Malema suspension upheld
News24 reports that the DA and FF Plus youth bodies on Sunday welcomed the ANC’s upholding Julius Malema’s suspension as the leader of its youth league.
“We hope that this marks the end of a period of sensationalist, bully politics that gave attention to one individual at the expense of real and substantive issues facing the youth,” said Democratic Alliance Youth leader Makashule Gana.
Frozen Europe
Social media have been abuzz with photos of winter wonderlands across Europe, as the continent is battered by a cold front, the likes of which has seldom been seen before. Bosnia experienced its heaviest snowfall ever, while, in the Ukraine, temperatures as low as -36 degrees C have caused hundreds of deaths.
‘Syrian travesty’
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has described as a “travesty” Russia and China’s veto of a UN resolution condemning Syria’s crackdown against anti-government protesters. Speaking in Bulgaria, Mrs Clinton said efforts outside the world body to help Syria’s people should be redoubled.
Human rights groups and activists say more than 7 000 people have been killed by Syrian security forces since the uprising began in March.
On the sports field
South Africans made an impact for UK cricket and rugby teams, with no fewer than 8 Safas in the England squad currently squaring up again Pakistan in Dubai.
Kearsney boy Brad Barrit gained his first cap for England against Scotland at Murrayfield, alongside South African team mates Matt Stevens and Mouritz Botha. Meanwhile, David Denton, who went to school in at Kingswood College in Grahamstown, was named man of the match, despite being on the losing side.