July 2004
Up one levelJuly 2004 news items are stored here.
Political Parties should be equally funded: De Lille
2004-07-01. Cape Town - Political parties should be funded equitably by the state and private companies, Patricia de Lille, the Independent Democrats (ID) leader, said yesterday. "At least 50% of the funds should be allocated on an equal basis to all political parties," De Lille said in a speech prepared for delivery at a meeting on party funding in Cape Town.
Jail would have been an act of 'revenge'
2004-07-06. Most political parties have accepted partial dismissal of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's appeal, with the ANC saying it would have "obviously preferred" that all charges were dropped.
Condolences pour in for grieving family
2004-07-22. South Africans are united today in grief and rage after the discovery of Leigh Matthews' body yesterday.
Ngcuka forced to resign
2004-07-25. Johannesburg - National director of public prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka quit his post because of pressure from some quarters in the government and the African National Congress, the Pan Africanist Congress said on Sunday.
Nine municipal by-elections being held
2004-07-27. Nine municipal by-elections are taking place around the country today but the African National Congress looks likely to win seven of them with the Inkatha Freedom Party possibly retaining two seats in its strongholds in KwaZulu-Natal.
Scorpions join probe into illegal licences
2004-07-28. EAST LONDON - The Scorpions are investigating several Eastern Cape municipalities in connection with bribery and the issuing of illegal drivers' licences.
Opposition parties play down poor showing
2004-07-28. Opposition political party leaders played down the poor showing by their parties in Wednesday's by- elections around South Africa.
ANC, DA, UDM and ID in by-election battle
2004-07-26. Nine municipal by-elections will take place in South Africa this Wednesday, but the ruling African National Congress (ANC) has already won another five wards uncontested. Trends indicate that the ANC could win all but two of the contested by-elections.
