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/ 13 January 2006
Kenyan authorities on Friday ordered police to be ruthless with an outlawed cult blamed for murders and violent robberies and held by officials to be attempting to win legitimacy by transforming itself into a political party. "Despite the sect having been banned, there are obvious indications that it is still alive," said National Security Minister John Michuki.
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/ 13 January 2006
Parliament’s chief financial officer, Harry Charlton, has got the chop after an internal disciplinary hearing found him guilty of a range of charges, including the illegal procurement of goods and services with a value greater than R750Â 000 without the authority of the secretary to Parliament. The announcement was made at Parliament on Friday by the secretary to Parliament, Zingile Dingani.
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/ 13 January 2006
Doctors for Life (DFL) on Friday applauded the minister of education’s public condemnation of condom distribution at schools. Describing the practice as a ”reckless experiment” with human life, DFL called on the minister to stop the distribution of condoms at schools, and to promote abstinence as the alternative to safe sex.
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/ 13 January 2006
Dear Comrades All,
So sorry not to be able to write to you individually and thank you for the veritable tsunami of supporting letters, faxes, e-mails and get-well cards that have come my way over the past and somewhat taxing year. You have no idea how your kindness and sympathies have swamped me in love and loyalty.
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/ 13 January 2006
The Zimbabwe government has dismissed press reports that British property tycoon Nicholas van Hoogstraten lent President Robert Mugabe -million last year, the state-controlled Herald reported on Friday. Van Hoogstraten was quoted in the Sunday Times of London as saying he lent Mugabe the money in November.
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/ 13 January 2006
Tourist arrivals in Cambodia jumped by 35% in 2005, a senior official said on Thursday as the country seeks nearly to triple the number of foreign visitors in the next five years. ore than 1,4-million arrivals were recorded last year, up from just more than a million in 2004.
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/ 13 January 2006
A general dealer voluntarily evacuated his shop and a Standerton street was closed to traffic, as was a dirt road in a nearby township on Thursday, as water was released from the Grootdraai Dam after this week’s heavy rains. It was not nearly as bad as previous floods in the Mpumalanga town, residents said on Thursday.
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/ 13 January 2006
A baby died when ”something like a tornado” destroyed homes and injured scores of people at Sithebe, near Qunu in the Eastern Cape, on Thursday afternoon, and a 45-year-old woman and a 16-year-old girl were killed instantly when they were struck by lightning in Butterworth on Thursday, Eastern Cape police said.
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/ 13 January 2006
Peter Busse, who died last Friday, was one of the foremost Aids activists in South Africa, Africa and internationally. Living with HIV for 20 years, he was one of the first people in South Africa with the courage to disclose his HIV status. In this he became a role model and enabled many other people living with HIV to follow his example.
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/ 13 January 2006
Xhosa King Xolilizwe Sigcau was a dignified and straightforward person, always fighting for the development of his people, United Democratic Movement leader Bantu Holomisa said in a tribute released on Friday. Sigcau, who died on December 31, is to be buried at his Nqadu Great Palace in Willowvale on Saturday.