Stella Dhlomo
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/ 29 December 2004

‘Paradise turned into hell’

Tsunami survivors sobbed and broke down when they met their families at Johannesburg International airport on Wednesday after arriving on a mercy flight from Phuket, Thailand — and praised two young South Africans who coordinated the rescue effort. Meanwhile, the number of people killed in Sunday’s earthquake and tsunamis neared 81 000.

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/ 18 December 2004

SA men held on terror rap return home

Two South African men detained in Pakistan on suspicion of belonging to a terrorist organisation were deported to South Africa on Wednesday, the office of the South African national police commissioner said on Friday. Feroz Ganchi and Zubair Ismail were questioned by the South African Police Service upon their arrival in South Africa.