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/ 19 February 2007
A British woman working for Global Witness is being held by Angolan police in the province of Cabinda after being arrested at the weekend for spying, her lawyer said on Monday. Sarah Wykes was detained on Saturday in the oil-rich northern province while she was meeting members of civil society organisations.
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/ 19 February 2007
English soccer star David Beckham is struggling to find a suitable mansion in his future hometown of Los Angeles after he and his wife reportedly looked at more than 20 homes in the -million to -million range, the Los Angeles Times said on Sunday.
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/ 19 February 2007
British police arrested a man in the eastern English city of Cambridge on Monday in connection with a series of letter-bomb attacks in the past few months. Police made the arrest, which they described as ”very significant” between 3am and 4am local time. They said the man was in his 20s.
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/ 19 February 2007
A weighty call for a relaxation in corporate tax rates has been made by a number of experts around the country ahead of the upcoming budget on Wednesday. This, together with potential strategies to enhance savings and improve retirement planning, is expected to be a major theme of the 2007 budget.
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/ 19 February 2007
Bold corporate-tax cuts and a job-creation programme are among the main features of the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) alternative budget 2007/8, which was unveiled on Monday. Released each year ahead of the actual budget, the DA says its version is ”geared towards boosting economic growth, creating jobs and turning South Africa into a true, open society”.
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/ 19 February 2007
The growth of shopping malls in townships will offer residents lower prices but could hurt small retailers, according to a University of South Africa study released on Monday. The recent opening of a shopping mall in Soshanguve, north of Pretoria, resulted in 75% of businesses less than 1km, or 15 minutes walking time away, reporting a decline in profits.
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/ 19 February 2007
The burglary of the Durban home of KwaZulu-Natal provincial minister of safety and security Bheki Cele is ”proof that crime is out of control”, the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) said on Monday. Reacting to the news of the burglary, KwaZulu-Natal IFP leader Lionel Mtshali said: ”If the African National Congress’s [ANC] government needed proof that crime is out of control in South Africa, they got it.”
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/ 19 February 2007
New Zealand’s stunning back-to-back victories over Australia have upset the cricket world’s rankings and captain Stephen Fleming believes it has thrown open next month’s World Cup in the Caribbean. Australia have been toppled from the world top spot for the first time since global rankings began in 2002 after losing by five wickets in a record chase by New Zealand on Sunday.
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/ 19 February 2007
Robbie Keane and Dimitar Berbatov scored two goals each on Sunday to help Tottenham advance to the FA Cup quarterfinal with a 4-0 win over Fulham. Keane scored in the seventh and 68th minutes and Berbatov added goals in the 77th and 90th. Manchester City also advanced, beating League Championship team Preston 3-1.
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/ 19 February 2007
This year’s national budget is expected to introduce further initiatives that promote personal savings and discourage overspending after several years of conspicuous consumption by South African consumers. The national manager of financial planning at MortgageSA says the Treasury will almost certainly focus on putting brakes on consumer spending.