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/ 1 August 2007

SA Women: Foreword

A happy, warm women’s month to all of you. Our book is my very favourite publication every year for it is a little book of inspiration and aspiration, of role models and a symbol of a country where the shape and form of leadership has been made more diverse and fair. This is a direct […]

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/ 1 August 2007

More than thirty dead as bombers hit Baghdad

Car bombs killed 35 people across Baghdad on Wednesday, including one attack in which a suicide bomber killed 20 people and set a score of vehicles ablaze, police said. The spate of bombings followed a relative lull in violence in the capital that some have attributed to the increased presence of United States and Iraqi troops on the streets.

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/ 1 August 2007

Lottery player wins twice … by mistake

A lottery winner doubled his share of the jackpot to nearly £1-million after he mistakenly bought two lucky tickets for the same draw, organisers Camelot said on Wednesday. Derek Ladner (57) from Cornwall, and his wife Dawn (60), won with their usual numbers in the mid-week draw, sharing the £2,4-million jackpot with four other tickets.

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/ 1 August 2007

Strike shuts PetroSA, affects other firms

A South African strike over wages entered a third day on Wednesday after shutting down one petrol refinery, partially hobbling another and affecting pharmaceutical and packaging companies. State-owned PetroSA shut its 36 000-barrel-per-day Mossel Bay gas-to-liquid plant on Tuesday, saying it had stock to supply Mossel Bay for the next three weeks.

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/ 1 August 2007

July PMI up on higher sales orders

South Africa’s Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rose for the first time in four months to 57,7 in July on a seasonally adjusted basis, pointing to buoyant business conditions. The index, which tracks trends in the manufacturing sector, rose from 56 in June as local and international demand lifted sales.