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/ 15 October 2007
A former crime journalist was shot and killed while leaving church in Woodlands on Sunday, Pietermaritzburg police said. Superintendent Henry Budhram said Elaine Anderson -– a former crime reporter for the Witness newspaper — was allegedly leaving church in her car when she was confronted by two armed men on Sunday night.
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/ 15 October 2007
A special task team representing South African universities is expected to report to Education Minister Naledi Pandor early next year about the feasibility of government regulation of tuition fees. The task team was set up under the auspices of Higher Education South Africa, which represents all universities, following a request by Pandor earlier this year that the sector consider whether fees should have a ceiling or be determined within certain parameters.
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/ 15 October 2007
International research has shown that households can save as much as 10% of their annual electricity bill by reducing their ”phantom” power or standby power consumption. But South Africa has no research examining this energy- sucking phenomenon and shows little interest in the international community’s moves to curb standby power waste.
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/ 15 October 2007
I recently had the opportunity of being part of two interesting discussions that have a bearing on the debate about whether faith-based organisations have the capacity to influence policy and, more generally, the religion-state relationship in South Africa. The feeling in the room was that victims of trafficking, who, as a certainty, would be sexually and physically abused, writes Cassiem Khan.
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/ 14 October 2007
October 15 marks the 20th anniversary of the assassination of Thomas Sankara, the president of Burkina Faso — a stark reminder that we are still in the state Odinga Oginga called Not Yet Uhuru. We will be remembering that if Africa suffers today, it is because yesterday its best political minds, and its most fiery and committed sons and daughters, were assassinated.
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Bryan Habana scored two breathtaking tries as South Africa ended Argentina’s glorious Rugby World Cup adventure with a 37-13 semifinal win at the Stade de France in Paris on Sunday. The Springboks will now face England, whom they beat 36-0 last month at this ground in a pool game, when they return for Saturday’s final.
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/ 14 October 2007
Opposition parties and the South African National Editors’ Forum have expressed concern at reports of police plans to arrest Sunday Times editor Mondli Makhanya and journalist Jocelyn Maker over the theft of Health Minister Manto-Tshabalala-Msimang’s medical records.
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/ 14 October 2007
The sudden flooding of a cave in Thailand’s southern province of Surat Thani killed at least five German tourists and their two Thai guides and left two others missing, park officials said on Sunday. Rescue workers had located seven bodies in the cave, including five Germans, one male adult, a female and three children.
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/ 14 October 2007
The new heads at the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) face the tough task of restoring credibility to the powerful financial bodies that hold an annual summit this month, analysts say. Negotiations are under way to reform the distribution of votes among the IMF’s 185 members.
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/ 14 October 2007
Thirty-five Muslim Brotherhood members were arrested on Saturday after police fired tear gas at hundreds of worshippers in a northern Nile Delta village shortly before prayers celebrating the festival that marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, police and the group’s website reported.