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/ 15 August 2007

A complicated story of contrasts

Inside every journalist is a novel — which is an excellent place for it to be. This counsel by United Kingdom pressman Russell Lyne is ignored by countless scribes, and not least South African journos. But one who successfully made the journey from journalist to novelist is Peter Temple. He originally worked at the Argus and the former Sunday Express.

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/ 15 August 2007

Ajax blown away by Celtic

They brought the icy, tempestuous wind with them from Cape Town — but it only succeeded in blowing Ajax away as they tumbled to a 1-0 defeat against Bloemfontein Celtic at the Seisa Ramabodu Stadium when the new Premier Soccer League season got under way on Wednesday afternoon.

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/ 15 August 2007

Go green in Second Life

Concerned about environmental issues and want to talk to an orangutan or a panda? You can from Thursday, after conservation group WWF decided to set up a virtual island in online world Second Life. ”Conservation Island” is aimed at encouraging human residents to live in harmony with nature.

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/ 15 August 2007

Thieves rob KZN hotel and guests

A gang of thieves held up an entire hotel in northern KwaZulu-Natal, robbing the hotel, staff and guests of cash, cellphones and cars, police said on Wednesday. Superintendent Jay Naicker said the gang of nine entered the Ghost Mountain Inn in the town of Mkuze shortly before midnight on Monday night.