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Thousands of people in Pretoria turned up in rainy weather on Friday for a parade to celebrate the Springboks’ victory in the Rugby World Cup a week ago. They were due in Johannesburg later in the day — and in Soweto on Saturday, after a public outcry over the initial cancellation of that leg of the victory tour.
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/ 26 October 2007
Kenya will hold presidential and legislative elections on December 27, the electoral commission announced on Friday, days after President Mwai Kibaki dissolved the Parliament. Commission chief Samuel Kivuitu said 14 248 838 Kenyans have so far registered to vote in the one-day exercise, the fourth since Kenya reverted to pluralism in 1992.
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/ 26 October 2007
The killing of South African reggae star Lucky Dube in a botched hijacking in Johannesburg last week has taken outrage over crime in the country to new levels. Now prisoners serving time for violent crime have added their voices to the slew of politicians, artists and fans who have condemned his death.
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/ 26 October 2007
A European Union scheme to attract health workers will hurt developing countries, Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang said on Friday. ”Many developing countries are already struggling with the migration of health workers. We cannot afford schemes that seek to cream the very limited health skills we still have in developing countries,” she said.
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/ 26 October 2007
Gunmen attacked a support vessel to an Italian-operated oil-production facility off the coast of Nigeria on Friday, industry and security sources said. The attackers overpowered the vessel shortly before dawn and used it to attempt to board the Mystras production facility, operated by Saipem and SBM Offshore, forcing the facility to halt production.
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/ 26 October 2007
Grumpy Australian coal miners are getting lessons on "exploring their wives" to revive their sex lives and boost production at work. Men working at the Bulga mine near Sydney attend classes on issues such as menopause and foreplay because, a manager told the <i>Sydney Morning Herald</i>, a miner not having sex at home "can get mighty grumpy at work".
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/ 26 October 2007
South African rugby chiefs said on Friday that the Springboks would tour Soweto on their nationwide World Cup victory parade after an outcry over a decision to bypass the country’s biggest township. ”Tomorrow morning [Saturday] our team, the coach, the manager, the captain, early in the morning, are going to Soweto,” said SA Rugby president Oregan Hoskins.
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/ 26 October 2007
Nine French citizens have been arrested in Chad after being accused of attempting to take 103 orphaned children from Darfur out of the country to be adopted by French families, French media reported on Friday. The nine suspects were taken into custody at the airport of Abeche, in eastern Chad, as they were preparing to leave the country with the children.
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/ 26 October 2007
A 16-year-old girl was murdered by her family for staying overnight with her boyfriend, Mpumalanga police said on Thursday. Spokesperson Abi Khoabane said the girl from Mayflower in Ermelo spent the night with her boyfriend and when she returned home she was attacked by her brother, mother and father.
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/ 26 October 2007
A judge on Thursday blocked a British decision to deport a South African former police officer who claims he would face violence from gang members if he returned to his homeland. Former sergeant David Andreason, who stopped working as a police officer in 2001 due to stress, fled Durban for Britain after an attempt on his life in 2005.