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/ 16 November 2001

TEACHER CHARGED WITH INDECENT ASSAULT

A 28-year-old teacher appeared in the Germiston Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday hours after being arrested in connection with the indecent assault of a pupil in March, East Rand police said. Inspector Joep Joubert said the teacher was arrested after a 12-year-old girl filed a complaint. The Child Protection Unit was still investigating the matter. Joubert […]

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/ 15 November 2001

‘Baby rape part of apartheid’s legacy’

Cape Town | Thursday SOUTH African Deputy President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday attributed the gang-rape of a nine-month-old baby to a lack of morality he blamed on apartheid. Zuma said during a debate in the National Assembly on the rape in the small northern township of Louisville that “something was seriously amiss” in the country. […]

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/ 15 November 2001

Incest case: grandpa free, daughter guilty

Johannesburg | Thursday A 66-YEAR-old South African grandfather was acquitted on Wednesday of having committed incest with his daughter — but she was found guilty of incest with her brother, who committed suicide in March. Robert Fedder (66) and his daughter Breggie Kamffer (33) went on trial in October after they and Fedder’s wife, Elsina […]

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/ 15 November 2001

Nigeria approves $237-million power contracts

Abuja | Thursday THE Nigerian government on Wednesday approved more than $237-million worth of new power transmission projects, the information minister announced. Information Minister Jerry Gana told journalists the projects would improve power supply across the country. The projects will enhance the existing 330 KW and 132 KW networks of the national grid, an official […]

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/ 15 November 2001

Pall of death hangs over sodden Algeria

Algiers | Thursday RESCUE workers on Wednesday pulled dozens more corpses from mounds of rubble and mud in Algiers, where hundreds of people were still missing after storms turned part of the seaside city into a graveyard. Officials said 651 died from weekend storms across the country, 604 of whom lived in Algiers, where a […]

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/ 15 November 2001

Africa gains ground at WTO conference

Doha | Thursday DEVELOPING countries emerged with several big gains from a just-concluded World Trade Organisation conference here, winning concessions on key points from the United States and the European Union. Though they came to the Doha meeting deeply sceptical about the chances of making their voices heard, they nonetheless managed to make their presence […]