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DA and cosatu in street fight

FIERY EXCHANGE: A member of the DA Youth League, left, takes aim with a toy gun in a confrontation with members of Cosatu, right, during their march to Cosatu House yesterday. Pictures: FATI MOALUSI

War of words followed by flying rocks

Warren mabona WHAT started as a peaceful march ended with chaos and bloodshed sparked by missilethrowing confrontations between the DA and the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) yesterday. Seven people were injured and three vehicles damaged when members of Cosatu barred the DA from marching to the federations offices in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. The bone of contention was the youth wage subsidy, for which the DA has accused Cosatu of having blocked the government from implementing. Hundreds of DA members walked to Cosatu offices on Jorrisen Street, Braamfontein, to hand over a memorandum of demands. As they were about 500m away from the building, tempers flared up and confronta-

March widens rift, say analysts

Siyabonga mkhwanazi YESTERDAYS clash would further strain relations between the DA and Cosatu following the public spat between Helen Zille and Zwelinzima Vavi, analysts said. Wits University political analyst Daryl Glaser said it would have been wiser for the DA to march on the Union Buildings or Parliament to demand the implementation of the youth wage subsidy. He said there was legitimate debate to be heard on the youth wage subsidy. The DA certainly has a right to march in defence of its position and this march was apparently agreed with the police. Whether it was a good idea to march on Cosatu headquarters is another matter, said Glaser. It could set a precedent that the DA comes to regret. Does UNITED: DA parliamentary leader Lindiwe Mazibuko, Helen Zille and national spokesperson Mmusi Maimane. Picture: SCOTT SMITH it really want Cosatu members marching on its own headquarters whenever it disagrees strongly with the DA? Head of politics at Stellenbosch University Amanda Gouws said the DA was trying to assert its political authority by showing Cosatu that they could also march about issues they felt strongly about. The DA and Cosatu have never seen eye to eye on labour issues. I think this will strain relations with Cosatu and the ANC. Prof Tinyiko Maluleke of the University of SA described the march as a result of deteriorating relations between Cosatu and the DA. He said both parties failed to handle the matter constructively. Everyone has a right to an opinion and to take action but Cosatu is not a government or finance ministry. There was also no need for Cosatu to call on its members to block the protesters. siyabongam@thenewage.co.za

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tions followed. Hundreds of Cosatu members, who were waiting for the DA protesters outside Cosatu premises, ran up to the approaching protesters. This was followed by an exchange of insults. Rocks and several other objects flew from one side to the other, causing damage to the windscreen of the truck carrying DA leader Helen Zille, parliamentary leader Lindiwe Mazibuko and other personnel. Police had their hands full in trying to keep angry people from both warring sides at bay. Business operations on Jorissen and Melle streets were halted as shop owners shut their doors for fear of being looted. Addressing the crowd, Zille accused Cosatu of thwarting the governments efforts to create jobs for the unemployed youths. Today we are marching to support millions of people who are unemployed. Cosatu does not support the unemployed, but the DA cares for them, Zille said in Xhosa and English. Every single nation and every single society looks after young people. No one elected Cosatu to government but we, as the DA, were elected by you. Zille said the DA was introducing the youth wage subsidy in the Western Cape. We want to give young people skills so that they can work and fight poverty, she said. Zille was interrupted by a small

Cosatu crowd that ran to the DA truck, but the police intervened. She and her entourage were subsequently whisked away, bundled into the VIP vehicle that drove off. The DA marchers finally gave up and left, but Cosatu followed them. Police used teargas to disperse the rampaging crowd. Gauteng police spokesperson Lt-Col Tshisikhawe Ndou confirmed the casualties and vehicle damages. Seven people were treated for minor injuries. I cannot reveal the extent of vehicle damage at this stage, Ndou said. Johannesburg metro police spokesperson Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar said all the incidents would be investigated. Cosatu spokesperson Patrick Craven said he would issue a statement to comment on the march a later stage. See page 4 warrenm@thenewage.co.za

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Sick Zulu may get early parole

chris makhaye DURBAN businessman Prince Sifiso Zulu could be a free man by December and may end up spending most of his remaining jail term in a hospital ward at Westville Prison. Authorities say Zulu is eligible for 28 months of parole and remission of his three-year prison sentence in terms of President Jacob Zumas recent amnesty for certain categories of prisoners. Zulu was sentenced after two students were killed and 10 people injured in an accident involving his BMW X5 in 2008. He handed himself over to prison authorities on Saturday and moved straight to the Medium B hospital section. This is the same facility where convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik spent most of his prison term before being given early parole. KwaZulu-Natal Correctional Services spokesperson, Nokuthula Zikhali, said Zulu could be in hospital for 21 days. But he could be kept there for longer, depending on his health, Zikhali said. This is normal procedure for every prisoner before being sent to a cell. But a prison source said: New prisoners are only accommodated in the hospital when they arrive in prison with injuries or acute illness. I think this is happening because Zulu is being given preferential treatment. Lonwabo Dandala, Zulus lawyer, said he was not aware that his client was in the prison hospital. He said that another attempt would be made in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Friday for leave to take Zulus case to the Supreme Court of Appeal. We dont have much hope in that process because we have been allocated Judge Piet Koen, the same judge who dismissed his application for appeal. If we fail, we will petition SCA judges. Dandala said he was also talking to victims of Zulus accident with a view to pursuing alternative dispute resolution options. Misile Msweli, one of the victims of the accident, said: If they approach us we will sit down and talk. As Christians, we believe in forgiveness. chrism@thenewage.co.za

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Outas case too strong

michael Appel THE South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral), in a letter from their legal team yesterday, announced they would not be appealing the April 28 decision by Judge Bill Prinsloo to temporarily halt e-tolling. The e-tolling system was halted pending a full court review of Sanrals decision to implement open road tolling with the funding model, in particular, to be scrutinised along with the financial viability and social impact of the system on motorists. An urgent interdict against the implementation of e-tolling on April 30 was successfully led by the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa). Chairperson of Outa Wayne Duvenage told The New Age: They (Sanral) weighed up the ruling and the strength of our case was such that their appeal would not have worked. Our case is too strong. Now we move to round two of our application, so we are just waiting for all the records and documentation from all the parties including the Department of Transport and Sanral. We want all the records and then we can decide on a court date (for the review) on e-tolling. Efforts to reach Sanral chairperson Tembakazi Mnyaka were unsuccessful at the time of going to print. michaela@thenewage.co.za

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Politics

Speedy justice for officials

Unfinalised disciplinary cases cost the country R52m last financial year
Siyabonga Mkhwanazi DISCIPLINARY cases against civil servants could soon be finalised within a shorter of time. Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration Ayanda Dlodlo said yesterday they were finalising guidelines that would deal with the fast-tracking of disciplinary cases against civil servants. Dlodlo said the guidelines would stipulate how they would speed things up. Speaking to The New Age in her parliamentary office, Dlodlo said they needed to address the problem of prolonged disciplinary cases once and for all. If it took officials more than 60 days, which was the prescribed period, to conclude these cases, there was no guarantee they would be dealt with speedily. The disciplinary process is like a court process. If it drags on for a long time its like justice denied, she said. Suspended government officials wanted to have their cases finalised as quickly as possible. Its not intellectually stimulating to sit at home, said Dlodlo of the suspended officials. The Public Service Commission told MPs two weeks ago that there were too many cases that were not finalised for several months. The PSC revealed that the government had spent R52m during the 2010-11 financial year, paying 1 559 civil servants who were sitting at home because their cases had not been concluded within the prescribed 60 days. Most of the suspended officials were from the security cluster. Dlodlo said it was incumbent upon managers to ensure that they speeded up the cases. Managers make unpopular isters were not addressed. Dlodlo said senior civil servants were required to declare their financial interests to avoid a conflict of interest with companies in which they have shares that do business with government. As we employ (senior civil servants) we need to know what businesses they are involved in. The problem is largely at the point of employment and recruitment. Their CVs dont tell us these are the businesses I am involved in. The interviewing process needs to say that you must declare your business up front, she said. This was one of the measures to tackle corruption in the public service. She said the government was working hard to tackle graft and that President Jacob Zuma had been at the forefront of clamping down on corruption. siyabongam@thenewage.co.za

SA heightens lobby for Dlamini-Zuma

Irvine Makuyana MINISTER of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane told a media briefing in Pretoria yesterday that South Africa would not stop lobbying and consulting for Nkosazana Dlamini-Zumas bid for the African Unions (AUs) top position. A vote to select a new chairperson for the AU Commission ended in a deadlock in January as there was no clear winner between the South African hopeful and incumbent Jean Ping of Gabon. Nkoana-Mashabane said: South Africa continues to send ministerial delegations to African countries to hold consultations on Dlamini-Zumas candidature. She also told the briefing that Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki had invited President Jacob Zuma for consultations on DlaminiZumas candidacy of the chairperson of the commission. This, she said, was in addition to a meeting of the ad-hoc committee on the election of members of the AU Commission that Zuma had attended on Monday in Benin. The meeting presented a report on consultations that had taken place between South Africa and Gabon on the inconclusive election of the countrys candidates for the AU Commission. Nkoana-Mashabane said the ad-hoc committee would present a report of its deliberations for consideration at the Assembly of Heads of State and Government summit in Malawi next July. She added that convergences on the principle of rotation had emerged out of Mondays ad hoc committee meeting. In response to a question on what would happen should there be a second stalemate on the AUs top post in the upcoming summit, Nkoana-Mashabane said: South

SPEEDING UP: Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration Ayanda Dlodlo. Picture: TSHEPO KEKANA decisions, she said, adding that if managers were reluctant to discipline their colleagues it would create instability in the public service. On reports about tensions between some ministers and their directors-general, Dlodlo said these need to be tackled by the cabinet. If you have an unhappy DG it has a cascading effect on the department, she said. The government would end up losing experienced DGs if tensions between the DGs and min-

CAMPAIGNING: Maite Nkoana-Mashabane Picture: ELVIS NTOMBELA Africa will follow the democratic processes of the AU. She reaffirmed the Southern African Development Communitys (SADC) faith in DlaminiZuma, saying: SADC is united behind its candidate and the region continues to consult widely across all regions on the continent. Nkoana-Mashabane also responded to a regional question on the Sudan and South Sudan situation saying: We are not pessimistic about the situation. No amount of bloodshed will ever take the place of peace. She also tackled a question on Americas request for South Africa to stop importing oil from Iran. South Africa had its own programme on the diversification of access to crude oil. We diversified and the process continues. There were still consultations between South Africa and America and South Africa and Iran while the diversification programme which started in 1994 continued, said Nkoana-Mashabane. irvinem@thenewage.co.za

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Clash in street as Cosatu halts DA march for youth subsidy

African diaspora to gather in Pretoria

Irvine Makuyana SOLIDARITY: DA supporters on the march in Joburg. Picture: SCOTT SMITH SOUTH Africa will next week host the Global African Diaspora Summit, said Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane at the OR Tambo Building in Pretoria yesterday. The summit, which seeks to strengthen the relationship between Africa and the African diaspora, will run from May 23 to 25. Nkoana-Mashabane said: We perceive the diaspora as vital in the pursuit for a peaceful and prosperous Africa. She said the hosting of the summit was in line with the countrys foreign policy objectives which aim to consolidate the African agenda and strengthen pan-African solidarity. The summit is expected to endorse several programmes that include the AU Diaspora Volunteer Programme, an African Diaspora Development Fund, Remittances and Financial Instruments. The summit would also seek to set the ball rolling on the development of a skills database for diaspora professionals and the adoption of a market place of the African diaspora to promote innovation and entrepreneurship, said Nkoana-Mashabane. The creation of partnerships between Africa and the African diaspora was among the expected outcomes of the summit. It would aim to achieve sustainable dialogue and partnerships for Africa and her diaspora and to foster the promotion of SouthSouth cooperation. The outcome would be realised through the implementation of a realisable programme of action, she said. Expected attendees include delegations from member states of the AU and the diaspora, the Caribbean Community, the Southern Common Market, the community of South American Nations and the Arab League. irvinem@thenewage.co.za

SHOUT OUT: A young Communist League member climbs on to a police vehicle to get his point across. Picture: FATI MOALUSI

IMMOVABLE: Cosatu supporters lie down in front of a police van.

FLAT OUT: Members of the DA Youth marching to Picture: SCOTT SMITH Cosatu House in Braamfontein. Picture: FATI MOALUSI

Pandor pushes for telescope decision Review of foreign land owners

Siyabonga Mkhwanazi SCIENCE and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor is pushing for the decision on the hosting of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope to be announced before the end of June. Pandor told journalists in Parliament yesterday she would protest if the SKA organisation did not decide which bidding country, between South Africa and Australia, should host the giant telescope in the southern hemisphere. She said it was agreed at a meeting in Canada last year that a decision on the SKA would be made before the end of June. The SKA organisation could not turn around and postpone that decision. Winning the bid to host this megascientific project remains an important focus of my department. We are still waiting for the announcement on the selected site, she said. The SKA board had agreed to establish a scientific working group on how to derive value from the bids of South Africa and Australia, said Pandor, adding that the board would consider the working groups report at its meeting next week. The organisation was supposed to have made the decision on the winning bid last month, but the decision was postponed to allow for the scientific working group. Pandor said the decision would have to be made before the end of next month. If the organisation fails to announce the winning bid Pandor said she would complain and suspend her participation on the SKA board. It was important for South Africa to know where it stood in terms of whether it would host the giant radio telescope. Pandor said she was thrilled that the country had done well in would settle this issue. We are insisting that there must be a decision in the first half of this year, said Pandor. Meanwhile Pandor said her department was pushing for more university students to enrol for honours and masters degrees in the field of science and technology. The department was working on a document that would give projections on the number of students it wants enrolled in those post-graduate degrees. Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Derek Hanekom said it was a known fact that some students dropped out during their first year at university. Those who continue with their studies progress and complete honours and masters degrees, he said. The department would want to have more and more students doing post-graduate programmes, Hanekom added. siyabongam@thenewage.co.za Siyabonga Mkhwanazi THE government wants to review the ownership of land by foreigners in the country. Rural Development and Land Reform Minister, Gugile Nkwinti, said yesterday that they were looking at plans to address the question. Nkwinti said foreigners owned large pieces of land in South Africa. There is a strong lobby that we should review foreign land ownership. South Africa has a challenge of having to redistribute (land) in an equitable way, he said. You cannot ignore the fact that we have a sizeable chunk of land owned by foreigners. How do we share the land among the growing population? said Nkwinti. He said the government would assure foreigners that land reform was a necessary transformation process. During this transformation process, they would have freehold on the land. As you invest in this country you must take into account that we are transforming, he said. He said while investment was important, the government had a responsibility to ensure that it addressed the question of land. Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform, Lechesa Tsenoli, said it was the governments unfinished business. It is crucial to invest, but we cannot sweep the unresolved land question under the carpet. He said the government needed to move fast in dealing with this matter. Nkwinti said he supported moves to bring back the Expropriation Bill, which allows for expropriation in the public interest. Although the bill was withdrawn from Parliament by then Public Works Minister Thoko Didiza in 2008, the present Public Works minister, Thulas Nxesi, has said that the draft law would be tabled in Parliament this financial year. Nkwinti said South Africa would not have expropriation without compensation. On the willing-buyer, willingseller principle, he said they needed to look at other ways to solve the question of land redistribution. That was why they were proposing the establishment of the land valuer-general, the land management commission and land rights management board to look at the value versus the quality of land that was sold. In a number of cases the land price had been above the market value. He said fraudsters were behind the over-charging of the state for land. siyabongam@thenewage.co.za

Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor Picture: GALLO IMAGES bidding for SKA. The matter was now in the hands of the organisation and she hoped that the meeting of May 25