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/ 8 November 2006
The Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) could face charges of criminal neglect after an aviation fuel leak at OR Tambo International Airport, Beeld reported on Wednesday. It said conservation organisations described Tuesday’s spill — the third since July last year — as an environmental disaster.
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/ 8 November 2006
Eskom will decide within six months whether to commission a second nuclear power plant to supplement its Cape Town Koeberg plant, media reports said on Wednesday. Phumzile Tshelane, Eskom’s technical strategy manager, said the company was looking at models of light-water reactors from French and United States suppliers, and one type of heavy-water reactor from a Canadian supplier.
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/ 8 November 2006
Democrats captured four of the six Republican Senate seats they needed to take control of the Senate, winning critical contests in Ohio, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and Missouri and inching closer on Wednesday to erasing the Republican majority. Seizing on voter discontent with President George Bush and the war in Iraq, Democrats mounted challenges for two remaining Republican-held seats in Virginia and Montana.
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/ 8 November 2006
Schabir Shaik’s family declared a ”media shutdown” and were on Tuesday refusing to divulge whether lawyers would seek redress in the Constitution Court. Asked on Tuesday morning if the family would take Schabir’s case to the Constitutional Court, Mo said: ”It should become clearer at the end of the day.”
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/ 8 November 2006
Rwanda, Burundi, large tracts of southern Niger and Chad, and most of Ethiopia are the most vulnerable parts of a continent that could be the biggest loser from global warming, researchers said on Tuesday. Africa has contributed least to greenhouse gases that cause climate change but its underdevelopment means it is also least prepared to deal with the consequences.
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/ 8 November 2006
French wines and spirits group Pernod Ricard said on Tuesday it would launch what it said would be the world’s most expensive champagne. ”It will cost around €1 000 ( 276) a bottle. We won’t do many cases and won’t be offering it here,” chairperson Patrick Ricard told the company’s annual shareholders meeting.
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/ 8 November 2006
Feeling Kate Mossed? Fancy a Britney down at the Battle? For those wondering why Brits have suddenly become as baffling as Martians speaking in tongues, help is at hand. A new book reveals all and Duncan Black, who helped to compile Shame About the Boat Race — Modern Guide to Rhyming Slang steers readers through a baffling conversational code.
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/ 8 November 2006
In the year 2006 we have received clear signals from you, our readers, about the things that irk, worry and upset you as you go about your day-to-day duties. As we mentioned before in this space, we picked up a message from teachers that they are miserable about their earnings.
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/ 8 November 2006
Although credit and debit cards are more convenient and safer than cash, you still have to be vigilant to protect your card from criminals. According to FNB Credit Card CEO Jan Kleynhans, there are more than four-million FNB credit and debit cards in circulation in South Africa. Of these, about 10 000 credit cards are reported lost or stolen every month.
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/ 8 November 2006
Terry Volkwyn, CEO of Primedia Broadcasting, has been named the 2006 Boss of the Year. The award, which is organised by Career Success (published by Dictum Publishers) and celebrates its 17th anniversary this year, recognises bosses’ attention to the needs of their workforce and their leadership skills.