Dan Strumpf
Guest Author
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/ 9 June 2006

Khalid Rashid: Govt’s cover is blown

The façade of legality thrown up around the deportation of Pakistani national Khalid Rashid is crumbling as embarrassing new evidence about his fate trickles out of the Pretoria High Court. Despite repeated assurances by Minister of Home Affairs Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, it is now abundantly clear that this was no ordinary deportation.

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/ 2 June 2006

Khalid papers falsified — claim

The advocate for Pakistani national Khalid Mahmood Rashid, Zehir Omar, has accused the Department of Home Affairs of fabricating a document from the Pakistani Ministry of the Interior to show that Rashid was deported to Pakistan. South African authorities arrested Rashid in October, and the Department of Home Affairs said he was deported to Pakistan the following month as an illegal immigrant.

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/ 19 May 2006

Police called on to the tracks

Metrorail has called on the South African Police Service to intensify police security on its trains, in response to continuing security strike-linked violence.
As many as 18 people have been killed on Metrorail trains since the strike began, said Metrorail spokesperson Thandi Mlangeni.

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/ 5 May 2006

Biofuels: A user’s guide

Biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel have been touted as the future of energy. Cleaner, home-grown and potentially cheaper than petroleum, countries such as Brazil and Britain have already made biofuels a major part of their energy consumption with many others expected to follow.

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/ 2 May 2006

IDC eyes ethanol at $40 a barrel

The Industrial Development Corporation is backing an ambitious project that will cost between R7,5-billion and R11-billion to produce 1,1-billion litres of ethanol a year. The project will fund between seven and 10 ethanol plants over the next decade, with the hope that the low-cost, greener fuel will help off-set rising oil prices and reduce emissions.

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/ 21 April 2006

Setback in SA whites’ US asylum bid

A white South African family’s nine-year bid for political asylum in the United States, on bizarre grounds of racial persecution, was dealt a further setback this week by the United States Supreme Court. David and Michelle Thomas and their two sons fled Durban and settled in southern California in 1997.

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/ 8 April 2006

Testimony pushes back Aids battle

When former deputy president Jacob Zuma took the stand to defend himself against rape charges this week, he gave an explanation that one doctor and activist said took "20 steps back" in the campaign to increase awareness of the risks of HIV/Aids. Zuma told the court on Tuesday that he was HIV-negative.