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/ 26 September 2005
Want to fight the undead this weekend? It’s time to start practising to maim, slice and kill vampires and other horrendous-looking beasts. Carnage has never been this much fun as South African gamers make sure their rocket launchers and chain guns are locked and loaded for the rAge 2005 expo in Johannesburg.
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/ 22 September 2005
Nova is a new daily newspaper in Gauteng. Minette Ferreira became Nova editor after working as the Daily Sun‘s chief sub-editor.
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/ 21 September 2005
On October 20, Gauteng motorists will have to ask themselves: Do I leave my car behind for one day? Car-Free Day, an initiative from the Gauteng department of transport, challenges motorists to take responsibility for their driving habits. ”We encourage people to … travel with public transport,” a departmental spokesperson said.
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/ 8 September 2005
Muslims in the Middle East and Malaysia can now rely on their cellphones at prayer time. The Ilkone i800 includes the complete Qur’an, points the way to Mecca and has a prayer alarm and Ramadan calendar. The smart-looking phone has English and Arabic language options.
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/ 6 September 2005
The trade union Solidarity on Tuesday welcomed Telkom’s decision not to bring a R5-million claim against Gregg Stirton’s website <i>Hellkom.co.za</i>. The website claims that Telkom’s bandwidth charges are crippling the South African economy. "I am slightly relieved," Stirton said on Tuesday.
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/ 1 September 2005
Karin Eloff (32) is the new editor of <i>Loslyf</i>. She appeared seminaked on the cover of the September issue.
All future advertising from vitamin entrepeneur Matthias Rath’s foundation and its allied organisations have to be vetted by the Association for Communication and Advertising, according to an Advertising Standards Authority ruling. Rath has been lobbying against the use of anti-retroviral medicines, saying that the drugs are toxic.
The Gauteng department of public transport, roads and works announced on Monday that it will be increasing the pace of conversion of minibus taxi permits to operating licences. In the next few months, it plans to convert 40 000 permits to operating licences in the province.
Thousands of women used to be brutalised on a daily basis in the Women’s Jail in Johannesburg. Now, after two years of research, the jail — located in the city’s Constitution Hill precinct — has opened its doors with evocative exhibitions to honour women’s contribution to the struggle for freedom in South Africa.
The Independent Democrats this week accused the Democratic Alliance of exploiting the poor after a meeting in Cape Town where a property developer tried to convince residents to sell their houses to him at a low price. The DA ward councillor allegedly tried to persuade residents to sell their properties.