According to the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS), the SA government was
"appalled and disappointed" that e.tv censored visuals showing Advocate Gcina Malindi breaking down in tears during the South Gauteng High Court proceedings relating to "The Spear" portrait. In its turn, eNews expressed its
"grave concern" that GCIS would accuse the channel of bias and selective reporting.
Many people might agree that as filming court proceedings is not a given, and that as access is granted subject to certain restrictions, it makes perfect sense to
not broadcast such potentially problematical clips until there is clarity from the judges. To go ahead when there is doubt as to whether permission will be granted or not is to jeopardise the filming of court proceedings in the future.
This should get the tongues wagging... Bobby Godsell says
SA needs a UK-style high pay panel to check into executive pay - which he reckons is excessive and lacks transparency.
Blade to cut a swath through EC colleges? As we all know, education in the Eastern Cape, well... say no more. Hence, it's no surprise that Minister of Higher Education and Training Blade Nzimande has appointed a team to investigate maladministration and corruption at further education and training (FET) colleges in the Eastern Cape in an effort to
clean them up.
Share and share alike... Despite a few murmurs some time back that sharing the Square Kilometre Array was not an option,
it is. Sense prevailed - so it's a case of rather some of SKA, than nothing of SKA.
Finally, our resident motor head, Henrie Geyser gets passionate over the new
red-blooded Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCT.
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Many solutions have been explored over the years to find environmentally sound ways of producing industrial pallets. The traditional wooden pallets have been under scrutiny by vehicle and fleet owners because of the many problems they present on the road. 
In poverty-stricken rural areas across South Africa, local unskilled people have learned how to craft high quality paper by hand using the agricultural plants that grow in their provinces. They use the fibres of bananas, pineapples, mealies, river reeds, hemp, sisal, ficus, cotton and grass, along with agricultural and other waste, to make their uniquely South African paper. 
South African power cable manufacturer Aberdare Cables, part of the JSE-listed Altron Group, has increased its production capacity by 25% over the past ten years, Engineering News reports. 66 six years old Aberdare, a member of the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers, has three manufacturing sites in Gauteng, Port Elizabeth and Pietermaritzburg. 
JOHANNESBURG: The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) on Tuesday, 22 May 2012, engaged stakeholders on the newly launched Manufacturing Competitiveness Enhancement Programme (MCEP). The MCEP, launched last week by Minister Rob Davies, is a new incentive and a key component of the Industrial Policy Action Plan3. 
The Ampaglas Plastics Group has announced that it will cease production of the Vesta sanitary ware product range from its factory in East London due to the current economic climate. Vesta has long been a manufacturer of acrylic-capped ABS sanitary ware, including contractor and luxury bathtubs, corner baths, shower trays and basins. 
South Africans are living through "dangerous times", Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan told Parliament on Friday, saying it was "clear that investment is still held back by both global and domestic uncertainties". 
