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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.
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/ 13 January 2006
Yet another power failure hit Johannesburg’s western suburbs on Friday. According to the city’s call centre, the power failure covered Auckland Park, Westdene, Newlands, Albertville, Melville, Triomf and Northcliff. The area, a busy mixture of residences, businesses and medical facilities, is regularly left without power.
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/ 13 January 2006
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday of an impending "humanitarian catastrophe" in the Horn of Africa where millions of people in four countries are facing severe food and water shortages and potential famine.
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/ 13 January 2006
”It’s all been pretty unbelievable,” Mary Pierce exclaims in a radiant burst on a bleak winter afternoon in Paris as she reflects on her starring role in one of the best stories in sport last year. The world number five tells Donald McRae how a new-found faith has helped her step out of the shadow cast by her ambitious father
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/ 13 January 2006
Managers dream of honours, but they are almost all fighting a losing battle for survival. Time is shorter than ever and they now last only 1,7 years on average in their posts. The odds against them emerge in the most extensive inquiry into their profession that has ever been conducted.
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/ 13 January 2006
Stricken families were hunting for their loved ones on Friday after a stampede that killed 362 Muslims at the annual hajj — a disaster Saudi authorities have blamed on unruly pilgrims. Weeping in front of a wall of pictures of dead pilgrims, families continued to seek news of missing relatives at the morgue in Mina, where the stampede took place.
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/ 13 January 2006
Vehicle-tracking devices are becoming increasingly vital in South Africa, which had 13Â 793 vehicles hijacked and 88Â 144 reported stolen in 2004/05. The country’s three biggest vehicle-tracking companies, Matrix, Tracker and Netstar, have recovered more than 60Â 973 vehicles to date.
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/ 13 January 2006
A snap <i>Mail & Guardian</i> survey of schools in and around Johannesburg on Wednesday suggested that the quality of pupils’ back-to-school experiences still depends largely on where they are located — in other words, how well resourced they are.
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/ 13 January 2006
A national and international brouhaha has rapidly developed following the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s decision to bar renowned academic and activist Dr Ashwin Desai from seeking a position at the university. The decision has elicited letters of strong protest from Noam Chomsky and Naomi Klein — among other well known figures from abroad.