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/ 11 December 2005
South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board member Noluthando Gosa has resigned amid allegations of corporate mismanagement and corruption within the board, the Sunday Times reports. Gosa was herself under investigation for possible violations of corporate governance, the report reads.
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/ 11 December 2005
The Shell Petroleum Company said industry members held a crisis meeting on Saturday afternoon to address jet-fuel and petrol shortages. Colin McClelland, director of the South African Petroleum Industry Association, said the fuel shortages had disrupted flights at Cape Town International airport on Friday night and Saturday.
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/ 11 December 2005
When Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, it was the city’s poor — almost exclusively African-Americans — who were left to fend for themselves as the city drowned in a lake of toxic sludge. Now, three months on, the same people have been abandoned once again by a reconstruction effort that seems determined to prevent them from returning.
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/ 11 December 2005
At the close of the ruling Zanu-PF’s annual conference, Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe on Saturday admitted that his government’s land redistribution has been fraught with problems. Zanu-PF also urged the government not to entertain any more ”clandestine” envoys sent to Harare under the auspices of the United Nations.
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/ 10 December 2005
They’ve spent the past year confronting many of South Africa’s problems head on, from the high incidence of rape to the fact that many schoolchildren battle hunger. They expected nothing less. These are the young men and women from the first batch of City Year South Africa service leaders.
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/ 10 December 2005
A Nigerian jetliner carrying 110 passengers and crew crashed on Saturday as it approached a southern city in stormy weather, killing 103 people. Seven people survived, officials said. Reports said the plane apparently overshot the runway during a thunderstorm. An airport worker described a horrific scene: ”The place where I’m standing now is scattered with corpses.”
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/ 10 December 2005
Kaizer Chiefs proved a little too strong for their bitter rivals Orlando Pirates in the Castle Premiership encounter played at a packed FNB Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Chiefs’ 1-0 victory was their second triumph over their Soweto counterparts this season after having run away with the first game 2-0.
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/ 10 December 2005
Andrew Strauss missed his deserved century on Saturday, but paceman Liam Plunkett (3-51) filled the role of super sub with perfection and led England to a 42-run victory over Pakistan in the first limited-overs cricket international. Strauss’s 94 helped England score 327 for four off their 50 overs.
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/ 10 December 2005
A United Nations conference agreed on Saturday to extend the life of the Kyoto Protocol on global warming and launch a dialogue between Kyoto members and the United States on long-term action for tackling the greenhouse gases that drive dangerous climate change.
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/ 10 December 2005
The first shipload of aid for thousands of Vanuatu villagers forced from their homes by an erupting volcano arrived on Saturday at this remote South Pacific island. It arrived as some refugees began complaining of ill health at the largest evacuation centre.