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/ 30 October 2006
Well-off schools could soon get subsidies for enrolling pupils who can’t afford to pay fees, the Department of Education said on Monday. ”The minister of education recognises that the number of fee exemptions granted at certain schools is becoming a burden on their school finances,” said Naledi Pandor’s spokesperson, Lunga Ngqengelele, in a statement.
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/ 30 October 2006
The African National Congress (ANC) on Monday urged retailers to reconsider court action against the restriction of textile imports from China. ”The ANC urges these retailers to reconsider their court action, and to instead work together with government and manufacturers to address their concerns in the interest of all South Africans,” said ANC spokesperson Smuts Ngonyama.
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/ 30 October 2006
Rioting mobs rampaged through a north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) town on Monday, destroying 43 polling stations after a soldier killed two electoral workers in violence that came a day after the volatile country’s run-off presidential vote.
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/ 30 October 2006
World leaders must act urgently to avert a looming environmental catastrophe, the author of a major British report, which sounds a wake-up call on climate change, said on Monday. Former World Bank chief economist Sir Nicholas Stern singled out the United States, China and India as economic powerhouses whose backing is crucial for a global solution.
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/ 30 October 2006
The high-profile murder trial of a British aristocrat charged with killing a Kenyan poacher resumed on Monday with a witness testifying the defendant’s family farm was frequented by the victim. After a month-long break in the trial of Thomas Cholmondeley, the witness said he had gone with the slain man to the farm to poach many times before the May 10 incident.
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/ 30 October 2006
Two pathologists gave evidence in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court in the case against Riaz Kadwa, accused of shooting his parents, police said on Monday. Superintendent Chris Wilken said the two were giving evidence in the case against Kadwa, his wife and his sister. ”One of the pathologists has yet to be questioned by the defence advocate, Michael Hellens,” said Wilken.
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/ 30 October 2006
Oil prices slipped below a barrel on Monday on doubts that the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) would pursue proposed production cuts and as geopolitical concerns lifted. Light, sweet crude for December fell by 89 cents to ,86 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
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/ 30 October 2006
A woman accused of witchcraft died in the Mount Ayliff hospital on Monday after being stoned by an angry mob from a local community, Eastern Cape police said. ”The community kept assaulting her when police arrived but they managed to get her away eventually,” said spokesperson Superintendent Nondumiso Jafta.
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/ 30 October 2006
Cricket South Africa chief executive Gerald Majola announced officially on Monday that Proteas wicketkeeper Mark Boucher had been rewarded for recent good performances by being reinstated as an A+ contract player. ”Mark has regained his A+ contract following some outstanding performances and for his overall contribution …,” Majola said.
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/ 30 October 2006
The Department of Health will announce new medicine-price regulations on Tuesday, a departmental official said on Monday. ”We are on for tomorrow [Tuesday],” said Dr Anban Pillay, the national department’s director for pharmaceutical pricing. He said the Cabinet approved the proposal last week.