Louise Flanagan
Guest Author
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/ 10 January 2007

What you didn’t see on television …

Tuberculosis, malnutrition and African wars were among the top ten most underreported humanitarian stories of 2006, the international aid organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said on Tuesday. ”We know that media coverage does not generate improvements on its own,” said United States MSF executive director Nicolas de Torrente.

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/ 5 January 2007

Netshisaulu murder was planned, says cop

The murder of Avhatakali Netshisaulu, son of City Press editor Mathatha Tsedu, was planned, the investigating officer told the Krugersdorp Magistrate’s Court on Friday in opposing bail for Netshisaulu’s widow. ”It was a planned murder,” said Inspector Mokebe Madibo. Netshisaulu’s body was found in his burnt-out car north of Johannesburg on December 7.

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/ 19 December 2006

Pharmacists go to court over medicine pricing

Pharmacists filed an urgent application in the Pretoria High Court on Monday challenging the new medicine-price regulations, said three pharmacist organisations. The pharmacists are challenging both the recommendation on medicine-dispensing fees made by the medicine-pricing committee to the minister of health and the regulations in terms of which it was made.

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/ 27 October 2006

Hello, OR Tambo International airport

Renaming South Africa’s main airport after a liberator like late African National Congress president OR Tambo keeps the country’s memories alive, said President Thabo Mbeki on Friday. ”This renaming ceremony is about our memory of ourselves,” said Mbeki. ”If we do not know who we have been, we will not know who we will be.”

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/ 26 October 2006

Jo’burg airport just one of hundreds of name changes

OR Tambo International airport is one of hundreds of South African place names that have been officially changed since 2000. The airport’s new name and a bust of Tambo are due to be unveiled on Friday by President Thabo Mbeki. The South African Geographical Names Council lists 833 new names approved since 2000, including at least 145 names that were completely changed.