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/ 10 November 2005
Ford’s Ka, launched in South Africa this month, nearly eight years after its arrival elsewhere, rather disappointed me. I’ve watched the company’s latest offerings with interest, and as they’ve improved immensely over the past few years I’ve become a big fan of the Blue Oval.
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/ 10 November 2005
South African Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni deserves support for his position that remaining exchange controls should be abolished, says the official opposition Democratic Alliance. Mboweni said on Wednesday that South Africa’s remaining foreign-exchange controls have become "purposeless".
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/ 10 November 2005
Eight hostel buildings and about 150 shacks were gutted by a fire in Stellenbosch’s Khayamandi settlement on Thursday, the town’s assistant fire chief Bertie Brandsen said. Meanwhile, other firefighters were battling a new blaze in mountainous farmland above the Overberg town of Napier.
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/ 10 November 2005
Minister of Defence Mosiuoa Lekota has been admitted to hospital in Cape Town after a medical emergency, his office confirmed on Thursday. Lekota is thought to have suffered a heart attack, but his spokesperson Sam Mkhwanazi could not confirm this. Lekota is also the national chairperson of the African National Congress.
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/ 10 November 2005
The Southern African Large Telescope (Salt) at the South African Astronomical Observatory outside Sutherland is powerful enough to discern the detail on a R2 coin at a distance of 5km. Salt will enable the country to remain among the front ranks of those involved in astronomy, President Thabo Mbeki said at its inauguration on Thursday.
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/ 10 November 2005
An escaped ostrich attacked a car and took Cypriot police on a wild-bird chase after escaping from a farm outside the Mediterranean island’s capital of Nicosia, a report said on Wednesday. Police were alerted to the bird’s bid for freedom after it jumped on a woman’s Mercedes.
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/ 10 November 2005
South Africa could be without star midfielder Elrio van Heerden in their Nelson Mandela Cup match against Senegal on Saturday. Van Heerden twisted his ankle during the team’s training session at the Westbourne Oval on Wednesday evening. A diagnosis on the extent of the injury will only be available later on Thursday.
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/ 10 November 2005
KwaZulu-Natal African National Congress Premier Sibusiso Ndebele should refrain from attending a routine court appearance of former deputy president Jacob Zuma on Saturday, says Democratic Alliance KwaZulu-Natal leader Roger Burrows. The party says that leading public demonstrations outside court would undermine judicial independence.
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/ 10 November 2005
An e-mail doing the rounds in South Africa warns ATM users that organised criminals are installing equipment on the machines to steal both the ATM card number and its PIN. The scam involves a square piece of equipment that is placed in front of the existing bank-card slot.
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/ 10 November 2005
England’s players will pocket a reported £300 000 (R3,5-million) each if they win the World Cup in Germany next summer. The payments are outlined in a bonus package the England players agreed in principle with the Football Association during talks in Manchester that involved senior squad members.