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/ 19 October 2007
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) army says desertions have weakened rebel forces ahead of a planned offensive against them, but rebel general Laurent Nkunda remains defiant. On Thursday the army put on show what they said were 80 deserters wearing ragtag uniforms from Nkunda’s forces.
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/ 19 October 2007
NOT THE MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Watering down Bollywood for Western audiences robs the Bollywood style of its very appeal, writes Shaun de Waal.
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/ 19 October 2007
Eskom has issued a warning of a high probability of load shedding on Friday night. ”The risk of load shedding remains high during the peak period this evening — 6pm to 9pm — when demand increases,” it said in a statement. Consumers are urged use electricity sparingly and switch off their geysers during this time.
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/ 19 October 2007
Barbara Ludman reviews Angela Makholwa’s <i>Red Ink</i>.
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/ 19 October 2007
A Nobel Prize-winning scientist who reportedly claimed black people are less intelligent than white people has pulled out of a British book tour and gone home, his publicist said on Friday. James Watson won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1962 for his part in discovering the structure of DNA.
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/ 19 October 2007
Tropical Storm Kiko swirled along Mexico’s Pacific coast and was expected to strengthen into a hurricane on Saturday night, forecasters said on Friday. A tropical-storm watch was issued for western Mexico from Punta San Telmo to Cabo Corrientes. Kiko had maximum sustained winds of 65km/h early on Friday.
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/ 19 October 2007
South African cricket officials decided on Friday to continue their tour of Pakistan despite an assassination attempt on returning former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in Karachi. Cricket South Africa’s general operations manager Brian Basson said that the decision to push on had been taken after the squad received safety assurances from their hosts.
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South Africa captain John Smit will seek to emulate Francois Pienaar on Saturday in lifting the Rugby World Cup in the final and admits he is driven by a sense of destiny, though he accepts it will not fall into his lap. The 29-year-old hooker was present in Johannesburg when South Africa stunned the All Blacks and Pienaar received the World Cup from Nelson Mandela.
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/ 19 October 2007
The Department of Minerals and Energy has launched a funding initiative to make it easier for women to access finance for mining pre-feasibility studies. State news agency BuaNews reported on Friday that access to finance for pre-feasibility studies was still the greatest challenge facing women in the mining industry.
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/ 19 October 2007
Gallery owner Warren Siebrits speaks to emerging photographer Sabelo Mlangeni about his new exhibition, <i>Invisible Women</i>, of portraits of the seldom-seen individuals who clean Jo’burg city by night.