Breakfast Edition: 11 August 2015
CRIMINAL CHARGES AT GLENVISTA SCHOOL: The Gauteng education department is pursuing criminal and civil cases against former officials of the Glenvista High School, following a damning report that highlights rampant corruption and fraud involving school funds. The case is running into millions of rands and Gauteng Education MEC, Panyasa Lesufi described the school as the most corrupt in the province. The governing body implicated was in charge of affairs at the school between 2012 and mid-2014, said Lesufi. Lesufi told journalists in Johannesburg that this was the most corrupt school he had come across, adding that he had instructed the head of department to check whether this was part of a trend or not, "especially at the former model C schools because this could be the tip of an iceberg". As Silindelo Masakane reports, a forensic audit found that school funds were used to pay the levies on the former principal's holiday home, building of a car port at his home, hunting trips and personal flights.
THABO MBEKI SPEAKS ON HEALTH MATTERS: Former president Thabo Mbeki received a warm, enthusiastic welcome when he attended a gender symposium at the University of Venda yesterday. He spoke about equality between men and women - even as far as health is concerned.
LIMPOPO BUSINESS MAN IN COURT: Polokwane Businessman Rameez Patel is expected back in the Polokwane Magistrate's court today. Patel is facing a charge for a murder which happened in 2013. Patel is alleged to have assaulted Tony Adams who unlawfully entered his residence with a hockey stick and then dumped his body in a parking lot of a supermarket.
TRUMP ATTACKS JOURNALIST: While South Africa is celebrating women's this month, US Republican presidential front-runner, Donald Trump has refused to apologize for a verbal attack on a female Fox News journalist. Megyn Kelly quizzed Trump about several incidents where he demeaned women in public. The billionaire property mogul told CNN in a telephone interview - that Kelly was the aggressor - when she was one of the moderators of last week's Republican presidential debate. He then, did it again...
MORE PROTESTS IN THE US: In Ferguson in the US State of St Louis, a State of Emergency was called, after a teenager, Tyronne Harris, was charged with shooting at police officers. The shooting happened on Sunday, after a day of peaceful protests marking the first anniversary of the police shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown. St. Louis County police chief, Jon Belmar explains why police shot back - wounding Harris.
BEST NEWS: Guests at a bush camp in Botswana often get the fright of their lives when a trunk suddenly reaches over the walls of a bush toilet. A video of an elephant drinking water form a toilet has gone viral and according to a field guide this is not a unique occurrence. She says guests are often caught off guard by the thirsty ellie and even though there is a waterhole nearby, this happens often. The water in the waterhole is salty so the more particular pachyderms prefer the taste of toilet water, Barcroft TV reports.
WORST NEWS: Gauteng has been hit by shortages of fuel, with retailer BP the most affected, the Fuel Retailers Association said on Monday. FRA CEO Reggie Sibiya said the shortage of fuel was the result of a shutdown of a refinery in Durban due to unplanned maintenance, and disruptions at Sapref, a joint venture between Shell SA Refining and BP Southern Africa, also in Durban. "We hope the disruptions do not last more than a week; everything is being done to return the situation to normality," Sibiya said, adding that more than a 100 filling stations were affected. Petrol pumps reportedly started running dry on Saturday, prompting motorists to queue at filling stations, especially in townships.
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