Denise Williams
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/ 17 August 2007

Newspaper to return Manto’s records

The Sunday Times is to return all of Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang’s medical records with the exception of one copy, the Johannesburg High Court ordered on Friday. The newspaper must also refrain from reporting or commenting on any of the minister’s medical reports pending the outcome of the rest of the application.

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/ 4 July 2007

Gautrain digging remains on track

Construction of the R25-billion Gautrain project is on schedule, the Bombela Civils Joint Venture said on Wednesday. Project director Charles-Etienne Perrier said construction of the 10 stations that will link Pretoria and Johannesburg as well as Sandton and OR Tambo International Airport, is on schedule despite a ”few difficulties”. The airport-Sandton link will be completed by mid-2010.

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/ 7 February 2007

Metrobus denies reports of racist bus driver

Metrobus denies that eight high school children were kicked off a bus in Johannesburg by a racist driver, the company’s managing director said on Wednesday. According to a newspaper report, school children, aged between 14 and 17, said a black bus driver swore at them and kicked them off the bus because they were white.

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/ 2 January 2007

HIV tests for Oprah’s girls

Pupils from the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls will be sent for HIV/Aids testing with their parents’ consent, said Oprah Winfrey at the opening of the school at Henley-on-Klip, Meyerton, on Tuesday. The school for girls from disadvantaged backgrounds was officially opened by Winfrey at a star-studded event.