Boyd Webb
Guest Author
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/ 21 November 2005

Jesus did not have his chips at Nando’s

In an attempt to smooth ruffled feathers, South Africa’s churches came out in support of fast-food company Nando’s on Monday after it denied any involvement in an allegedly distasteful advertisement depicting Christ’s Last Supper. Nando’s was recently the target of an SMS and e-mail campaign opposing the advertisement.

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/ 3 October 2005

DA loses floor-crossing appeal

Cape Town High Court Judge Burton Fourie dismissed the Democratic Alliance’s floor-crossing appeal with costs on Monday. This means the DA has lost its fight to have the National Assembly seats of Dan Maluleke, Richard Ntuli, Enyinna Nkem-Abonta, Bheki Mnyandu and Craig Morkel retained by the party.

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/ 5 August 2005

Bantu Holomisa’s night of long knives

United Democratic Movement leader Bantu Holomisa has suspended eight of his top elected officials with immediate effect following fears that they were intending to cross the floor next month. Holomisa would not supply details, claiming it is an internal matter, but denied they were asked to leave, as was previously stated.

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/ 12 July 2005

US first lady praises Mbeki, SA’s women

Lauding President Thabo Mbeki’s drive for gender equality and South Africa’s women for their fight against HIV/Aids, United States First Lady Laura Bush said Africa’s progress is best measured in hope. Bush was speaking at a gathering at the Centre for the Book in Cape Town on Tuesday.

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/ 11 July 2005

Power to the principals, says education minister

Minister of Education Naledi Pandor wishes to introduce legislation early next year giving school principals more power and authority, she said on Monday. School governing bodies have become ”very powerful” and principals do not play a big enough role, she told the seventh International Conference of School Principals in Cape Town.

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/ 8 July 2005

London sucked into terror maelstrom

At least 33 people have been killed in a series of explosions that ripped through London’s transport system on Thurday morning, and more fatalities are expected to be announced as the situation develops. Russell Smith of the London ambulance service confirmed the deaths in a coordinated series of attacks on tube trains and a bus that left many more people wounded and plunged the capital.