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/ 26 January 2007
British Airways (BA) has cancelled flights to South Africa pending a strike by cabin crew, it said on Friday. British Airways South Africa general manager Lin Glass said no flights from London to South Africa would be available on January 30 and 31. Flights from South Africa to London on February 2 and 3 would also be affected.
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/ 18 January 2007
Power cuts rippled across South Africa on Thursday, blacking out parts of major cities and spurring warnings from state utility Eskom that unexpected shortages could extend into next week. The cuts, which Eskom attributed to power-station maintenance and the shutdown of one unit at Koeberg, caused power failures stretching from Cape Town to Johannesburg.
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/ 16 January 2007
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s government threatened a fresh round of slum clearances, state media said on Tuesday, after new shanty towns sprang up despite a widely condemned 2005 demolition campaign. The government’s 2005 campaign, dubbed Operation Murambatsvina (Restore Order), was sharply criticised by human rights groups.
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/ 15 January 2007
Most opposition parties on Monday strongly condemned disgraced former African National Congress (ANC) chief whip Tony Yengeni’s release on parole from Malmesbury prison after serving only four months of a four-year sentence. The ANC urged, however, that Yengeni be allowed to resume his normal life.
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/ 12 January 2007
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) reacted harshly on Friday to a charge of genocide laid against its head, Zackie Achmat, at the International Criminal Court earlier this week. In the 59-page criminal complaint, Achmat is accused of promoting the provision and use of antiretroviral drugs to treat HIV.
Four tourists were trapped for about two hours in darkness inside the Cango Caves near Oudtshoorn in the Western Cape, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) reported on Sunday. The four were separated from their group, but when the cave lights went out, they were unable to find their way out.
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/ 25 December 2006
James Brown, the legendary singer known as the ”Godfather of Soul”, has died in Atlanta, his agent said early on Monday. He was 73. Brown was seen as a crucial figure in the evolution of gospel and R&B into soul and funk. His music also spanned genres such as rock, jazz, reggae and hip-hop.
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/ 17 December 2006
The Young Communist League (YCL) has expelled its national general secretary, Mazibuko Jara, for bringing the party into disrepute, news reports said on Saturday. The Mail & Guardian reported late last year that the YCL was considering suspending Jara for questioning the league’s support for Jacob Zuma in a paper he wrote.
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/ 14 December 2006
The African National Congress (ANC) has expelled its parliamentary chief whip, Mbulelo Goniwe, for sexual harassment, it announced on Thursday. This means he will no longer be an MP, nor will he serve as chief whip, said Kader Asmal, who chaired the ANC national disciplinary committee probe into the allegation against Goniwe.
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/ 13 December 2006
The murder of mining magnate Brett Kebble was an assisted suicide, according to an affidavit submitted to the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday in support of Kebble murder accused Glenn Agliotti’s bail application. Agliotti was granted bail of R500 000 and the matter was postponed to January 25.