. According to a press release by Longkloof, it and a second firm, Mile End, have a15.9% stake in NOOF.

The statement said: "Marcel Golding is affiliated with Mile End and also serves asexecutive chairman of HCI, the indirect 100% owner of Longkloof."

Sactwu Investment Group, the investment arm of the union, is a key shareholder in HCI.Its stake was reported last year to be worth about R4-billion.

The battle over NOOF comes ahead of the roll-out of digital technology that will open

the airwaves in South Africa to new television channels.

But Golding said this week there was "no intention to bring adult channels to SouthAfrica". He also distanced e.tv and Sactwu from the bid for NOOF.

"The union is not involved in the investment, so how can it pull out of it? The investment

decisions of Longkloof are taken by the board and management of the company," he said.

"Sactwu is not part of a consortium making the bid. It is a shareholder of HCI, which hasan interest in Longkloof, which is making the offer."

He said that, given the "small nature" of the NOOF bid, it did not involve shareholders.

Although some e.tv staff featured in the bid, they held directorships in several firms.

"Directors are appointed for their skills. E.tv does not hold an interest in any of the other

companies which they are directors of and the same goes for NOOF. The directors arenominated by Longkloof and their directorship has nothing to do with e.tv," said Golding.

Cosatu vehemently opposed TopTV's plans to be the first in the country to screen porn

channels.

The labour federation said it would "exploit and demean women and girls, reinforcesexist attitudes and encourage abuse of women".

Said Vavi: "You know what Cosatu's stance is on pornography. They [Sactwu] got

themselves into trouble and we absolutely expect them to get themselves out of it."


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17 June 2012Sunday Times

Page 4

Sibusiso Ngalwa, George Matlala and Sibongakonke Shoba

The Gloves Are Off

Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande and fellow ANC national executive

committee member Tony Yengeni came close to trading blows this week.

The row erupted at the ruling party's special NEC meeting in Irene, Pretoria, on Mondayto discuss an ANC Youth League petition seeking a review of the decision to expel its

former president, Julius Malema.

During the debate, described by many who attended as "robust" and "emotional", a

heated exchange took place between Nzimande and Yengeni after the SA CommunistParty launched a blistering attack on veteran activist Sandi Sejake.

Nzimande had told the meeting that Sejake, who has become one of the most vocalopponents of President Jacob Zuma within the party, did not deserve to be respected as a

party elder.

An angry Yengeni, who sat right behind Nzimande at the meeting, said the SACP leaderfailed to respect party veterans because he was a "Johnny-come-lately" in the ANC.

A verbal exchange followed and Nzimande, who had just returned from sick leave, had to

take a break from the meeting to cool off.

The Nzimande/Yengeni exchange was just one of the dramatic incidents at the meetingwhere the battle lines within the NEC ahead of the ruling party's Mangaung national

conference in December were clearly drawn.

Fighting in Malema's corner were a group of NEC members who are associated with thecampaign to have Zuma replaced as party president.

These included Yengeni, Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale, Sports MinisterFikile Mbalula, Arts and Culture Minister Paul Mashatile and Zuma's parliamentary

counsellor Siphiwe Nyanda.

They were, however, far outnumbered by those who backed Zuma's argument that thenational disciplinary committee's expulsion of Malema should not be reviewed.

Among those who sank Malema's bid was Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-

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Towards the end of the meeting, Dlamini-Zuma told fellow NEC members that Malemacould not be rehabilitated as he had defined himself outside the ANC.

"She said Julius has already started a parallel organisation, the Friends of the Youth

League, and did not deserve any sympathy.

"She basically described him as an outcast," said an NEC member who can't be identifiedas he is not an official party spokesman.

Two other NEC members told the Sunday Times that Dlamini-Zuma decried the culture

of disrespect that had taken root in the youth league.

She is said to have told the meeting that she had on several occasions tried in vain toadvise the leadership of the league on how to raise matters.

"She said some of the youth league leaders did not listen. She said she approached some

of these young people and consulted them about their behaviour," said one NEC member.

The meeting also heard from other NEC members how they had received late-night callsfrom Malema's allies begging them to support their bid to have his expulsion, as well as

that of his associates Sindiso Magaqa and Floyd Shivambu, overturned.

Among those who said they were called were Gauteng premier Nomvula Mokonyane andnewly appointed Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula.

Mapisa-Nqakula is understood to have turned down the league's advances, saying she

would not back the league at the meeting.

Another NEC member close to the youth league said Mokonyane had been disingenuousas she had pledged to support the league, only to turn against it during the meeting.

The biggest blow for Malema at the meeting, however, was the stance taken by Deputy

President Kgalema Motlanthe, for whom Malema and his supporters profess to becampaigning as ANC leader.

Instead of demanding that the NEC review the disciplinary committee decision,

Motlanthe appeared to strengthen the Zuma group's hand by telling the meeting that itwas not obliged to conduct a review.

A review, he said, could be carried out at the NEC's discretion and only if the committee

believed there were grounds to do so.

A Malema sympathiser in the NEC said Motlanthe's remarks had demoralised them andcalled into question his appetite for taking on Zuma ahead of Mangaung.


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"In that meeting on Monday where the youth league stood up and argued, he dumpedthem ... He closed the chapter on the youth league, it was not Zuma.

"You can't have a leader who doesn't know what he stands for. I'm just worried about the

levels of leadership that don't show a difference between him and Zuma," said the

dejected NEC member.

Malema's supporters at the meeting also demanded a report from ANC officials on the

disciplinary proceedings, only to be turned down.

Justice Minister Jeff Radebe infuriated them when he referred them to the ANC websitefor the disciplinary committee ruling.

"Jeff referred us to the website ... like we are school kids," the NEC member said.

"We are leaders in our own right. He even made an example about the wife of [former

Ghanaian president Jerry] Rawlings that she read the report and knows about it and he'ssurprised that NEC members want a report. What do we have to do with Rawlings?

"All of us were asking for a report but there was no report, the only report on the floor

was the petition of the youth league," said the NEC member.

15 June 2012

Mail and GuardianMatuma Letsoalo, Charles Molele & Michelle Pietersen

Cosatu wary of Sisulu's tough attitude towards unions

President Jacob Zuma this week announced his third Cabinet reshuffle in what is seen as

a clear bid to consolidate his power in both the government

Also in the ANC a few months ahead of the partys elective conference in Mangaung.

The Mail & Guardian takes a look at some of the new appointments.

LindiweSisulu has been handed a tough assignment as the new minister of public service

and administration part of her job will involve negotiating with restless public-sectorunions.

Her hostile attitude towards unions when she was defence minister has earned her several

enemies, e

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