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/ 14 December 2005
A night vigil led by the South African Communist Party in Khutsong, outside Carletonville, went ahead on Tuesday night, despite police declaring it illegal. The government decides on Wednesday whether the municipality, currently in Gauteng, will be incorporated into North West province.
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/ 14 December 2005
Trevor Ncube, owner and publisher of the Mail & Guardian, is effectively under country arrest in Zimbabwe after his passport was confiscated upon his arrival in Bulawayo last week, said the board of M&G Media, which publishes the M&G, on Tuesday. It is a ”sad day for Africa”, said chairperson of the board Professor William Makgoba.
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/ 14 December 2005
Trade ministers from around the world opened a fresh quest for consensus on Wednesday on a new pact to boost global commerce, with a possible showdown on cotton trade looming at the end of the day. Ministers from 149 countries are meeting in Hong Kong under the auspices of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
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/ 14 December 2005
The Internet Service Providers’ Association on Tuesday lodged a broad-ranging complaint with the Competition Commission regarding its claims that Telkom conducts anti-competitive activities in the sector. Many ISPs are forced to obtain their underlying telecommunications services from the fixed-line monopoly.
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/ 14 December 2005
The CEO of Rand Water, Dr Simo Lushaba, has resigned from his position effective from December 31, the group said in a statement on Tuesday. He will be replaced temporarily by current chief financial officer Catherine Smith until a new CEO is appointed. Lushaba joined Rand Water as CEO in April 2002 on a five-year contract.
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/ 14 December 2005
As Bill Hicks said, once upon a time: "If I seem cruel and vicious, you have to understand that it’s because I <i>am</i>." Now that’s understood, let’s go indulge in cruelty — which is often good for a laugh.
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/ 14 December 2005
Four centuries after the Europeans arrived in sub-Saharan Africa, four decades after they began withdrawing from their colonies, their genetic sediment survives across the continent, mostly now to its benefit. The native whites are scattered over the mainland and the offshore island states in pools ranging in size from the millions in South Africa to the thousands in Kenya.
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/ 14 December 2005
South Africas legacy of photojournalism has produced some of the most enduring images of our time.
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/ 14 December 2005
By the time Stevens* parents came to Margaret Logan at Rosemeade Private School, they were at their wits end. Their son had been expelled from three schools. He was doing drugs, despised authority and had a criminal record pending. Even Logan, who had been a remedial teacher for 25 years, was intimidated.
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/ 14 December 2005
Its a debacle — thats the judgement of the countrys largest teachers union on the governments attempt to make schooling more affordable by introducing no-fee schools next year.