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/ 27 November 2001
AFRICAN National Congress MP Ruth Bhengu has called on government to introduce mandatory Aids tests to determine the true extent of HIV/Aids in the country, according to the Sunday Independent. Bhengu said laws should be passed to make testing mandatory. Consitutional provisions for the right to privacy — used by some not to take Aids […]
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/ 27 November 2001
TWO men have been detained for questioning in connection with the death of a three-year-old boy who was shot dead during a housebreaking in Groenkloof on Friday morning, Pretoria police said. Inspector Percy Morokane said the two men were apprehended at the Walker railway station in Sunnyside by members of the murder and robbery unit. […]
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/ 27 November 2001
Centurion | Tuesday SHORTLY before his death from cancer on Monday, Johannes (Joe) Modise, the country’s first post-apartheid defence minister received the Order of the Star of South Africa for meritorious service. President Thabo Mbeki and most members of his Cabinet travelled to Modise’s home in Centurion to bestow their ailing comrade with the award. […]
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/ 27 November 2001
A leopard was injured after it was caught in a trap that was set by a farmer in Baviaanskloof in the Eastern Cape, SABC radio news reported on Friday. The farmer set a small gin trap to catch what he thought was a karakul which had been killing his livestock. The animal was not seriously […]
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/ 27 November 2001
Pretoria | Monday THE government’s endeavour to stimulate SME (small and micro enterprise) development is not achieving the desired results, according to a Unisa study. SMEs are still constrained by various factors ranging from a lack of access to information, capital, training and other types of enterprise development resources and facilities to poor regulation and […]
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/ 27 November 2001
A SOWETO secondary school would be renamed after anti-apartheid activist Dr Beyers Naude on Tuesday, Gauteng education department said on Monday.Education MEC Ignatius Jacobs would rename Phuti Junior Secondary School in Dube Soweto as Dr Beyers Naude Secondary School. Representative Lebelo Maloka said that was in recognition and appreciation of the contribution and invaluable service […]
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/ 27 November 2001
Rand detectives and crime prevention units have arrested 144 wanted suspects on a widespread raid that began at 10pm on Sunday night and ended at 6am on Monday morning. Superintendent Andy Pieke said those arrested in the swoop were suspected of crimes ranging from murder, attempted murder, rape, robbery to housebreaking. One suspect was arrested […]
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/ 27 November 2001
RICHARD THOMPSON, Johannesburg | Monday The decline in the value of the rand — combined with free trade agreements and increased competitiveness of sectors of local industry — offered a great opportunity for South African exports, the government’s trade promotion agency said on Monday. Portia Molefe, chief operating officer of Trade and Industry South Africa […]
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/ 26 November 2001
The soundtrack for Patrice Chéreau’s film <i>Intimacy</i> harks back to the long-time interests of Hanif Kureishi, upon whose short story the movie is based. Kureishi’s first novel, <i>The Buddha of Suburbia</i>, was obsessed with David Bowie in his glam-rock years and Bowie pops up on the <i>Intimacy</i> soundtrack.
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/ 26 November 2001
SOUTH African gold mining giant AngloGold announced on Monday a formal challenge to US-based Newmont Mining Corp’s rival bid for Normandy Mining Ltd. AngloGold alleges Newmont has been misleading in its offer for Australia’s top gold mining company. “We consider that the comparative analysis which Newmont has presented in selling its offer and its characterisation […]