http://www.sabcnews.com http://www.sabcnews.com/portal/site/SABCNews/menuitem.5c4f8fe7ee929f602ea12ea1674daeb9/?vgnextoid=47eb85d7e70ba210VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default The Department of Correctional Services is on high alert to ensure that service delivery is not compromised during the public sector strike. This follows union calls for essential services workers to join the strike. Acting Commissioner Siphiwe Sokhela has praised correctional officials for their disciplined conduct during the current industrial action. Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:30:00 GMT http://www.sabcnews.com/portal/site/SABCNews/menuitem.5c4f8fe7ee929f602ea12ea1674daeb9/?vgnextoid=47eb85d7e70ba210VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default 2010-08-27T04:30:00Z http://www.sabcnews.com/portal/site/SABCNews/menuitem.5c4f8fe7ee929f602ea12ea1674daeb9/?vgnextoid=bbcb66f0cefaa210VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default The City of Joburg has obtained a court interdict barring municipal workers from joining the public service strike. Workers belonging to South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) had indicated they would be joining the strike tomorrow. Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:58:00 GMT http://www.sabcnews.com/portal/site/SABCNews/menuitem.5c4f8fe7ee929f602ea12ea1674daeb9/?vgnextoid=bbcb66f0cefaa210VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default 2010-08-26T19:58:00Z http://www.sabcnews.com/portal/site/SABCNews/menuitem.5c4f8fe7ee929f602ea12ea1674daeb9/?vgnextoid=a56a66f0cefaa210VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default An earth tremor was felt in parts of Johannesburg tonight. It shook the walls in suburbs including Greenside, Melville and Kensington shortly after 21:00. Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:53:00 GMT http://www.sabcnews.com/portal/site/SABCNews/menuitem.5c4f8fe7ee929f602ea12ea1674daeb9/?vgnextoid=a56a66f0cefaa210VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default 2010-08-26T19:53:00Z http://www.sabcnews.com/portal/site/SABCNews/menuitem.5c4f8fe7ee929f602ea12ea1674daeb9/?vgnextoid=fea2a133f7faa210VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default More than 200 Eastern Cape residents attended a memorial service for the five family members who were butchered to death while asleep at their home in Sigubudu at Ngqeleni. Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:10:00 GMT http://www.sabcnews.com/portal/site/SABCNews/menuitem.5c4f8fe7ee929f602ea12ea1674daeb9/?vgnextoid=fea2a133f7faa210VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default 2010-08-26T18:10:00Z http://www.sabcnews.com/portal/site/SABCNews/menuitem.5c4f8fe7ee929f602ea12ea1674daeb9/?vgnextoid=6d2d206b61faa210VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default The North West has joined four other provinces in postponing their matric preliminary exams. This is despite the Department of Basic Education saying last week that they are not considering a postponement of the preliminary matric exams, to be written in the next fortnight. Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:24:00 GMT http://www.sabcnews.com/portal/site/SABCNews/menuitem.5c4f8fe7ee929f602ea12ea1674daeb9/?vgnextoid=6d2d206b61faa210VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default 2010-08-26T16:24:00Z http://www.sabcnews.com/portal/site/SABCNews/menuitem.5c4f8fe7ee929f602ea12ea1674daeb9/?vgnextoid=f50292e61feaa210VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default Prominent Durban businessmen Sifiso Zulu has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment - two of which were suspended for three years for culpable homicide and negligent and reckless driving.  Zulu was also slapped with a R7 500 fine. Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:33:00 GMT http://www.sabcnews.com/portal/site/SABCNews/menuitem.5c4f8fe7ee929f602ea12ea1674daeb9/?vgnextoid=f50292e61feaa210VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default 2010-08-26T15:33:00Z http://www.sabcnews.com/portal/site/SABCNews/menuitem.5c4f8fe7ee929f602ea12ea1674daeb9/?vgnextoid=67700e184deaa210VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default While millions of children across the country remain at home because of the public sector strike, the Royal Bafokeng administration at Phokeng near Rustenburg in the North West - has initiated a programme to ensure Grade 12 learners in the area receive learning to minimise the impact of the strike action by teachers, due to lost time. Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:48:00 GMT http://www.sabcnews.com/portal/site/SABCNews/menuitem.5c4f8fe7ee929f602ea12ea1674daeb9/?vgnextoid=67700e184deaa210VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default 2010-08-26T14:48:00Z http://www.sabcnews.com/portal/site/SABCNews/menuitem.5c4f8fe7ee929f602ea12ea1674daeb9/?vgnextoid=8974d9d999eaa210VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default Members of Parliament (MP) paid their last respect to Joe Matthews who served for 10-years as an Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) MP before he retired from active politics in 2004. He was South Africa's first democratic deputy Minister of Safety and Security. Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:00:00 GMT http://www.sabcnews.com/portal/site/SABCNews/menuitem.5c4f8fe7ee929f602ea12ea1674daeb9/?vgnextoid=8974d9d999eaa210VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default 2010-08-26T14:00:00Z http://www.sabcnews.com/portal/site/SABCNews/menuitem.5c4f8fe7ee929f602ea12ea1674daeb9/?vgnextoid=bedd981d5fdaa210VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default More than a thousand learners at the Kasselsvlei High School in Bellville South outside Cape Town have packed the school hall for a memorial service to pay their respects to three fellow learners who died in the fatal train accident near Blackheath yesterday, when a minibus was hit after the driver allegedly skipped security booms at a level crossing.  Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:40:00 GMT http://www.sabcnews.com/portal/site/SABCNews/menuitem.5c4f8fe7ee929f602ea12ea1674daeb9/?vgnextoid=bedd981d5fdaa210VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default 2010-08-26T10:40:00Z http://www.sabcnews.com/portal/site/SABCNews/menuitem.5c4f8fe7ee929f602ea12ea1674daeb9/?vgnextoid=8d95b900acdaa210VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default It is unlikely the Constitutional Court will approve the Protection of Information Bill in its current form, according to former president FW de Klerk. In a wide-ranging interview published in today's Die Burger newspaper, De Klerk said the elements of federalism in the Constitution, freedom of the media, the free market economy and the  independence of the judiciary were in danger. Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:55:00 GMT http://www.sabcnews.com/portal/site/SABCNews/menuitem.5c4f8fe7ee929f602ea12ea1674daeb9/?vgnextoid=8d95b900acdaa210VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default 2010-08-26T09:55:00Z