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/ 7 November 2007
Construction on the Moses Mabhida Soccer World Cup stadium in Durban is on track and its delivery is not in jeopardy, the Group Five-WBHO Consortium said on Wednesday, hours after thousands of workers downed tools. A union negotiator said no agreement had been reached after 11 hours of talks with management.
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/ 7 November 2007
More than 40 cases of diarrhoea were reported in the Nkangala area in Delmas, Mpumalanga, on Wednesday, the provincial health department said. ”We had 44 more patients treated today [Wednesday]. That brings the number to 469 since the outbreak [two weeks ago],” said departmental spokesperson Mpho Gabashane.
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/ 7 November 2007
Australia announced a nationwide ban on Wednesday on about one million Chinese-made toys after investigations showed they contained a chemical that metabolises when swallowed into a date-rape drug. The ban came after three children became severely ill after they swallowed the toy beads called ”Bindeez”.
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/ 7 November 2007
Hawkers, often the breadwinners of their families, should not be marginalised in the run-up to the 2010 Soccer World Cup, a colloquium on the international soccer spectacle heard in Johannesburg on Wednesday. Stadiums under construction are often far from amenities and hawkers are providing much-needed services to construction workers.
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/ 7 November 2007
<b>Virgin investor Mpho asks:</b>
I am a first-time investor and I’m interested in investing in the Satrix. I read their brochure, but I haven’t yet grasped the whole concept of investing in the Satrix. Is it a good investment product? Are the returns good short-term and long-term?
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/ 7 November 2007
Discovery has launched its investment arm, Discovery Invest. The company has produced an array of innovative retirement and savings products, but the one that stands out is the Annuity Integrator, which is part of its Retirement Income Plan. If one has risk cover through Discovery, this package would enhance retirement income.
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/ 7 November 2007
Estate planning is not only about the accrual and use of your assets during your lifetime — it also involves the final division of your assets at your death for the benefit of your family. To ensure that you successfully transfer your wealth from one generation to the next, it is important that you plan appropriately and by means of professional advice.
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/ 7 November 2007
Recent inflation figures have raised fears that we might possibly see a further rate hike in December. With the prime lending rate at 14% compared with 10,5% 18 months ago, borrowers are starting to feel the pinch, while savers are feeling cash flush. Maya Fisher-French shares some financial strategies to consider.
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/ 7 November 2007
The commission set to investigate the disappearance of R500 000 donated to the South African Communist Party has not interviewed South African Democratic Teachers’ Union president Willie Madisha or his witness, Madisha told the union’s general council on Wednesday.
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/ 7 November 2007
The defence in Judge Nkola Motata’s case objected on Wednesday to the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court viewing recordings of Motata’s alleged drunken rantings after a car accident. A trial within a trial began to determine the authenticity, originality and admissibility of five video recordings.