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/ 8 September 2005
The African National Congress won two wards and the Democratic Alliance one in Wednesday’s ward elections in the Western Cape, the ANC’s provincial spokesperson said on Thursday. Lionel Adendorf said the ANC won the Witzenberg municipality, which was previously held by the DA.
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/ 8 September 2005
United States investigators claim to have found evidence of an assassination plot against 50 Cent, the country’s biggest-selling music artist, allegedly hatched by a convicted drugs trader in revenge for some of the rapper’s lyrics. The star, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, survived nine gunshots in 2000, but refused to cooperate with police.
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/ 8 September 2005
Dozens of bleary-eyed immigrants were marched out of their bedrooms by the police early on Thursday morning in a raid on what was once an upmarket hotel in Hillbrow. The raid came a day after officers from Booysens police station were shown on a television programme taking bribes to free illegal immigrants.
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/ 8 September 2005
Russia and Germany are on the verge of signing a multibillion-dollar pipeline deal that has the potential to alter Europe’s political landscape and seriously aggravate the Kremlin’s relations with its former Soviet neighbours. The Russian pipeline under the Baltic Sea will bring vast supplies of gas to Western Europe.
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/ 8 September 2005
South African insurance company Sanlam on Thursday reported an 85% increase in headline earnings per share for the six months ended June 30, to 102,5 cents from 55,5 cents for the same period a year ago. In line with past practice, no interim dividend was declared, as Sanlam declares an annual dividend at year-end.
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/ 8 September 2005
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan said on Wednesday he assumes responsibility for management lapses in the oil-for-food programme for Iraq, but vowed not to resign as the head of an independent probe into the scandal said member states and the Security Council must share the blame.
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/ 8 September 2005
The Palestinian leadership was facing a major challenge to its authority in Gaza on Wednesday night after a former security chief and relative of Yasser Arafat was dragged from his home by dozens of armed men and shot dead. Moussa Arafat was shot in the head more than 20 times after being forced into the street in his pyjamas.
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/ 8 September 2005
US environmental experts warned on Wednesday night that the putrid flood waters swamping New Orleans are 10 times more toxic than safety levels, posing a serious danger not just to die-hard residents refusing to leave, but to rescuers as well. ”Everybody needs to leave,” mayor Ray Nagin said on Wednesday.
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/ 8 September 2005
Change your partner, two by two. We have had a week now, to watch our elected representatives doing their dosi-do across the legislature floor. And our worst expectations have largely been confirmed. The case of Louis Marneweck, sole representative of the Freedom Front Plus in the Mpumalanga legislature, is emblematic.
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/ 8 September 2005
South African Rugby’s MD has been ordered to go on leave following an allegation of sexual harassment against him, the Daily Dispatch reported on Thursday. SA Rugby deputy president Mike Stofile issued the order on Johan Prinsloo on Wednesday night.