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/ 31 January 2006
Christopher Katongo scored on Monday to give Zambia a 1-0 win over South Africa, their first in group C of the African Cup of Nations. Katongo scored a 73rd-minute cross from Clive Hachilensa to hand South Africa, the 2010 World Cup hosts, their third straight defeat without scoring.
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/ 31 January 2006
More than a decade after the advent of democracy, South Africa has still one of the most unequal societies in the world, but a recent study reveals that public support for pro-poor policies is highly conditional. The study says people believe society is unequal, and there is "strong support for government action to reduce inequalities".
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/ 31 January 2006
Members of Liberia’s outgoing transitional government have vacated offices to make way for elected successors, taking their computers, desks, chairs and even carpets with them, civil servants said on Monday. Ministers, their staff and parliamentarians as well have made off with a whole gamut of government property.
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/ 31 January 2006
On Wednesday, the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> filed a court challenge to Public Protector Lawrence Mushwana’s findings on the Oilgate scandal, seeking to have his report overturned and redone. Last July, Mushwana released the report that avoided probing parts of the scandal, but exonerated government and the parastatals involved.
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/ 31 January 2006
The upmarket suburb of Manor Gardens in Durban may look serene, but is home to ground zero in the fight against Aids. The iThemba Lethu Milk Bank is the first in the world to provide breast milk exclusively for babies abandoned or orphaned by the virus. The initiative is designed to help boost the fragile immune systems of these vulnerable children.
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/ 31 January 2006
All right. "Comedy". Yup, that’s the concept we’re rolling with. I thought I’d introduce you to some of my gods — who, unlike yours, actually existed. (How do I know? Well, there’s actual audio, video and pictures. Now show me <i>your</i> proof 🙂 See? Nothing. I rest my case.
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/ 31 January 2006
"On Christmas Eve, I dropped in on Brian Haw, whose hunched, pacing figure was just visible through the freezing fog. For four and a half years, Brian has camped in London’s Parliament Square with a graphic display of photographs that show the terror and suffering imposed on Iraqi children by British policies," writes John Pilger.
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/ 31 January 2006
This week, United States President George W Bush committed the US to the defence of Israel against threats from Iran, saying he would not allow the world to be "blackmailed" by an Iranian nuclear weapon. The president’s warning, issued in an exchange with students in Kansas, came at a tense time in relations with Iran.
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/ 31 January 2006
The United Nations, which is struggling to redeem its public image over charges of nepotism and mismanagement in its $64-billion now-defunct Oil-for-Food Programme in Iraq, has admitted to another growing scandal relating to its procurement activities.
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/ 31 January 2006
More than half the 658 000 jobs claimed by Statistics South Africa’s Labour Force Survey as having been created in South Africa in 2004/05 were in the informal hawker sector, leading critics to question Stats SA’s definitions and measurement of informal employment.