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/ 16 December 2005
”I am relieved, so relieved,” said an exhausted looking Trevor Ncube, the owner and publisher of the Mail & Guardian newspaper, after he landed in Johannesburg on Friday morning, exactly a week after his passport was confiscated by Zimbabwean authorities.
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/ 15 December 2005
About 200 people who flew to Johannesburg International airport from Lagos, Nigeria, entered South Africa on Thursday morning without having their passports checked. A Department of Home Affairs spokesperson said there were ”very few immigration officers around at that time to assist the passengers”.
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/ 15 December 2005
Local and international scientists have been invited to another round table with Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism Marthinus van Schalkwyk to discuss the proposed culling of elephants in the Kruger National Park. A report from the South African National Parks board in July this year proposed the culling of the elephants.
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/ 14 December 2005
Millions of children die every year, despite efforts to provide them with the necessary services that could save their lives. They are the world’s ”invisible” children, who are highlighted in a new United Nations Children’s Fund report, The State of the World’s Children 2006: Excluded and Invisible, released on Wednesday.
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/ 14 December 2005
South African-born actress Charlize Theron was nominated for best actress for North Country, and director Gavin Hood’s Tsotsi — based on the Athol Fugard novel — was nominated for best foreign film on Tuesday when the list of nominations for the Golden Globes was announced.
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/ 14 December 2005
Manana Moroka took up the position of Proudly South African CEO in November this year. The M&G Online asks her why Proudly SA has lost members.
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/ 13 December 2005
A call for members of the public not to panic over fuel shortages was made by Minister of Minerals and Energy Lindiwe Hendricks in the National Assembly on Tuesday morning. In Gauteng, the problem has been exacerbated by panic buying among motorists who do not even need to fill up with fuel, she said.
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/ 2 December 2005
Seven major conservation and wildlife NGOs in South Africa say culling elephants in the Kruger National Park must be considered. A report from the South African National Parks board in July this year proposed culling between 5 000 and 7 000 elephants, but several wildlife groups have opposed the proposal.
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/ 2 December 2005
Arthur Goldstuck’s new book, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Going Wireless, delves into wireless communication in South Africa.
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/ 2 December 2005
One of South Africa’s most successful opera singers, Deon van der Walt, was found dead on Thursday at his family’s wine estate in northern Paarl after being shot twice in the chest. During his career as tenor, Van der Walt performed in many prestigious opera houses and won several prizes.