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/ 18 January 2006
The fight against cancer is the most important thing in Lance Armstrong’s life. The legendary seven times winner of the Tour de France said in Johannesburg on Wednesday that if he had to choose between his personal battle with cancer, and winning the Tour de France, he would choose cancer.
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/ 17 January 2006
The Presidency is to issue clarification on Tuesday on Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka’s controversial trip to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over Christmas, media reports said. Presidency spokesperson Murphy Morobe promised late on Monday afternoon everything would be clearer on Tuesday.
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/ 12 January 2006
The case of who killed the single most important human ancestor has finally been laid to rest after more than 80 years of debate and scientific investigation. The announcement that the Taung child was killed by an eagle was made on Thursday at an international conference held at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.
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/ 11 January 2006
Metal pioneers Metallica will be in South Africa in March to perform in one of the biggest international music festivals the country has so far seen. They are the sixth international act to confirm their attendance of the festival, with youth icon Karen Zoid and Fokofpolisiekar already added to the local line-up, organisers said on Wednesday.
President Thabo Mbeki and other members of the African National Congress leadership — including Jacob Zuma — were gathering in Cape Town on Sunday for the launch of the party’s local government election campaign. The launch coincides with the 94th anniversary of the ANC’s founding on January 8 1912.
Primary-school pupils will more intensely study road safety this year as part of the school curriculum, education ministry spokesperson Tommy Makhode said on Thursday. Road-safety awareness has always been taught in grade one, said Makhode, but now road-safety lessons will be more comprehensive.
Since the beginning of the festive season, 58 people have been treated for malaria in Limpopo, and 23 are in a critical condition at the Donald Fraser hospital in Thohoyandou said Health Department spokesperson Phuti Seloba. ”We urge people to go to the nearest clinic as soon as they start experiencing symptoms of malaria, such as headaches and fever,” he said.
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/ 14 December 2005
Zimbabwean immigration authorities on Wednesday handed back a passport seized from <i>Mail & Guardian</i> owner and publisher Trevor Ncube six days ago under a new measure to punish government critics. "It appears I am winning. My passport is now in the hands of my lawyers," Ncube said.
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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
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The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has distanced itself from a Mail & Guardian report that Jacob Zuma confessed to senior trade union and communist leaders that he had sex with the woman he is reportedly alleged to have raped.