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/ 11 January 2006
A searing drought that has put millions of people across East Africa at risk of famine is threatening Kenya’s famed wildlife herds as they stray from protected areas to forage for scarce food and water. Officials said elephants had killed at least two people in the past two weeks around Tsavo, which is home to the largest number of the animals.
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/ 11 January 2006
South Africa’s Competition Tribunal on Wednesday approved Vodafone’s bid to buy a 15% stake in local operator Vodacom in a multibillion-dollar deal, paving the way for the second-largest investment in the country since the end of apartheid. The deal is worth about ,4-billion (R14,5-billion).
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/ 11 January 2006
The asset forfeiture unit has been granted a provisional order to attach the home and pension of top Port Elizabeth police detective Derrick Norsworthy, who allegedly gambled away stolen police exhibit money. He was arrested for alleged theft and for gambling with loot he and other police officers had allegedly recovered from criminals.
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/ 11 January 2006
The South African Under-23 soccer team, Amaglug-glug, beat neighbours Lesotho 1-0 to qualify for the semifinals in the Sasol Under-23 Nations Tournament played at the George Thabe Stadium in Sharpeville on Wednesday. Amaglug-glug led 1-0 at the break.
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/ 11 January 2006
Photographer Jamie Hodgson, best known for his portraits of jazz icons such as Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald, died at the weekend after a battle with cancer, the National Theatre in London, which is currently exhibiting his work, announced on Tuesday. He was 76.
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/ 11 January 2006
Birgit Nilsson, whose prodigious voice, unrivaled stamina and thrilling high notes made her the greatest Wagnerian soprano of the post-World War II era, has died. She was 87. A funeral was held on Wednesday at a church in her native town of Vastra Karup in southern Sweden, said Fredrik Westerlund, the church’s vicar.
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/ 11 January 2006
Former state president PW Botha, who turns 90 on Thursday, will spend the day with friends and family, his eldest daughter, Elanza Maritz, said on Wednesday. There will be ”coming and going” all day at Die Anker, Botha’s riverside home at Wilderness in the Southern Cape.
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/ 11 January 2006
A possible flood emergency at Standerton in Mpumalanga has not materialised after less water flowed into the Grootdraai Dam than expected, authorities said on Wednesday afternoon. Police spokesperson Superintendent Amanda Peens said the outflow of the dam, which is 114% full, will be maintained at 850 cubic metres per second.
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/ 11 January 2006
Minister of Education Naledi Pandor visited three Limpopo schools on Wednesday to give teachers and pupils pep talks and check that schooling had begun, her department said. Spokesperson Tommy Makhode said Pandor visited two schools at Seshego and another at Lebowakgomo.