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/ 14 December 2007
Two teenagers, accused of strangling and stabbing to death teenager Samantha Uys, were found guilty of her murder in the Pretoria High Court on Friday. Handing down judgement, Judge Tholi Vilakazi found Ricky ”Slash” Godfrey and Kabelo ”KB” Mokwena, both 19, guilty of the November 2005 murder.
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/ 14 December 2007
More than 50% of Mozambique’s national budget for 2008 will be made up of a financial injection from foreign donors, the Friday edition of Daily Investor Intelligence reported. Manuel Chang, Finance Minister, said that 56% of the 89-billion meticais (about ,5-billion) will be secured from international donors.
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/ 14 December 2007
The Cabinet must re-examine its recent decision on maize use in South Africa, said specialist chemical services company Omnia on Friday. ”There is a strong global consensus around the use of maize for biofuels, and an urgent need for local and international solutions in the continuous quest for sustainable development,” it said.
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/ 14 December 2007
After a protracted delay, South Africa’s tough new laws against sexual abuse will finally enter force on Sunday. The Justice and Constitutional Development Ministry said on Friday that the Sexual Offences Amendment Act will at last give greater protection to victims of sexual crimes.
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/ 14 December 2007
A weaker bank sector forced a positive JSE to pull back into the red by midday on Friday, leaving the all-share index 0,14% lower at noon. The JSE’s bank index was down 1,38% at midday as local and international traders questioned whether the move by the central banks to inject liquidity into financial markets was enough to settle global credit concerns.
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/ 14 December 2007
For the first time in more than 40 years a United States state is to abolish the death penalty. A 44-36 vote in the New Jersey legislature to abolish executions in the state on Thursday followed approval for the measure in the state senate on Monday.
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/ 14 December 2007
Bets to win, in sports such as tennis and snooker, imply a bet on the opposite side losing. Horse racing, for example, has been plagued with allegations of rigging. Mark Johnston, classic-winning trainer, says betting exchanges do corrupt sport, while Mark Davies, Betfair managing director, disagrees.
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/ 14 December 2007
At about 6pm last Sunday, after the Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek in Malelane, the usual happened. Ernie Els gave a loser’s speech at a time when everyone was expecting him to threaten Tiger Woods. Even John Bickerton was in shock after having to be hauled from the clubhouse to collect the R1,4-million.
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/ 14 December 2007
Zimbabwean hotels that do not implement the industry’s star-rating system will not be given contracts during the 2010 Soccer World Cup, a media report said on Friday. Chief executive of the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority Karikoga Kaseke said that only 30% of hotels in the country had registered for star-ratings to date.
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/ 14 December 2007
The European Union’s biggest four countries are pushing to impose and oversee independence in Kosovo without a fresh United Nations mandate, risking a showdown with a resurgent Russia and fierce resistance from Serbia, which vows no surrender of Kosovo.