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/ 20 September 2007
Talks to end the motor-components industry strike were to resume at 6pm on Thursday, the Retail Motor Industry’s (RMI) spokesperson Jakkie Olivier said. ”We made good progress on Wednesday and we’re set to begin talking at 6pm this evening. I think an agreement is imminent,” he said.
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/ 20 September 2007
South Africa’s central bank will continue to focus on its mandate to bring inflation to within its 3% to 6% target range, and would act decisively against broader price pressures, Governor Tito Mboweni said on Thursday. Forecasts suggested the CPIX inflation measure may return to within the target range in the second half of 2008.
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/ 20 September 2007
A devastating veld fire has destroyed the well known artist’s retreat Rustlers Valley in the eastern Free State, the provincial department for water affairs and forestry said on Thursday. Spokesperson Malcolm Procter said the fire destroyed everything. "There is nothing, nothing." All buildings were destroyed.
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/ 20 September 2007
British Airways (BA) is to halt direct flights between Harare and London next month as the route is no longer profitable, an airline official said on Thursday. BA’s regional commercial manager, Steve Harrison, told the official New Ziana news agency that the last flight on the London Heathrow-Harare route will be on October 28.
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/ 20 September 2007
In a dramatic change to previous seasons, the Fina/Arena World Swimming Championships will be held over five weeks rather than several months, as was the case between 2003 and 2006. And, on a revised schedule, Durban will host the first leg of the seven events on October 19 and 20.
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/ 20 September 2007
A resolution recommending Jacob Zuma for president of the African National Congress (ANC) was adopted by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) on Thursday. The resolution also recommends Kgalema Motlanthe for deputy president and Gwede Mantashe for secretary general, among others.
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Openers Matthew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist continued their prolific form to take Australia into the Twenty20 World Cup semifinals after a 10-wicket win over Sri Lanka at Newlands on Thursday. Hayden lashed 58 from 38 deliveries with seven fours and two sixes while Gilchrist remained unbeaten on 31 from just 25 balls.
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/ 20 September 2007
Former Proteas vice-captain Jacques Kallis is back in the South African Test squad that leaves on Tuesday for a tour of Pakistan. Announcing the squad on Thursday morning, convener of selectors Joubert Strydom said relations with Kallis had returned to normal.
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/ 20 September 2007
Monday September 24 is Heritage Day, a public holiday in South Africa. But this year it may just become more famous as National Braai Day. The day, supported by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, ”will allow us to get together, burn the past and cook up a succulent future”, says Jan Scannell, CEO of National Braai Day.
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/ 20 September 2007
Al-Qaeda’s second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahri urged Sudanese Muslims in a video posted on Thursday to fight a force of African Union and United Nations peacekeepers. Al-Zawahri accused Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of abandoning his Muslim brothers to appease the United States.