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Sensitive South African restaurant patrons have found the use of the word ”tsunami” by local eateries a bit hard to swallow, accusing it of cashing in on the Asian wave disaster, a report said on Tuesday. Offended because of the devastating waves, several people have lodged complaints at two Johannesburg eateries.
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The Department of Health on Tuesday reiterated its warning that its disputed new medicine-pricing laws are in force in spite of a Supreme Court of Appeal ruling to the contrary. It said the controversial regulations remain in force until the Constitutional Court makes a final decision on the matter.
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Feminist icon Germaine Greer, who baffled observers by agreeing to appear in a reality television show, made an equally mysterious decision on Tuesday to quit the programme. The Australian writer and academic left British show Celebrity Big Brother after five days of being locked in a house with, among others, the ex-wife of Sylvester Stallone.
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The sectoral education and training authority (Seta) for the services industries denied on Tuesday it is in a financial crisis, or asking the government to bail it out.
”From a solvency point of view, we don’t have any problems,” CEO Ivor Blumenthal told reporters in Pretoria.
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/ 11 January 2005
Dolly Mokgatle, the CEO of Spoornet, has resigned, parent Transnet said on Tuesday. Transnet has accepted her resignation with immediate effect. No reasons were given for Mokgatle’s resignation. Tami Didiza, head of Transnet group communications, declined to comment further, saying only that Mokgatle will be "pursuing other interests".
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More than 150 000 Swedes were without power on Tuesday and police said another person was reported killed in fierce storms that struck northern Europe over the weekend, bringing the death toll to 17. Two British men swept away in northern rivers have been missing since Saturday and there has been no word about their fate.
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A local Conservative Party association in Wales was trying to buy back its internet domain name on Tuesday after its site was hijacked and filled with hardcore pornography. People logging onto www.delynconservatives.com hoping to read about political issues in Delyn, North Wales — population 70 000 — instead found such treats as ”Bus Stop Whores,” ”Bimbo Wives,” and ”Teens for Cash”.
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A group of labour unions and youth organisations, the Education Alliance, will monitor the start of the new academic year in schools and other institutions from Wednesday. This year, it will concentrate on the reintegration of unsuccessful matriculants and stabilising the education system so that transformation can proceed.
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South African President Thabo Mbeki arrived in Côte d’Ivoire on Tuesday for talks with President Laurent Gbagbo, the latest bid to resolve the long-standing conflict in the war-divided West African nation. Mbeki is expected to meet with rebel leader Guillaume Soro and Prime Minister Seydou Diarra, as well as Gbagbo.
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The Indonesian military imposed sweeping restrictions on foreign aid workers in tsunami-hit Aceh on Tuesday, saying the move is needed to curtail a growing threat from separatist rebels.
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