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/ 13 February 2008
Polokwane has come but, apparently, not gone, which might not be such a bad thing. And muted reverberations predict more drastic consequences. In the build-up to the conference, predictions and expectations were the order of the day, writes Nkosinathi Chonco.
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/ 13 February 2008
"My first year was accompanied by excitement — finally I reached what I had wanted. But I was aware that I was in an environment riddled with turbulence and had to address issues without causing too much resistance. As a new person I knew I would be faced with decision-making traps. It was a humbling experience," Professor Irene Moutlana tells Cornia Pretorius.
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/ 13 February 2008
The Learning Channel’s new Top Class programme, which is screened from this month, placed 10 CEOs from top businesses into 10 underachieving schools identified by the national department of education as having the potential to do better.
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/ 12 February 2008
In the second instalment of his interview with Kgalema Motlanthe, Ebrahim Harvey speaks to the ANC deputy president about healing division in the party, unity among the alliance partners and the Polokwane ‘revolution’.
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/ 12 February 2008
British drivers increasingly cut up funeral processions and make obscene gestures at hearses, funeral directors said on Tuesday. The National Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors said its members reported poor behaviour from drivers unsympathetic to the deceased’s final journey.
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/ 12 February 2008
A strong earthquake of magnitude 6,4 shook south-western Mexico on Tuesday, the latest in a series of temblors in recent days, but there were no reports of casualties or serious damage. The quake briefly cut off power in the Chiapas state capital, Tuxtla Gutierrez, but officials said checks of dozens of small towns across the state found no damage.
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/ 12 February 2008
After a five year contract that kept her in Las Vegas, pop diva Celine Dion is keeping a promise she made to former South African president Nelson Mandela by kicking off her world tour in South Africa, she said at a press conference in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
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/ 12 February 2008
The North West department of health on Tuesday rejected suggestions that young people were trained to become sex workers. ”The three complainants from Schweizer Reneke were invited to attend a workshop in Mmabatho to teach the youth about HIV, drug abuse and crime,” said a spokesperson.
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/ 12 February 2008
Rape and sexual violence against children and women are spreading in conflict zones in Africa like an epidemic, the United Nations children’s agency Unicef said on Tuesday. Rape was particularly prevalent in countries suffering both conflicts and natural disasters.