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/ 18 January 2008
There is gleeful laughter coming from Michigan in the wake of Mitt Romney’s victory in that state’s primary — some of it emanating from the Romney camp. The win was crucial for him — if he’d lost his third straight contest he’d have been offering his withdrawal speech. So he lives to fight another day. But the loudest chuckles are coming from Democrats.
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/ 18 January 2008
Government’s fiery bid to get rid of suspended prosecutions chief Vusi Pikoli is slowly losing steam, with indications that a shutdown of Frene Ginwala’s inquiry might be on the cards. President Thabo Mbeki suspended Pikoli four months ago pending an inquiry into his “fitness to hold office”.
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/ 18 January 2008
In last week’s court application to block his prosecution, Jackie Selebi swore he was never “involved in any bribery and/or corruption”. Why, then, did he lie to the Mail & Guardian about meeting Brett Kebble, who bankrolled bribes Glenn Agliotti allegedly paid him? Before the M&G‘s first exposé in May 2006, Selebi admitted in an interview that Agliotti was his “friend, finish and klaar”.
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/ 18 January 2008
It is no accident that a meeting held on Wednesday to commemorate the life of Yunus Mahomed was attended by scores of luminaries from the African National Congress and the United Democratic Front. Current and former Cabinet ministers paid tribute to their comrade, who died of a heart attack.
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/ 17 January 2008
Two South Africans made history on Thursday when they became the first team to walk unsupported and unassisted to the South Pole. ”They did make it. It’s just divine,” Nadia Harris, wife of one of the pioneers, said after 6pm. The expedition of Alex Harris and Sibusiso Vilane started in November last year.
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/ 17 January 2008
The South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) said on Thursday that it was outraged by the arrest of an Oudtshoorn journalist. The arrest took place on Tuesday. ”We are outraged at the arrest of the Kaapse Son‘s journalist, Hein Coetzee …,” said Sanef chairperson Raymond Louw.
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/ 17 January 2008
Floods in Southern Africa have killed about 45 people in a growing humanitarian crisis that has engulfed the region and brought renewed appeals for Western financial help. Heavy rains have caused rivers in Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi to burst, killing three people in Malawi since Friday and forcing hundreds of others to flee.
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/ 17 January 2008
Proving boomerangs really do come back, an Australian town was on Thursday celebrating the return of a boomerang stolen from an outback museum by an American tourist 25 years ago. The boomerang was posted home to the city of Mount Isa in the northern state of Queensland by a Vermont man who named himself in a letter only as Peter.
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/ 17 January 2008
Zimbabwe’s opposition urged South African President Thabo Mbeki on Thursday to try to persuade his counterpart, Robert Mugabe, to delay elections due in March, opposition and government sources said. Mbeki held three hours of talks with Mugabe at State House in Harare before then meeting with officials from the main opposition.