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/ 13 September 2005
The basic fuel price (BFP) used by the government to set the cost of fuel is supposed to represent the import parity price, that is, the price at which petrol, diesel or paraffin could be imported into the Republic. But, if you were to shop for your own petrol around the world, you could land it here significantly cheaper than the BFP.
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/ 13 September 2005
It’s safe to say that if George W Bush was in his first term, he would be heading for defeat. Safe, because we will never know: he’s in his second term and will never face the voters again. That quirk in the United States system, with its strict two-term rule, makes it hard to read the impact Hurricane Katrina will have on the Bush presidency.
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/ 13 September 2005
Professor Chris Brink has been rector at the University of Stellenbosch since 2002. Stellenbosch has been in the thick of a heated debate on transformation that saw a student protest, led by the African National Congress Youth League and South African Students Congress, gripping the town on July 28. He spoke to the Mail&Guardian about the challenge of change.
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/ 12 September 2005
Minister of Defence Shaul Mofaz warned on Monday that Israel will adopt a ”zero tolerance” policy to continued violence from the Gaza Strip after ending its 38-year occupation of the Palestinian territory. ”If terrorist organisations launch any kind of attacks against Israeli civilians from the Gaza Strip, we will react,” Mofaz said.
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/ 12 September 2005
Iraqi and United States troops tightened their grip on the northern rebel stronghold of Tal Afar on Monday as insurgents wilted in the face of overwhelming firepower deployed by the 10 000-strong assault force, US commanders said. The 6 000 Iraqi and 4 000 US troops began an all-out offensive late last week.
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/ 12 September 2005
Horatio Hornblower is an odd name, but consider his siblings: Azubia, Constantia, Jecoliah, Jedidah, Jerusha and Erastus. Staff and researchers at the Cornwall County Record Office have compiled a list of more than 1 000 unusual names found in censuses as well as births, deaths and marriage records going back as far as the 16th century.
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/ 12 September 2005
United States President George Bush denied on Monday there was any racial component to people being left behind after Hurricane Katrina, despite suggestions from some critics that the response would have been quicker if so many of the victims hadn’t been poor and black.
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/ 12 September 2005
Two police officers accused of corruption were refused bail in the Pretoria Commercial Crimes Court on Monday. ”Bail was not granted for the two men and they remain in custody,” said Superintendent Andy Pieke, of the East Rand police. Pieke said the case was postponed for further investigation.
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/ 12 September 2005
An outbreak of trypanosomiasis, the ”sleeping sickness” transmitted to humans by the bite of a tsetse fly, has reached epidemic proportions in parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). According to statistics released by health authorities, about 1Â 650 people have been infected with the disease.