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The British government is attempting to overturn a court ruling that prevents foreign terrorist suspects from being deported from Britain to Algeria and other countries with poor human rights records. Lawyers acting for the government have found a way of mounting an early challenge to the 1996 ruling from the European court of human rights.
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Stephen Hawking’s book A Brief History of Time clung to the bestseller lists for 237 weeks. He has now published a new, more accessible version of the book. In a rare interview he talks to the Mail & Guardian about disability, why women can’t read maps and thinking in 11 dimensions.
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Poor rural households in drought-ravaged southern Zimbabwe have exhausted their food stocks and are resorting to eating wild roots in a bid to stave off hunger. Erratic supplies by the state’s Grain Marketing Board and the lack of essential commodities in rural shops have combined to undermine food security in the semi-arid Matabeleland region.
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The question of whether South Africa is producing enough new teachers is the subject of hot debate. But it is one that we need clear answers to, particularly in the light of our national aspiration to provide quality education for all.
The uneasy truce between African National Congress president Thabo Mbeki and his deputy, Jacob Zuma, will come under renewed strain this week, when thousands are set to march in support of Zuma during his court appearance. Zuma will be making a routine court appearance on Tuesday at the Durban Magistrate’s Court, where a trial date is likely to be set.
In her capacity as one of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development’s (Nepad) eminent persons, Graca Machel is visiting Kenya for the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM). She is accompanied on the bruising two-week trip through the East African giant by her husband, Nelson Mandela. Kenya is in the throes of a sometimes violent referendum campaign.
President Thabo Mbeki on Sunday conveyed condolences to the leaders of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, following Saturday’s devastating earthquake that has left at least 19 000 dead. South African NGO Gift of the Givers has donated R3-million for relief efforts in earthquake-stricken Pakistan.
Pakistani officials said on Sunday the death toll from Saturday’s massive earthquake ranges between 20 000 and 30 000. Meanwhile, in dozens of Pakistani villages, many cut off from rescuers by quake-induced landslides, relatives desperate to find their loved ones dug through rubble with their bare hands.
Tourism linked to bird watching has provided an alternative to slash-and-burn agriculture in rural northern KwaZulu-Natal. Its viability has also been recognised as a worthwhile source of income in industrialised Richards Bay, according to Duncan Pritchard, Rio Tinto’s programme director of the Zululand Birding Route.
Western Province boosted their confidence ahead of their home semifinal against Free State by beating the Lions 23-17 in their Currie Cup clash at Newlands in Cape Town on Saturday evening. In Bloemfontein, the Free State Cheetahs put in a morale-boosting 17-3 win over the Sharks.