Justice Pius Langa is to become the country's new chief justice.
He will replace Arthur Chaskalson who is to retire. Langa, currently Chaskalson's deputy, will take up his post on June 1, President Thabo Mbeki's office said in a statement on Saturday.
Mbeki nominated current Constitutional Court justice Dikgang Moseneke as Langa's deputy. The president is required by law to consult parties in the National Assembly as well as the Judicial Service Commission before appointing a deputy.
Source: News 24
Saturday, April 30, 2005
Thursday, April 28, 2005
Calm returns after Togo poll riot
Residents of Togo's capital, Lomé, are clearing up after violence erupted following Sunday's disputed elections. Soldiers beat people to make them take down barricades and clean the streets in opposition strongholds, correspondents say. At least 20 people were killed as opposition supporters went on the rampage, saying the polls were rigged.
Ruling party candidate and son of the former leader, Faure Gnassingbe, officially won with 60% of the vote. His main rival Emmanuel Bob Akitani got 38%, the electoral commission said but he declared himself president, saying there had been massive fraud.
Election observers from West African regional body Ecowas accepted that there had been problems but said the results had generally reflected the will of the people. “ [The security forces] smashed in the door. They told us to get out and pick up the stones ”
Ecowas condemned Mr Akitani's declaration and called for a national unity government to prevent further violence. According to the BBC's Mark Dummett in Lome, security was tightened overnight and soldiers are patrolling the city in jeeps mounted with heavy machine guns. They began a massive clear-up operation with bulldozers clear the remnants of burning roadblocks. "[The security forces] smashed in the door. They told us to get out and pick up the stones," Lome resident Assou told Reuters news agency, adding one of soldiers shouted: "Work, work!" Meanwhile, communication remains difficult as telephone networks are not working and most private radio stations were taken off the air on Wednesday. Some 600 people are reported to have fled into Benin from southern Togo, following clashes in the opposition town of Aného.
Mr Atikani's coalition intends to appeal to Togo's constitutional court - which has still to confirm the result of the election - saying he won majorities in all the most populous regions of the country. His support is strongest in the south, including Lome, while Mr Faure's power base is in the north.
Mr Faure denied vote-rigging and urged veteran opposition Union of Forces for Change (UCF) leader Gilchrist Olympio to join a government of national unity. Earlier, Mr Olympio, who was ineligible to stand in the poll because he lives in exile following a 1992 assassination attempt, said his party would not serve as a minority partner in any unity government. The army tried to install Mr Faure after his father's President Gnassingbe Eyadema's death, but pressure led him to step down and call an election.
President Eyadema, led Togo for 38 years, had seized power in a coup from Mr Olympio's father, Sylvanus Olympio, in 1963.
Source: BBC
Ruling party candidate and son of the former leader, Faure Gnassingbe, officially won with 60% of the vote. His main rival Emmanuel Bob Akitani got 38%, the electoral commission said but he declared himself president, saying there had been massive fraud.
Election observers from West African regional body Ecowas accepted that there had been problems but said the results had generally reflected the will of the people. “ [The security forces] smashed in the door. They told us to get out and pick up the stones ”
Ecowas condemned Mr Akitani's declaration and called for a national unity government to prevent further violence. According to the BBC's Mark Dummett in Lome, security was tightened overnight and soldiers are patrolling the city in jeeps mounted with heavy machine guns. They began a massive clear-up operation with bulldozers clear the remnants of burning roadblocks. "[The security forces] smashed in the door. They told us to get out and pick up the stones," Lome resident Assou told Reuters news agency, adding one of soldiers shouted: "Work, work!" Meanwhile, communication remains difficult as telephone networks are not working and most private radio stations were taken off the air on Wednesday. Some 600 people are reported to have fled into Benin from southern Togo, following clashes in the opposition town of Aného.
Mr Atikani's coalition intends to appeal to Togo's constitutional court - which has still to confirm the result of the election - saying he won majorities in all the most populous regions of the country. His support is strongest in the south, including Lome, while Mr Faure's power base is in the north.
Mr Faure denied vote-rigging and urged veteran opposition Union of Forces for Change (UCF) leader Gilchrist Olympio to join a government of national unity. Earlier, Mr Olympio, who was ineligible to stand in the poll because he lives in exile following a 1992 assassination attempt, said his party would not serve as a minority partner in any unity government. The army tried to install Mr Faure after his father's President Gnassingbe Eyadema's death, but pressure led him to step down and call an election.
President Eyadema, led Togo for 38 years, had seized power in a coup from Mr Olympio's father, Sylvanus Olympio, in 1963.
Source: BBC
Friday, April 1, 2005
FINANCIAL SERVICES OMBUD SCHEMES ACT 37 OF 2004
The purpose of the Financial Services Ombud Schemes Act is to provide for the recognition of financial services ombud schemes; to lay down minimum requirements for ombud schemes; to promote consumer education with regard to ombud schemes; to co-ordinate the activities of ombuds of recognised schemes with the activities of the Pension Funds Adjudicator and the Ombud for Financial Services Providers; to develop and promote best practices for complaint resolution; to empower the Ombud for Financial Services Providers to act as a statutory ombud in certain cases; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
An ombud Scheme is an arrangement for the settlement of disputes between between a financial services provider and a client.
Source: SABINET
An ombud Scheme is an arrangement for the settlement of disputes between between a financial services provider and a client.
Source: SABINET
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