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/ 5 December 2007
Another local flight, this time involving an aircraft belonging to South African Express, was delayed on Tuesday in George, it was disclosed on Wednesday. This followed the delay of a South African Airways flight in East London — also on Tuesday. The South African Express flight was delayed for more than 12 hours.
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/ 5 December 2007
Suhail Abu al-Sameed looked calm, yet he was shaking inside. He was seated before a row of ulama, distinguished Islamic scholars.
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/ 5 December 2007
<a href="http://www.mg.co.za/specialreport.aspx?area=ancconference_home"><img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/321750/Icon_ANCconference.gif" align=left border=0></a>Nominations conferences in all provinces have reduced the contest for the African National Congress (ANC) leadership to a two-horse race. The <i>Mail & Guardian</i> asked five senior ANC "elders" to comment on the provincial results, the party’s hardening divisions, and the potential fallout beyond Polokwane. Read Mbhazima Shilowa’s contribution here.
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/ 5 December 2007
The Chinese military has added mobile showers to its ever more sophisticated arsenal, state media reported on Wednesday. The camouflaged vehicle can be set up in five minutes and allows 20 men to shower simultaneously within a narrow 10-square-metre space, the Xinhua news agency said.
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/ 5 December 2007
What does President Thabo Mbeki like to do in his spare time? Ballroom dancing? Playing the piano? No, the man likes to work during leisure hours, says his spokesperson. As the ruling party’s national conference in Polokwane approaches members of the South African Cabinet certainly need ways to unwind.
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/ 5 December 2007
The worst-kept coaching secret of the year is out: former Cats and Golden Lions coach Frans Ludeke is the new coach of the Bulls. Ludeke’s appointment was confirmed by the Blue Bulls Company on Tuesday night after weeks of speculation. He will now join the team in George on Wednesday night.
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/ 5 December 2007
Africa cannot stop the European Union (EU) if it wants to discuss the issue of Zimbabwe during the weekend’s European-African summit in Lisbon, Portugal, South African Foreign Affairs Deputy-Director General Gert Grobler said on Wednesday. He said that Zimbabwe was not part of the agreed agenda.
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/ 5 December 2007
A Santa in an Australian department store said on Wednesday he has been sacked for saying ”ho ho ho” and singing Christmas songs to children. Employment company Westaff had earlier asked its Santas to say ”ha ha ha” because the word ”ho”, which is American slang for whore, could offend women.
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/ 5 December 2007
South Africans Ernie Els and Charl Schwartzel return to one of their favourite hunting grounds this week, both looking for a second victory in the Alfred Dunhill Championship beginning at Leopard Creek on Thursday. They are two of the bigger names in this €1-million event which forms part of the 2008 European Tour.
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/ 5 December 2007
Technology and entertainment topped Google’s searches in 2007, with the iPhone grabbing the number one slot on a list of the fastest-rising search terms in the United States. ”iPhone, of course, is a word very few people typed in a search box in 2006,” said Marissa Mayer of Google. ”It didn’t exist.”