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Would you go to the
Soccer World Cup in 2010 in South Africa, to a country where it is not even
safe to walk even the main streets in the cities or in much of the countryside?
PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION TO FIFA THROUGH THIS LINK:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/293741575
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NEW ITEM December
2007.
Just another
day in South Africa.
Bail denied to accused
murderers of Austrian footballer Peter Burgstaller on Nov 23
Date Posted: Friday 07-Dec-2007
Bail denied to accused
murderers of Austrian footballer Peter Burgstaller
Dec 6 2007 - Magistrate Chris Schoeman of the Scottborough, KZN magistrate's
court denied bail to the accused murderers of Austrian international
footballer Peter Burgstaller, 43.
The two brothers Mthokozisi (25) and Simo Msani (21), are accused of
shooting and killing Burgstaller on 23 November at the 12th hole of the
Selborne golf estate near Durban.
Captain Nico Crouse of the SA Police testified that Burgstaller had
arrived in SA 7 hours earlier on the invitation of Hans Huber, chief of
an Austrian TV-channel.
They were going to have a meeting with a South
African businessman to invest in the 2010 World Cup tournaments.
See story with their pictures here:
Source URL:
http://groups.msn.com/crimebustersofsouthafrica/murders.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=4030
Posted By: Adriana
Adriana Stuijt Websites:
CensorBugBear
Only there seven hours before
he met his fate. Tourists, already fair game, will be a turkey shoot
when the FIFA WC 2010 is on; if it happens in SA.
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S.Africa: Deal with the Non-Stop Taxi Wars before 2010 World Cup
Soccer
Date Posted: Tuesday 30-Oct-2007
[I've said before that as long as the ANC rules this
country CRIME WILL GET WORSE! Need I say more? This country will be even
MORE LAWLESS by 2010! Jan Lamprecht of
www.Africancrisis.co.za]
Concrete moves are needed to address conflict in the Johannesburg taxi
industry ahead of the 2010 Soccer World Cup, following the shooting of a
taxi passenger and driver on the West Rand, the Democratic Alliance (DA)
said on Monday.
"If drivers and associations are killing each other now over these routes,
there is going to be an all out war when 2010 rolls around and there is
competition over routes via the airport and stadiums," said Johannesburg
councillor Ann Barnes in a statement.
Proper enforcement of laws and a body "with teeth" would contribute to
passenger safety, said Barnes.
The taxi industry needed to realise that passengers were the most vital
component of their trade and urged passengers to put taxi associations and
drivers in their place.
"Drivers shooting each other and by extension their passengers does not bode
well for the future of the industry," said Barnes. "You kill your passengers
you kill your source of income. This is not hard to understand."
One taxi passenger was killed and three others injured at a rank outside
Clearwater Mall on Hendrik Potgieter drive on Sunday when shots were fired
from a passing taxi.
In a second shooting on the road which passes through a densely populated
residential and shopping area, a taxi driver was shot several times and died
after he was forced off the road by another taxi on Sunday evening .
The Gauteng transport department said it would decide what steps to take
once police had concluded that the shootings were in fact related to taxi
violence.
Police spokesperson Inspector Karen Jacobs said police were investigating
and would continue to maintain a presence at the ranks, as they had been
doing over the past few weeks.
At a meeting last month with Gauteng taxi registrar Sam Ledwaba, the Faraday
Taxi Association (FTA) and the Dobsonville, Roodepoort, Leratong,
Johannesburg Taxi Association (Dorljota) said the registrar had failed to
decide who could use the route that passes the mall and that agreements
reached were never implemented.
The meeting was convened in an attempt to curb the violence plaguing taxi
users and operators in that area.
Ledwaba gave both organisations permission to use the route until an appeal
over who could use it was finalised.
Neither Ledwaba nor the two associations could be reached for comment on
Monday, but last week Gauteng transport MEC Ignatius Jacobs was quoted as
saying that there were no disputes over routes in Gauteng.
He said that even a dispute over a route could not be justification for
violence.
Jacobs said more than 65 percent of people who used public transport used
taxis and it was therefore even more important to ensure safety,
affordability, accessibility, comfort and environmental sustenance in the
industry and that violence would not help the industry grow. - Sapa
Source URL:
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=nw20071029115410627C666348
Posted By: Jan
AfricanCrisis Webmaster
Author of:
Government by Deception
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South African
Hospital Building Delayed for FIFA WC 2010
A hospital building programme in South
Africa has been put back, to help pay for the football World Cup which the
country is hosting in 2010.
Two hospitals in the remote Northern
Cape have been told their buildings will be delayed because of cuts in
government spending.
The rising cost to South Africa of
hosting the World Cup is beginning to take its toll on government spending.
A new 200-bed hospital in De Aar
is to be delayed - so is another in Upington.
Both the Tygerberg an Groorte Schuur hospitals are
reported to be closing large wards to save cash.
A spokeswoman for the Northern Cape
health department, Shelley Fielding, said money had been diverted to
prepare for the FIFA WC 2010.
"The hospital building programme will
resume in 2008/9 financial year. Other provinces are also affected," Ms
Fielding said.
The South African treasury said spending
on health was increasing but did not deny that the money had been
transferred.
The cost of providing new and renovated
stadiums for the World Cup is rising rapidly, with construction bills
hundreds of millions of US$-s over budget.
A spokesman for the opposition party in
Parliament, the Democratic Alliance has put this down to inadequate
government planning.
But President Thabo Mbeki has staked
South Africa's reputation on the event, and nothing is likely to stand in
its way.
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