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Monday, July 26th, 2010A fresh attempt has been made by the government of Zimbabwe to stop the auction of Zimbabwe-owned properties in Cape Town, scheduled for 27 July and 10 August 2010. This time, however, Zimbabwe approached the South Gauteng High Court.
2010 07 23 – AfriForum cautions that mining activities must be sustainable
Friday, July 23rd, 2010AfriForum has warned that irresponsible mining activities and a lack of coordination and communication amongst the Departments of Mineral Resources, Energy, Environmental Affairs and Water Affairs, are creating a national crisis. This follows after a submission by Ms Mariette Liefferink of the Federation for a Sustainable Environment to Parliament’s portfolio committee on Water Affairs, in [...]
2010 07 21 – Dispute over Tshwane bus tickets resolved
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010Mr Cornelius Jansen van Rensburg, AfriForum spokesperson on local government, announced in a statement today that the Tshwane Metro Council has confirmed that bus tickets bought before 1 July are valid. This comes after AfriForum threatened to take legal action against the Tshwane Metro Council if it was found that ticketholders’ tickets had been declared [...]
2010 07 21 – AfriForum ready to challenge McBride appointment in court
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010[Photo: Beeld]
AfriForum has instructed its legal team to prepare to have the possible appointment of Robert McBride as Tshwane’s metro police chief set aside in court, should the Tshwane Metro Council decide to appoint him. This comes after it became known that McBride was included in a short list of five candidates for this position. [...]
2010 07 16 – Zim farmers succeed at SADC Tribunal – for the third time
Friday, July 16th, 2010Zimbabwean farmers affected by the country’s land reform policies have succeeded for the third time with an application to the SADC Tribunal in Windhoek, Namibia.
2010 07 15 – Disbanding of specialist units partly to blame for increased rhino poaching
Thursday, July 15th, 2010According to AfriForum, the disbanding of specialist police units is partly to blame for the increase in rhino poaching. The former Endangered Species Protection Unit was disbanded together with the other police special units. According to media reports, 126 rhinos have already been slaughtered this year. That is six more than the total number of [...]
2010 07 12 – AfriForum will consider legal action if Eskom cuts off electricity supply to Free State towns
Monday, July 12th, 2010AfriForum is considering taking legal action in order to actively join the battle to keep the lights on in 11 municipalities in the Free State. This comes after AfriForum had already lodged a complaint with the Public Protector and requested an investigation into the reasons for the crisis regarding continued power supply to these municipalities [...]
2010 07 12 – AfriForum congratulates FIFA on 2010 Soccer World Cup Tournament
Monday, July 12th, 2010AfriForum has congratulated FIFA’s local organising committee and all other parties involved in the organising of the 2010 Soccer World Cup Tournament on the excellent manner in which the tournament had been staged.
2010 07 09 – Pretoria name dispute results in arrest of AfriForum Youth members
Friday, July 9th, 2010AfriForum has expressed its disgust with the fact that two of AfriForum Youth’s members, Ernst Roets and James Kemp, were arrested by the police this morning while they were busy putting up a sign as part of a peaceful protest action to welcome foreign visitors to Pretoria. This action followed in response to the Tshwane [...]
2010 07 07 – AfriForum lodges a complaint with the Public Protector over maladministration of Free State municipalities
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010AfriForum has lodged a complaint with the Public Protector following the threat by Eskom to disconnect electricity supply to a number of municipalities in the Free State. This comes after municipal authorities failed to pay amounts due to Eskom for electricity provided.
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