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/ 3 November 2006
New Springbok manager Zola Yeye has moved from being Jake White’s strongest critics to possibly one of his closest allies. The two men showed a united front at Yeye’s first press conference after being appointed as Springbok manager, though White admitted that he and the players had been sceptical of Yeye before the appointment.
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/ 3 November 2006
A new governor was sworn in on Friday in the south-eastern Nigerian state of Anambra as local lawmakers sought to cement an impeachment rejected as illegal by the targeted governor and civil rights groups. The controversial attempt to remove opposition Governor Peter Obi is the fifth impeachment process against a state governor in 12 months.
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/ 3 November 2006
With its red-tiled roof and pink facade holed by rockets and bullets, Guinea-Bissau’s ruined presidential palace is a monument to the fratricidal conflict that has kept this tiny West African state crushed by poverty. The palace, built under Portuguese colonial rule, was attacked and looted during a 1998-1999 civil war which killed more than 2 000 people.
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/ 3 November 2006
Aids deaths in South Africa could be cut dramatically, reducing the epidemic to the level of a chronic illness and saving billions of dollars if the country adopted treatment practices followed in the United States, a study has found. ”Much of the financial pain would be felt in the first five to 10 years,” researcher Dr Peter Mazonson told the international AidsMap organisation on Friday.
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/ 3 November 2006
The Pietermaritzburg High Court on Friday granted the state leave to appeal against the voiding of the search-and-seizure raids by the Scorpions on Jacob Zuma’s properties and that of his attorney, Michael Hulley. The application for leave to appeal was not opposed by Zuma’s legal team.
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/ 3 November 2006
A strike by Metrobus drivers scheduled for Monday has been temporarily suspended after intervention by the Johannesburg municipality, the South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) said on Friday. Samwu members accused employers of failing to pay them their accumulated sick leave, among other grievances.
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/ 3 November 2006
<b>NOT THE MOVIE OF THE WEEK:</b> While Tyler Perry is a raw talent with a receptive market, he essentially delivers nothing new or innovative in <i>Diary of a Mad Black Woman</i>, writes Kwanele Sosibo.
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/ 3 November 2006
Former president PW Botha ought to be remembered for the fact that during his time as head of state, he saw the need for change ”even though his approach to this change was in itself controversial”, says African National Congress deputy leader Jacob Zuma.
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/ 3 November 2006
A top leader of the powerful United States evangelical movement and outspoken opponent of gay marriage with close White House links has stepped down from his positions following allegations he paid for sex with a male prostitute. Ted Haggard had been president of the 30-million-strong National Association of Evangelicals.
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/ 3 November 2006
Former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon was taken on Friday to an intensive-care unit after his overall condition and heart function deteriorated, a hospital spokesperson said. Sharon, who has been in a coma since suffering a major stroke in January, contracted a new infection that affected his heart, the spokesperson said.