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/ 16 November 2001
THE body of rugby referee Carl Spannenberg, who went missing and was presumed to have drowned at Cape Town’s Zeekoevlei dam, was recovered from the dam on Wednesday, police reported. Captain Andre Traut said Spannenberg’s (33) body had surfaced and was noticed by the divers as they resumed their search at 8am. Spannenberg went missing […]
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/ 16 November 2001
Ramadan is not only about abstinence Comment Shamil Jeppie The pious view of Ramadan is that it is a month in the Islamic calendar of extraordinary religiosity on the part of the vast majority of the world’s Muslims. It is a period of abstinence, deep devotion and increased recitation of the Qur’an. It is a […]
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/ 16 November 2001
THE trial of two men charged with burning school children’s hands at the Pretoria International Show in August will be heard in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on January 29 and 30 next year, a court official said on Tuesday. The trial date was set when the two men, Pieter Lamprecht (19) and Antonie du Plessis […]
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/ 16 November 2001
A 14-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by five youths at Bulwer in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands last week, south coast police said on Tuesday. Police representative Inspector Moses Gambushe said the girl was walking near the soccer field where a number of youths played soccer. Five of them, aged between 15 and 20, approached the girl, […]
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/ 15 November 2001
For the intrepid traveller, Maputo may be a safer destination this Christmas than
New York, writes Matthew Krouse.
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/ 15 November 2001
It’s her story, and suddenly Kandahar has become the most politically important movie in the world. Nelofer Pazira spoke to Aida Edemariam.
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/ 15 November 2001
Shaggy demonstrated to all present at the MTN Sundome in Johannesburg that he is not just a singer, but a damned excellent performer too, writes Bongani Majola.
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/ 15 November 2001
Badges costing R5 will be sold at Absa branches to raise money for children affected by HIV/Aids.
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/ 15 November 2001
Algiers | Thursday RESCUE workers on Wednesday pulled dozens more corpses from mounds of rubble and mud in Algiers, where hundreds of people were still missing after storms turned part of the seaside city into a graveyard. Officials said 651 died from weekend storms across the country, 604 of whom lived in Algiers, where a […]
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/ 15 November 2001
Abuja | Thursday THE Nigerian government on Wednesday approved more than $237-million worth of new power transmission projects, the information minister announced. Information Minister Jerry Gana told journalists the projects would improve power supply across the country. The projects will enhance the existing 330 KW and 132 KW networks of the national grid, an official […]