http://www.ofm.co.za/news.asp OFM News (c) 2009, www.ofm.co.za 5 http://www.ofm.co.za/news.asp?nid=7118 Kaapstad - Die vakbond Solidariteit het 136 000 briewe van Suid-Afrikaners wat beswaard is oor misdaad, by die parlement aan president Jacob Zuma oorhandig. Joernaliste is nie toegelaat om vrae te vra by vandag se byeenkoms nie. Jaco Kleynhans van die vakbond se Zuma het hulle verseker dat die vermi... Tue, 9 Mar 2010 17:05 GMT http://www.ofm.co.za/news.asp?nid=7117 'n Losprys van 'n driekwart miljoen rand is glo betaal vir die vrylating van M-Net klankingenieur, Nick Greyling, in Nigerie. Die Departement van Internasionale Betrekkinge weier egter om die bedrag te bevestig. Woordvoerder Nomfanelo Kota se Nick Greyling moet self besluit of hy enige besonderhede... Tue, 9 Mar 2010 16:59 GMT http://www.ofm.co.za/news.asp?nid=7116 Venda - Adjunkpresident Kgalema Motlanthe het gevra vir breer raadpleging oor toegang tot en bekostigbaarheid van universiteitsopleiding. Hy het met sy inhuldiging as kanselier van die Universiteit van Venda in Limpopo verwys na wat hy noem die herrie oor 'n hersiening van die Nasionale Studente Fin... Tue, 9 Mar 2010 14:57 GMT http://www.ofm.co.za/news.asp?nid=7115 Brittanje gaan 42-miljoen kondome aan Suid-Afrika skenk na 'n versoek vir 'n bykomende miljard as deel van die MIV-voorkomingsveldtog voor die Wereldbeker-sokkertoernooi. Die versoek is verlede week aan Brittanje gerig tydens president Jacob Zuma se staatsbesoek. Die land se minister van Internasion... Tue, 9 Mar 2010 14:56 GMT http://www.ofm.co.za/news.asp?nid=7114 Johannesburg - Gesinslede van die vier hoerskoolseuns van Soweto wat gister tydens"n straatresies doodgery is, het vanmiddag die liggame in die lykshuis van die Chris Hani-Baragwanath-hospitaal gaan uitken. Joyce Mtonga, tannie van die 17-jarige Thamsanqa Prince, het aan The Times gese haar nefie wo... Tue, 9 Mar 2010 14:55 GMT http://www.ofm.co.za/news.asp?nid=7113 Oudtshoorn - 'n 62-jarige man wat van die moord van drie Oudtshoorn fietsryers beskuldig word, het vlugtig in die landdroshof op die dorp verskyn. George Aspenaal het gisteroggend op die R62 op die pad na Calitzdorp in 'n groep van 11 fietsryers vasgery toe hy na bewering 'n vragmotor wou verbysteek... Tue, 9 Mar 2010 14:54 GMT http://www.ofm.co.za/news.asp?nid=7112 Americans appear set to be by far the most numerous group of foreign fans coming to South Africa for the 2010 Soccer World Cup. This is according to the number of tickets sold up to the end of football governing body Fifa's third sales phase, which ended on January 22. Briefing MPs, Local Organising... Tue, 9 Mar 2010 14:09 GMT http://www.ofm.co.za/news.asp?nid=7111 Jos - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has expressed concern over recent ethnic violence in Nigeria. Men armed with machetes attacked women, children and the elderly in villages near the city of Jos. The city lies between the largely Muslim north and the Christian south of the country, a... Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:40 GMT http://www.ofm.co.za/news.asp?nid=7110 South Africa and the United Kingdom have signed a memorandum of understanding to boost safety during the Fifa Soccer World Cup. The police ministry says the agreement includes intelligence sharing, measures taken in the UK to stop hooligans travelling to South Africa and the role of each country's p... Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:38 GMT http://www.ofm.co.za/news.asp?nid=7109 There is an urgent need to clarify the role of the National Electricity Regulator of SA. According to a newly-released report the regulator also needs to be given the power to play an active role in governance of the power sector. The report was commissioned by the international Electricity Governan... Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:37 GMT http://www.ofm.co.za/news.asp?nid=7108 Cape Town - Well-known Western Cape victims of crime have accompanied Solidarity trade union to Parliament to present 136,000 anti-crime letters to President Jacob Zuma. The grandfather of the murdered baby Jordan, Vernon Norton, the mother of murdered Nadine Jantjies, Francina Jantjies, and Megan K... Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:27 GMT http://www.ofm.co.za/news.asp?nid=7107 M-Net en SuperSport het die Nigeriese polisie geloof na die vrylating van die Suid-Afrikaanse klankingenieur Nick Greyling, gisteraand. Hy en twee Nigeriese kollegas is verlede week in die land ontvoer. Woordvoerder Caroline Creasy se Bowie Attamah is Vrydag vrygelaat nadat Alexander Effiong vroeer ... Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:07 GMT http://www.ofm.co.za/news.asp?nid=7106 Liezl Liebenberg Frankfort - Police in Frankfort and Villiers have called on residents to be alert after an increase of house breakings has been reported in the two towns. Spokesperson, Philani Mvuna says criminals are breaking into people's homes in broad daylight and are stealing appliances such... Tue, 9 Mar 2010 11:56 GMT http://www.ofm.co.za/news.asp?nid=7105 Pretoria - The department of international relations has declined to give any information on whether ransom money was paid for Supersport sound engineer, Nick Greyling. Greyling was kidnapped in Nigeria last week. Departmental spokesperson, Nomfanelo Kota, says it is up to Greyling to release that i... Tue, 9 Mar 2010 11:39 GMT http://www.ofm.co.za/news.asp?nid=7104 Richard's Bay - The reported tension between Cosatu and the ANC is expected to dominate the federation's provincial public sector summit which starts in Richards Bay later today. KwaZulu Natal provincial spokesperson, Zet Luzipho, says they will also discuss lifestyle audits because members believe ... Tue, 9 Mar 2010 11:38 GMT http://www.ofm.co.za/news.asp?nid=7103 Johannesburg - The ANC says it regrets that President Jacob Zuma has missed the deadline to declare his assets to Parliament, but says the circumstances need to be understood. Party spokesperson, Brian Sokutu, says Zuma's case is a special one, as the president has a large family and therefore decla... Tue, 9 Mar 2010 11:38 GMT http://www.ofm.co.za/news.asp?nid=7102 Soweto - The two learners hospitalised after a speeding car smashed into them in Soweto remain in a critical condition. Gauteng health department spokesperson, Mandla Sidu, dismissed reports that one of the two children had died. He says they are both still alive at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital. ... Tue, 9 Mar 2010 11:37 GMT http://www.ofm.co.za/news.asp?nid=7101 Do you sometimes wish live was easier? Maybe the following story would help you make things easier: In ancient times, a king had a boulder placed on a roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the king's wealthiest merchants and courtiers came b... Tue, 9 Mar 2010 11:24 GMT http://www.ofm.co.za/news.asp?nid=7100 Mamelodi - Betogers het met lewendige ammunisie op brandweermanne geskiet, polisie met klippe bestook en paaie in Mamelodi-Oos versper. Die Tshwane-munisipaliteit se Console Tleane se die situasie is gespanne. Die betogings het glo gisteraand begin en het vanoggend voortgegaan. Die betoging is glo g... Tue, 9 Mar 2010 10:55 GMT http://www.ofm.co.za/news.asp?nid=7099 Pietermaritzburg - Vakverbond, Cosatu, se dit is skokkend dat konstruksiewerkers gedwing is om met hul werksaamhede voort te gaan nadat een van hul kollegas deur 'n vragmotor doodgery is. Kort daarna het twee ander vragmotors in die groep werkers op die N3 naby Pietermaritzburg geploeg - twee mans i... Tue, 9 Mar 2010 10:54 GMT