Well, the five to survive today is real garland of goodies. And on that flowery note, let’s start with something fun and frothy before we get into the heavies.
- Some astounding news out of Durban. Durban’s Botanic Gardens took gold at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show in the UK. Hot news? Of course. SA’s flag has always been flown by Kirstenbosch in Cape Town, so this win is a real coup for the East Coast city. East Coast Radio’s Newswatch have all the details of the display that won. The 2010-themed display included Agapanthus and ferns. Check it out.
- Politicsweb pick up on the ongoing saga Cape Judge President John Hlophe’s attempts to keep himself from being judged by the Judicial Services Commission for allegedly trying to interfere in a Constitutional Court judgment relating to now President Jacob Zuma. They publish statement by the Young Communist League, which if you didn’t know better, could be read as hysterical satire. These conspiracies know no bounds it seems. A sample:
The YCL believes that the matter has been greatly compromised by the statement made under oath by one of the judges [Judge Mvuseni Ngubane] pertaining to the timing of the hearing on Hlophe. The YCLSA does not in anyway suspect political conspiracy in the matter, but will not be shocked if there is evidence pointing to such given Ngubane’s “reasons for dissenting views” which has been submitted to court as part of the Hlophe submission to the Cape Town High Court.
- And then this gobsmacker from IOL which seems to slipped under the radar of anyone living outside of Joburg. Our former health minster-cum-minister-in-the-presidency-cum-fond-of-a-tipple Manto Tshabalala-Msimang has been appointed African Union Goodwill Ambassador and Champion for the Improvement of Maternal and Child Health in Africa beyond 2015. There are no words…
- This one will test the new government’s commitment to fighting crime. The Daily Dispatch report on how the East London Flying Squad’s last car broke down on Monday leaving members of the unit no option but to cadge rides from other units. Considering that they cover an area the size of a small European country this should produce some interesting follow-ups. The squad should have at least three high-powered cars on the road 24-hours a day, but had been reduced to a Nissan Tilda – and now that’s gone bellies. Read more here
- More news of the bizarre in this ongoing story over a Facebook hate group which apparently involved ANCYL spokesperson Floyd Shivambu and a deputy cabinet minister, Malusi Gigaba, as page adminstrators. IOL have a story about it here and Politicsweb have the DA’s response. I can’t find the “Helen Zille – is still a venomous white racist adulterer” page on Facebook myself so perhaps it has been removed.
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