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/ 18 January 2008
Bread producers are allegedly continuing to collude on price-setting even though an investigation is ongoing and there is a political row heating up on the most recent cost hikes. The <i>Mail & Guardian</i> understands that Foodcorp contacted Tiger Brands less than a month ago to find out when it would be raising its bread prices.
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/ 18 January 2008
Abused girls in Zimbabwe have a new heroine. She might not wear a cape or have a signature martial arts move, but this woman has saved numerous girls from terrible circumstances and created a better life for them. Children’s rights activist Betty Makoni, the founding director of the Girl Child Network Trust, is Zimbabwe’s own Superwoman.
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/ 18 January 2008
Call it fatalism, resignation or sheer naivety, but Osman Adam (46) says he doesn’t waste much time pondering over what he will do when armed thugs break down his door. A highly probable eventuality, considering that just two weeks ago the previous owner of the store he now manages in Kroondal, died in a pool of blood in the doorway in which he now stands.
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/ 18 January 2008
Terror, anger and squalor best describe Skielik, an informal settlement of fewer than 50 shack dwellings on the outskirts of Swartruggens in the North West. Skielek which lies between the main road and railway line to Swartruggens, was the scene of a brutal gun attack recently.
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/ 18 January 2008
Violence rocked Kenya for the third week running as the police cracked down on opposition protesters during a three-day countrywide civil disobedience campaign to press for the reversal of the controversial re-election of President Mwai Kibaki. While Nairobi remained mostly calm, chaos besieged opposition strongholds in western Kenya and along the coast.
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/ 18 January 2008
Controversial former Cape Town mayor Nomaindia Mfeketo, who ruled the city between 2002 and 2006 and left the post after unauthorised spending of R275,6-million and irregular spending of R54,09-million, could be in the running to rule the Mother City again.
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/ 18 January 2008
With the imminent launch of three new subscription broadcasting services and e.tv’s 24-hour news channel, the poaching war for experienced broadcasting professionals has well and truly begun. Rumours abound about who will be the next to jump ship to join rival broadcasters, but one of the latest to take the plunge is former e.tv news reporter Macintosh Nzimande.
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/ 18 January 2008
There is gleeful laughter coming from Michigan in the wake of Mitt Romney’s victory in that state’s primary — some of it emanating from the Romney camp. The win was crucial for him — if he’d lost his third straight contest he’d have been offering his withdrawal speech. So he lives to fight another day. But the loudest chuckles are coming from Democrats.
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/ 18 January 2008
Government’s fiery bid to get rid of suspended prosecutions chief Vusi Pikoli is slowly losing steam, with indications that a shutdown of Frene Ginwala’s inquiry might be on the cards. President Thabo Mbeki suspended Pikoli four months ago pending an inquiry into his “fitness to hold office”.
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/ 18 January 2008
It is no accident that a meeting held on Wednesday to commemorate the life of Yunus Mahomed was attended by scores of luminaries from the African National Congress and the United Democratic Front. Current and former Cabinet ministers paid tribute to their comrade, who died of a heart attack.