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/ 14 October 2005
Former deputy president Jacob Zuma’s populist grandstanding outside the court in Durban this week has angered President Thabo Mbeki and prompted a stony Cabinet statement. The fight with his deputy has weakened Mbeki, and the burning of a T-shirt bearing his image outside the court by his own party’s supporters is likely to put him on the offensive.
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/ 14 October 2005
Seven lions attacked a cleaner on his first day at work after he took a short cut through their enclosure, state press said on Friday. Zhang Huabang was in a critical condition after mistakenly walking on Tuesday through the unlocked gate of the enclosure at Shanghai Wildlife Park to get to the other side, the <i>China Daily</i> said.
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/ 14 October 2005
Clever student, top grades, demanding university course… For anyone in this position, using a cheque book or managing medical insurance should be a cinch, right? Wrong — at least in South Africa, where the after-effects of apartheid continue to be felt in the education system.
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/ 14 October 2005
Minister of Intelligence Ronnie Kasrils this week lashed out at Billy Masetlha, the director general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), over Masetlha’s "attack on the integrity" of the Scorpions. Kasrils fired the broadside at his DG in a statement released to the <i>Mail & Guardian</i>.
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/ 14 October 2005
"Okay, so they lost the Ashes and were thumped in the Tri-Nations by their next-door neighbours, but the Aussies can build a good SUV. That was my impression after spending a week driving Ford’s latest offering, the Territory Ghia AWD. The permanent four-wheel drive cruise from down under impressed in almost every department," writes Nic Bates.
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/ 14 October 2005
Two empowerment companies linked to slain businessman Brett Kebble’s JCI are determined to continue life without the colourful mining magnate. Masupatsela Investment Holdings (MIH) reached a settlement with JCI while Matodzi Resources prepared for a crucial annual general meeting on November 2 with its empowerment credentials at stake.
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/ 14 October 2005
The Print Media Association (PMA) is finalising a major study that for the first time maps "transformation, skills development, language and ownership" as well as the advancement of black people, women and disabled persons in the print media industry.
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/ 14 October 2005
A string of violent and mysterious killings targeting Guatemalan gang members and criminals has prompted rumours of a ”social cleansing” in a country where crime is rising and gangs are rampant. In recent weeks, at least two previously unknown groups have left fliers in parks claiming to be civilian vigilantes at war with gang members.
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/ 14 October 2005
The Movement for Democratic Change will boycott the upcoming Senate poll in Zimbabwe, the party’s president, Morgan Tsvangirai, announced recently. This despite the fact that the majority of the party’s national executive council voted in favour of participation. Analysts believe the decision is a double-edged sword that will intensify pressure on President Robert Mugabe.
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/ 14 October 2005
Rising sea levels, desertification and shrinking freshwater supplies will create up to 50Â -million environmental refugees by the end of the decade, experts warned this week. Janos Bogardi, director of the Institute for Environment and Human Security at the United Nations University in Bonn, said creeping environmental deterioration already displaced up to 10Â -million people a year.