| Written by SAPA Thursday, 02 September 2010 12:28 | | | SA to end Zim amnesty |  The South African Cabinet has approved a proposal to end the special dispensation for Zimbabwean nationals introduced in April 2009, government spokesperson Themba Maseko said on Thursday. This followed a bilateral agreement between the South African and Zimbabwean ministers of home affairs, he told a media briefing following Cabinet's Wednesday meeting. The special dispensation would end on December 31. | | |
| Written by SAvibes Wednesday, 01 September 2010 11:48 | | | Stop "Ignorant & Starving Africans" and avoid a “black Europe”: Gaddafi | | 
Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi says the EU should pay Libya at least 5bn euros (£4bn; $6.3bn) a year to stop illegal African immigration and avoid a “black Europe”. Speaking on a visit to Italy, Col Gaddafi said Europe “could turn into Africa” as “there are millions of Africans who want to come in”.
Italy has drawn criticism for handing over to Libya migrants it intercepts at sea, without screening them first. | | | Written by SAvibes Saturday, 28 August 2010 17:02 | | | Malema wants hero Mugabe TO GO | | 
South Africa's ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema has turned against his hero and idol - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and declared that he must step down. Malema met Mugabe earlier this year in Zimbabwe, Harare, where he endorsed President Robert Mugabe's economic policies - and threatened to import them to South Africa and to nationalise white-owned farms and mines.
During the same visit, Malema lambasted Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, whom he described as an ally of "imperialists". | | | | Written by SAPA Friday, 27 August 2010 14:50 | | | Mandela crash case postponed again |  The case against a 23-year-old Sizwe Mankazana, accused of killing Nelson Mandela's great-granddaughter in a car crash was postponed by the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on Friday.
"The purpose is for the state to conclude its investigation and to assign a trial court," Magistrate PJ du Plessis said in postponing the case against Sizwe Mankazana until November 5.
"If there appears to be unreasonable delay, then there should be an investigation," he said. | | | Written by SAvibes Wednesday, 25 August 2010 19:19 | | | SA strikers warn "they'll push Jacob Zuma out of office" | | 
Striking civil servants in South Africa have issued a warning to the country's President Jacob Zuma over the strike saying they would not hesitate to push him out of office any-time just like his predecessor, Thabo Mbeki. Zuma is currently in China as the strike intensifies, crippling service delivery including hospitals and school. Unions, according to reports say Zuma should have postponed his trip to China and directly intervened in the strike.
One of the strike organizers, National Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) James Kruger is on Wednesday quoted as saying, "Some people say away with the ANC, but the problem is not the ANC. The problem is leaders we elect. We had Thabo Mbeki. Now President Zuma is in China when he should be here. | | | |
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