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/ 3 November 2006
As thieves grabbed author Nadine Gordimer and her 66-year-old domestic worker she was overcome more by sympathy than fear.
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/ 3 November 2006
Now the Ou Krokodil can become a pair of shoes and a matching bag in the Museum of Apartheid! Will this be PW Botha’s obituary or just an old bitchery?
Neither. I am sorry for his family. A death among relatives is never easy and one wishes them well, writes Pieter-Dirk Uys.
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/ 3 November 2006
KwaZulu-Natal Premier S’bu Ndebele’s purging of the two remaining IFP provincial ministers from his multi-party cabinet is, according to analysts, symptomatic of the decline of the party and could lead to its political oblivion. On Wednesday, Ndebele reshuffled his cabinet, replacing the IFP’s Blessed Gwala and Nyanga Ngubane.
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/ 3 November 2006
In the latest blow to the beleaguered Scorpions a top state advocate employed by the unit has been arrested on allegations that he fraudulently obtained a South African ID document. Lehlakano Ramaema’s case could have serious implications, including the possibility that convictions he secured might not stand, one legal expert warned recently.
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/ 3 November 2006
Everyone in Hout Bay agrees: the tipping-point was the murder of Gerhard Vergeer on Sunday March 13 last year. Vergeer, his wife and three children had arrived in the postcard-pretty Hout Bay valley from Mpumalanga and were staying at a local guesthouse ahead of the Pick ’n Pay Argus Cycle tour.
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/ 3 November 2006
A United States general in Baghdad called Iraq a ”work of art” in progress on Thursday in one of the most extraordinary attempts by the US military leadership to put a positive spin on the worsening violence. On a day in which 49 people were killed or found dead around the country, Major General William Caldwell, the chief military spokesperson, argued that Iraq was in transition.
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/ 3 November 2006
The Zimbabwe Electricity Regulatory Authority on Thursday announced a 270% hike in power tariffs, a move certain to trigger a fresh round of price increases across the board and push the cost of living beyond the reach of many families. The tariff hike comes barely five months after a previous price increase of 95%.
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/ 3 November 2006
The auditor general has recommended that legal action and other disciplinary measures be taken against senior officials at the state-controlled Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office for their careless implementation of government procurement policies. The lax management style of these officials has led to tenders worth millions of rands being awarded illegally.
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/ 3 November 2006
A fascinating environmental debate in Midrand is pitting the protection of giant African bullfrogs against the urgent housing needs of Gauteng. Janet Schofield, of the Local Authority Watchdog, said Gauteng and the Ekurhuleni metro council had given a guarantee that bullfrog pans in Midrand would be protected from development. Premier Mbhazima Shilowa had himself endorsed this.
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/ 3 November 2006
A Scorpions subpoena obtained by the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> outlines the full scope of project "Bad Guys" — the elite unit’s investigation into the allegedly criminal network surrounding Brett Kebble; the network’s role in or after Kebble’s murder; and police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi’s proximity to the network.