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/ 31 October 2006
Provincial environment and planning authorities have given the go-ahead for Cape Town’s R2,5-billion 2010 soccer stadium to be built on the site of the golf course at Green Point. However, they have set tough conditions to limit noise and light pollution, and reduce its visual impact.
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/ 31 October 2006
Police warned the public on Tuesday to beware of a so-called ”SA 2010 World Cup Bid Lottery” letter and e-mail fraud. ”Of late, perpetrators are purporting to be from the Local Organising Committee for 2010, when luring and or enticing their potential victims,” said Commissioner Johan de Beer in a statement.
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/ 31 October 2006
Judgement in Durban businessman Schabir Shaik’s appeal hearings will be delivered next Monday, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has announced. ”Only the order will be read by the president of the court, Judge [Craig] Howie, and not the judgement itself,” Henry Snyman, an SCA spokesperson, said on Tuesday.
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/ 31 October 2006
The African Union on Tuesday hailed the generally peaceful conduct of the second-round presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and called for calm as the vast nation awaits final results. In a statement released in Ethiopia, AU Commission chairperson Alpha Oumar Konare welcomed ”the smooth conduct of the second round of the presidential election in the DRC”.
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/ 31 October 2006
Forget all those books that say the Irish invented Halloween and that Irish-Americans popularised it in the 20th century. Experts in Germany say Halloween was invented by witches in the Black Forest of Germany. Long-forgotten in Europe, the ancient Celtic holiday has become trendy among post-unification Germans.
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/ 31 October 2006
A price war has erupted between South Africa’s two low-fare airlines, with private air carrier kulula.com announcing on Tuesday that it will undercut the fares of South African Airways’ newly launched low-cost airline, Mango. However, it pointed out that only a handful of seats on each flight will be available at these rates.
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/ 31 October 2006
Supporters of Robert Mugabe launched a move on Tuesday to oust anti-government union leaders as a new report by a rights group slammed the violence used to suppress opposition to the Zimbabwean president. The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions has been at the vanguard of the opposition to Mugabe’s 26-year rule for more than a decade.
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/ 31 October 2006
The South African National Aids Council is to be restructured to give it more decision-making powers, it said in a statement on Tuesday. The council, chaired by Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, met in Midrand to look at ways to restructure itself. It was agreed that governmental and non-governmental organisations would in future send their heads to meetings.
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/ 31 October 2006
Springbok coach Jake White on Tuesday declared that it would not be a train smash if his team left for their four-match European tour on Saturday without a manager. The Springboks have been without a manager for the past five months since Athrob Pietersen vacated the position earlier this year.
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/ 31 October 2006
A child-trafficking racket involving Mozambique, Swaziland and South Africa is under investigation, said Mpumalanga police on Tuesday. Inspector Eddie Ngobeni said the investigation arose after a report from the Amazing Grace children’s home in Malelane, near Nelspruit.