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/ 14 February 2008
Grade progression was poorly linked to actual ability and learning among black high-school pupils, research has found. Economic Research Southern Africa’s survey found evidence of ”significant racial differences” in secondary school grade progression.
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/ 14 February 2008
The Directorate of Special Operations (Scorpions) did not act improperly as suggested by the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL), Public Protector Lawrence Mushwana said on Thursday. The ANCYL lodged a complaint with his office stating that the Scorpions held an ”inappropriate” meeting.
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/ 14 February 2008
A retired teacher who now spends his time campaigning for improved literacy has revealed that he taught classes for 17 years even though he could not read or write. Despite his illiteracy, John Corcoran worked as a teacher and then as a property developer until the age of 48, when he decided to seek help.
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/ 14 February 2008
Ugandan marine police have found 30 bodies in Lake Victoria in eastern Uganda after two boats collided earlier this week, police said on Thursday. ”We have called off the operations after recovering 30 bodies from the lake,” said Christopher Kubayi, regional police commander in eastern Uganda.
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/ 14 February 2008
The African National Congress (ANC) is subscribing to the ”big-lie” theory, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Thursday. ”The ANC subscribes to the theory that if the ”big lie” is repeated often enough, then people will believe it, and reality can be shaped by the ruling party,” the DA’s Gauteng provincial safety spokesperson, James Swart, said.
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/ 14 February 2008
The United Nations climate chief on Thursday called for rich and developing nations to reach a compromise as they held talks in Japan in their bid to forge a new deal on fighting global warming by the end of next year. Officials from the United Nations and 21 countries opened two days of closed-door talks in Tokyo to help find common ground.
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/ 14 February 2008
Malaria continues to cut a swathe through Africa, which accounts for most cases of the disease and of malaria-related deaths. A study by Burkina Faso’s Health Sciences Research Institute may point the way to reducing malaria’s toll on children, however.
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A dispute over the number of black players in their squad could hamper South Africa’s performance on the tour of Bangladesh, captain Graeme Smith said on Thursday. ”It hasn’t been great what’s happened back at home,” Smith told reporters on his arrival at Dhaka airport.
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Impala Platinum Holdings (Implats) posted weaker half-year headline earnings per share on Thursday, and forecast ”very tight market conditions” for platinum due to a power crisis in South Africa that has helped push the metal’s price to an all-time record.
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/ 14 February 2008
Kumba Iron Ore, Africa’s biggest iron-ore producer, saw full-year headline earnings per share (EPS) leap by 43% as prices and demand soared, the company said on Thursday. Kumba said tight global supplies should support prices in the coming year, but said costs resulting from an energy shortage in South Africa could weigh.