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Khalid Rashid: Govt’s cover is blown
The façade of legality thrown up around the deportation of Pakistani national Khalid Rashid is crumbling as embarrassing new evidence about his fate trickles out of the Pretoria…
Khalid papers falsified — claim
The advocate for Pakistani national Khalid Mahmood Rashid, Zehir Omar, has accused the Department of Home Affairs of fabricating a document from the Pakistani Ministry of the…
Legal search for ‘deported’ Pakistani
The advocate for Pakistani national Khalid Mahmood Rashid said this week he plans to subpoena all those involved in Rashid’s alleged deportation after a court-imposed deadline…
Police called on to the tracks
Metrorail has called on the South African Police Service to intensify police security on its trains, in response to continuing security strike-linked violence. As many as 18…
Biofuels: A user’s guide
Biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel have been touted as the future of energy. Cleaner, home-grown and potentially cheaper than petroleum, countries such as Brazil and Britain…
IDC eyes ethanol at $40 a barrel
The Industrial Development Corporation is backing an ambitious project that will cost between R7,5-billion and R11-billion to produce 1,1-billion litres of ethanol a year. The…
Setback in SA whites’ US asylum bid
A white South African family’s nine-year bid for political asylum in the United States, on bizarre grounds of racial persecution, was dealt a further setback this week by the…
Testimony pushes back Aids battle
When former deputy president Jacob Zuma took the stand to defend himself against rape charges this week, he gave an explanation that one doctor and activist said took "20 steps…