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Four men were arrested on Wednesday after a shoot-out between robbers and security guards in central Johannesburg the day before left a baby dead and seven other people wounded, police said. Six other men were still at large after Tuesday’s cash-in-transit heist, and police have vowed to arrest them soon, said Senior Superintendent Mary Martins-Engelbrecht.
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/ 11 October 2006
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) is still investigating whether there are grounds to impeach Cape Judge President John Hlophe, it announced on Wednesday. This quashed speculation that a decision might be made known on Wednesday. In a statement the JSC said it had considered a complaint against Hlophe by African Christian Democratic Party MP Steve Swart.
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/ 11 October 2006
A passenger train from Luxembourg collided with a goods train in north-eastern France on Wednesday, killing about 12 people, state SNCF railways said. ”About 10 passengers have died as well as the two drivers of the trains,” SNCF said in a statement. Several other passengers were believed to be injured. Rail officials said the trains were travelling in opposite directions on the same stretch of track.
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/ 11 October 2006
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has voiced its concern about the current spate of personal attacks within the African National Congress, South African Communist Party and Congress of South African Trade Unions alliance. ”NUM is worried about the potential of reducing broad and genuine matters of policy debate to personal mudslinging,” general secretary Frans Baleni said.
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/ 11 October 2006
Czech President Vaclav Klaus accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek’s minority government on Wednesday, opening the way for talks on selecting a new Cabinet and possible early elections. Klaus will meet with leaders from all five political parties in the lower house on Thursday.
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/ 11 October 2006
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) will not comment on claims that its head of news, Snuki Zikalala, has been found to have blacklisted certain commentators and analysts. Business Day columnist Anton Harber wrote on Wednesday that an inquiry had found Zikalala had broken the broadcaster’s code of conduct.
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Captain Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis led from the front as South Africa warmed up for the Champions Trophy with a dazzling batting display on Wednesday. Left-handed Smith smashed 90 off 54 balls and Kallis hammered 78 as the Proteas piled up 303-8 from 50 overs after being sent in to bat by the Saurashtra Ranji Trophy team in a practice match.
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/ 11 October 2006
Mpumalanga police fear an increase in farm killings in the province, a police spokesperson said on Wednesday. Last week, three separate farm attacks were reported near Malelane, Lydenburg and Barberton in which a farm worker was shot, a family was robbed and another woman seriously wounded with her own gun after she surprised robbers.
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/ 11 October 2006
South Africa’s manufacturing output rose by an unadjusted 4,2% in volume terms in the year to August, a slower rate than the 5,9% rise in the previous month, data showed on Wednesday. Compared with July, manufacturing production in volume terms fell by a seasonally adjusted 0,7%, Statistics South Africa said.
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/ 11 October 2006
South African diplomats in London will not be subjected to lie-detector tests to find out who leaked information about the recall of a senior official, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday. ” … We do not believe that any of our diplomatic staff in London would have leaked the information since it was already in the public domain,” said spokesperson Ronnie Mamoepa.