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Auditor General (AG) Terence Nombembe will conduct an audit next year to assess station-level performance within the South African Police Service (SAPS). The special audit will examine, among others, uneven service delivery at station-level across the country, which affects the way that are opened and recorded, and crime statistics compiled.
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/ 19 September 2007
Thousands of children are being forced into armed service in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since fighting erupted between rebels and the Congolese army in North Kivu province in late August, the United Nations Children’s Fund said on Wednesday.
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/ 19 September 2007
South Africa’s advertising watchdog rejected complaints on Wednesday over a commercial showing a secretary spitting into her boss’s coffee, saying she cleared her throat too loudly for it to be taken seriously. The advert by a chain of florists for Secretaries Day earlier this month showed a woman noisily clearing phlegm from her throat before spitting it into a cup of coffee.
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South Africa coach Jake White retained just four players who started in the 36-0 defeat of titleholders England last Friday when he named his team for the World Cup Group A match against Tonga in Lens on Saturday. The 43-year-old has guided the Springboks to two impressive wins over Samoa (59-7) and England.
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/ 19 September 2007
Another teenager has been arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of a King Edward VII high school pupil, Johannesburg police said on Wednesday. Mfundo Ntshangase, a grade 11 pupil, was stabbed seven times at a party in Randburg on Sunday. He died in hospital while his friend, who was also stabbed, survived the incident.
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/ 19 September 2007
The confidence levels of retailers declined during the third quarter of 2007, according to the latest Bureau for Economic Research (BER) Retail Survey. The BER’s retailer confidence index dipped from a record high of 91 index points in the second quarter of 2007 to a level of 84 during the third quarter.
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/ 19 September 2007
Spain will try to scare off potential African migrants with television advertisements showing a young man apparently lying dead on some rocks and a mother grieving for her disappeared son. The Spanish government advertisements, which also feature Senegalese singer Youssou N’Dour, started showing on Senegalese television on Wednesday.
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/ 19 September 2007
The Wall Street investment bank Lehman Brothers has revealed that the global credit crunch knocked -million off its revenue over the summer as mortgage-backed securities plummeted in value. Lehman blamed an ”extremely difficult environment” in global financial markets for a 3% drop in its third-quarter profits to -billion.
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/ 19 September 2007
One of Darfur’s most powerful rebel leaders will not take part in peace talks until a lasting ceasefire is put in place and security is restored, he said in an interview published on Wednesday. Abdel Wahed Mohamed el-Nur has refused to join Darfur rebel commanders and groups who agreed a joint position last month.
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/ 19 September 2007
An influential Somali radio station went off the air on Wednesday after two government soldiers threatened to pound the building with ”machine guns and anti-aircraft missiles”, the radio station’s director said. Shabelle radio shut down one day after police searching for insurgents opened fire outside the station, killing one person.