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The secretariat of the tripartite alliance has appealed to the African National Congress and the South African Communist Party to put aside their differences after a public spat, it said on Wednesday. ”We call upon all those involved to stop, as a continuation of this will hamper the capacity of the alliance to provide effective leadership to society and our members,” the parties said in a statement.
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/ 11 October 2006
Work on diverting hundreds of utility services is about to start at four Gautrain stations, the Bombela consortium said on Wednesday. Bombela’s Chris Andrew said about 800 utility connections, including telephone lines, water and electricity connections, had to be moved at the four stations.
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/ 11 October 2006
The Gautrain is expected to be ready for the 2010 Soccer World Cup but there are no guarantees, the project leader said on Wednesday. ”The section for the people landing here for the soccer will be ready,” Gautrain Project Leader Jack van der Merwe told the portfolio committee on transport at a briefing in Johannesburg, but would not guarantee this.
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/ 11 October 2006
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) is still investigating whether there are grounds to impeach Cape Judge President John Hlophe, it announced on Wednesday. This quashed speculation that a decision might be made known on Wednesday. In a statement the JSC said it had considered a complaint against Hlophe by African Christian Democratic Party MP Steve Swart.
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/ 11 October 2006
Four men were arrested on Wednesday after a shoot-out between robbers and security guards in central Johannesburg the day before left a baby dead and seven other people wounded, police said. Six other men were still at large after Tuesday’s cash-in-transit heist, and police have vowed to arrest them soon, said Senior Superintendent Mary Martins-Engelbrecht.
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/ 11 October 2006
Japan announced on Wednesday it would impose new sanctions on North Korea over this week’s reported underground nuclear blast, while the reclusive communist state held out the threat of more tests. North Korea’s KCNA news agency said pressure from Washington to rein in its nuclear programme would be tantamount to a declaration of war.
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/ 11 October 2006
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) will not comment on claims that its head of news, Snuki Zikalala, has been found to have blacklisted certain commentators and analysts. Business Day columnist Anton Harber wrote on Wednesday that an inquiry had found Zikalala had broken the broadcaster’s code of conduct.
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/ 11 October 2006
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has voiced its concern about the current spate of personal attacks within the African National Congress, South African Communist Party and Congress of South African Trade Unions alliance. ”NUM is worried about the potential of reducing broad and genuine matters of policy debate to personal mudslinging,” general secretary Frans Baleni said.
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/ 11 October 2006
Czech President Vaclav Klaus accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek’s minority government on Wednesday, opening the way for talks on selecting a new Cabinet and possible early elections. Klaus will meet with leaders from all five political parties in the lower house on Thursday.
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/ 11 October 2006
Captain Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis led from the front as South Africa warmed up for the Champions Trophy with a dazzling batting display on Wednesday. Left-handed Smith smashed 90 off 54 balls and Kallis hammered 78 as the Proteas piled up 303-8 from 50 overs after being sent in to bat by the Saurashtra Ranji Trophy team in a practice match.