Police confirmed a total of five people were dead and 11 injured after renewed clashes between South Africans and foreigners on Wednesday at the Olievenhoutbosch informal settlement, south of Pretoria. Three deaths occurred on Wednesday and two people died on Monday, bringing the total to five.
Two people died on Monday at the Olievenhoutbosch informal settlement south of Pretoria following clashes between South Africans and foreigners, police said on Wednesday. The exact cause of the deaths was not known, but the two appeared to have died from blows received during the clashes between the groups.
Five people were killed and eleven injured after clashes between South Africans and foreigners on Wednesday at the Olievenhoutbosch informal settlement south of Pretoria. One person was found dead at the scene and the other four died on the way to hospital.
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/ 21 November 2005
Gender equality is ”taking root” in African leadership, Pan African Parliament (PAP) president Gertrude Mongella said in Midrand on Monday. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf’s election as President of Liberia shows ”the equality of women and men in organs of power is taking root on this continent”, Mongella said on the first day of the PAP’s fourth ordinary session.
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/ 14 November 2005
Increased interaction of warders with prisoners is important in pre-empting gang attacks and other gang-related activity in prisons, a study released on Monday reveals. The Department of Correctional Services is looking at issues such as staffing levels and the provision of equipment at a representative 36 prisons around the country.
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/ 10 November 2005
Tshwane municipality and the Department of Public Works signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday on a joint initiative to redevelop the city centre. The Re Kgabisa Tshwane project will cost the municipality R2-billion, while the national government will contribute R9-billion over 25 years.
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/ 9 November 2005
Road runner Gladys Lukhwareni did not know a substance she had injected herself with to recover from an injury was a banned steroid, she said on Wednesday. Weeks after Lukhwareni tested positive, a further three Harmony Athletic Club athletes tested positive for the same substance.
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/ 29 October 2005
The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) has been a strong force for change in the ANC since its formation, party deputy president Jacob Zuma said at the league’s 61st anniversary celebrations on Saturday. ”The ANCYL has intervened in the ANC at crucial moments in our history,” Zuma said.
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/ 19 October 2005
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams said in Pretoria on Tuesday that many of the difficulties in Africa were caused by colonialism, as were those of Ireland. ”The difficulties faced by this country, as well as the African continent, were caused by colonialism and Ireland’s problems were caused by colonialism,” Adams said after meeting South African Minister of Foreign Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.
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/ 12 October 2005
Judgement is to be passed on Thursday on William Nkuna, accused of having murdered missing Constable Frances Rasuge. Judge Ronald Hendricks heard closing arguments on Tuesday from prosecutor Johann Smit and defence attorney Post Moloto in the Mmabatho Circuit Court sitting in Ga-Rankuwa.