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/ 28 October 2006
South African businessman Humphrey Khoza died in a car accident on the East Rand, Ekurhuleni Metro police said on Saturday. Inspector Johnny Nhlapo said the accident occurred on the N12, heading east, near the Comaro Street offramp around 9pm on Friday.
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/ 28 October 2006
Two robbery suspects had a rough day on Friday trying to elude police during the second round of the PGA Chrysler Championship. After allegedly breaking into a nearby home, the two males, described by police as ”juveniles,” fled onto the Innisbrook Resort golf course which is hosting the PGA Tour.
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/ 28 October 2006
Caddies at the world Amateur Team Golf Championships, being played at Stellenbosch, went on strike on Saturday morning over a pay dispute. Chairperson of the Caddy Institute of South Africa Barry Stemmet said that play had got under way, but that the players — of which there were just over 200 from 45 countries — were being given golf carts instead of caddies.
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/ 28 October 2006
A senior KwaZulu-Natal official was stabbed to death in Pietermaritzburg, police said on Saturday. Police spokesperson Superintendent Joshua Gwala said Thulas Mngomezulu was stabbed to death on Friday night in Pietermaritzburg’s Boschoff Street.
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/ 28 October 2006
No one was buying hell on Friday — or at least its red-hot web address. Hell.com was among hundreds of internet domain names up for auction in Hollywood, Florida, by domain asset management provider Moniker.com, a unit of marketing services firm Seevast.
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/ 28 October 2006
The United Nations is considering a monitoring mission or peacekeeping force in Chad where the spillover from violence in Sudan’s Darfur region has resulted in more than 200 000 refugees. Jean-Marie Guehenno, the head of UN peacekeeping, told the UN Security Council on Friday he was sending a mission to Chad and the Central African Republic.
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/ 28 October 2006
He repeatedly boasted at a Tennessee campaign stop this week that he was pro-life, pro-gun, and against gay marriage. He attacked the Democratic party for being weak on defence and family values and he even had a go at United States President George Bush for being soft on immigration.
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/ 28 October 2006
Whoever wins the Democratic Republic of Congo’s presidential run-off on Sunday will take charge one of the most mineral-rich countries in Africa but also inherit a volatile cocktail of insecurity and social collapse. The victor faces the daunting challenge of restoring basic social services and reining in thousands of gunmen still outside the government’s control.
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/ 28 October 2006
The South African government on Friday announced a dramatic reversal of its approach to the country’s HIV/Aids crisis, promising increased availability of drugs and endorsing the efforts of civic groups battling the disease. ”We must take our fight against Aids to a much higher level,” Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka told a conference of Aids activists.
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/ 28 October 2006
IPod owners boast that they can take their music collection with them everywhere they go, but some forget what’s lurking in the attic — their records. Albums are easy to neglect. They are not digital like music files and compact discs, and they’re about as portable as a box of rocks.