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/ 9 December 2003
Senior police management should take notice of some disquieting perceptions among police reservists contained in newly compiled research, as the South African Police Service (SAPS) considers making more use of reservists. The research delves into the impressions of active police reservists and their role in the SAPS.
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/ 9 December 2003
The South African chapter of the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) reiterated the organisation’s deep concern on Tuesday over the proposed route of the new N2 toll road through the Wild Coast.
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/ 9 December 2003
More than eight percent of 10 699 pupils in grade 8 to 11 who participated in a nationwide survey reported having forced someone to have sex with them. There was no significant difference in the prevalence among boys and girls, according to the first Youth Risk Behaviour Survey, which was released in Pretoria on Tuesday.
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/ 9 December 2003
Following the successful introduction of TelkomInternet via satellite, Telkom is now taking its SpaceStream Express product into Africa. "We have started trials in several African countries and expect to introduce a full commercial service early in the new year," a Telkom spokesperson said on Tuesday.
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/ 9 December 2003
Zimbabwe’s state press called on President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday to sever diplomatic ties with Britain and Australia, blaming British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s government for all the southern African country’s economic and political crises.
Money no longer talks in Zimbabwe
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/ 9 December 2003
South African President Thabo Mbeki has questioned the commitment of the United Nations to guaranteeing international peace, especially in Africa. ”Our experience of the discharge of their responsibilities in regard to conflicts on the [African] continent has not always been positive,” the president said.
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/ 9 December 2003
A Mercedes sedan exploded outside the National Hotel across from Moscow’s Red Square on Tuesday, killing at least five people, Moscow police said. It was not clear whether the blast was due to a terrorist act or a business dispute that had turned violent, police said.
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/ 9 December 2003
It all started on a kitchen table in Chicago 50 years ago when Hugh Hefner, a former scribe at Esquire magazine decided that the men of America deserved better. With of his own money and 000 more in loans he put together the first issue of the men’s magazine Playboy in December 1953.
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/ 9 December 2003
Foreign investors, particularly from the UK, Ireland and Germany, are increasingly looking to buy South African commercial property as a medium- to long-term investment option, despite the ongoing strength of the rand, according to Golding Commercial Properties, a subsidiary of the Pam Golding Properties group.
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/ 9 December 2003
The execution of convicted murderer Mariette Bosch, a South African citizen, in Botswana in March 2001 did not contravene the policies of the African Commission on Human Rights, the office of the president of Botswana said on Monday.