Matebello Motloung
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/ 13 July 2005

Sixty injured in Soweto train crash

Sixty people were injured, 10 critically, on Wednesday night when two Metrorail trains collided at Merafe station in Naledi, Soweto, following a power failure in the area. ”What happened was that a train crashed into a stationary one due to the power failure,” said Metrorail marketing and communications manager Brenda Motau.

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/ 2 July 2005

All aboard! Green light for Gautrain

Construction of the high-speed train connecting Johannesburg, Pretoria and Johannesburg International airport will begin ”today”, Gauteng premier Mbhazima Shilowa said on Saturday. He also announced Bombela, a French-Canadian-South African consortium, as the preferred bidder for the Gautrain Rapid Rail Link Project (Gautrain).

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/ 15 May 2005

‘Mercs’ come home

All 61 South African alleged mercenaries were allowed into the country by immigration officials at the Beit Bridge border post on Sunday afternoon. The men were released from the Chikurubi maximum security prison outside Harare on Saturday night, where they spent a year after being convicted of violating Zimbabwe’s immigration, aviation, firearms and security laws.