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/ 30 June 2006

DA: Police used as ‘cannon fodder’

The police ordered into the Jeppestown incident to face 20 armed murderers were used as cannon fodder, the official opposition Democratic Alliance said on Friday. This follows a South African Cabinet statement sending condolences to the families of police personnel killed at Jeppestown. Four members of the South African Police Service lost their lives.

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/ 28 June 2006

DA jumps on SABC probe bandwagon

The South African Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC) inquiry into alleged blacklisting of commentators should be broadened to include bias against the official opposition, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Wednesday. The DA’s Donald Lee said: ”The SABC’s coverage of the DA’s 2006 local election campaign was indicative of the public broadcaster’s aim to cut out the opposition.

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/ 27 June 2006

‘How many more babies have to die?’

South Africa’s Department of Health was "not considering" paying compensation to the families of four deceased children who died at the Cecilia Makiwane hospital in East London recently, as it was "not a deliberate action or a result of negligence", said Minister of Health Manto Tshabalala-Msimang this week.

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/ 23 June 2006

Train security increased following strike

Security has been beefed up on South African trains to deal with possible incidents of violence following the ending of the nationwide security workers’ strike, Minister of Labour Membathisi Mdladlana said on Friday. Speaking to the media in Cape Town, the minister said that government is concerned that many security workers "are armed".

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/ 22 June 2006

Mboweni: SA economy not ‘overheating’

South African Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni on Thursday emphasised that his concerns about conspicuous consumption did not suggest he meant that the economy was overheating. He said his comments that people find themselves financially overcommitted did not mean "that we are saying that the economy is overheating".