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/ 20 February 2001
LOW salaries and large-scale bribery of traffic officials are reportedly among the main reasons for a breakdown in law enactment and road behaviour in South Africa, according to an Automobile Association (AA) study reported in the Beeld newspaper. The report says that bribery has become such an entrenched practice that it would only be rooted […]
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/ 20 February 2001
THOUSANDS of commuters are stranded after a devastating fire swept Pretorias central station on Monday night. The fire was believed to have been started by angry commuters protesting at delays caused by a faulty signalling system. Witnesses said about 6_000 commuters attempted to break into the control room, then returned to the main foyer where […]
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/ 20 February 2001
PRESIDENT Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal on Monday ordered a judicial inquiry into the killing of 13 civilians in troubled Casamance province last week. The 13 hauliers were attacked and killed by a gang of about 20 men near Bonna, some 100km northeast of the regional capital Ziguinchor. Armed separatists in Casamance have waged war against […]
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/ 20 February 2001
INHABITANTS of central Mozambique were urged to flee to high ground on Monday as another river threatened to burst its banks under heavy rain. Thousands of people have already fled their homes due to recent flooding, and the World Food Programme said the region was on further alert as the Save River rose after weekend […]
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/ 19 February 2001
The fact that it is independent hardly redeems Lyk Lollery, a not-so-new local comedy, writes Neil Sonnekus.
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/ 19 February 2001
SIZWE SAMAYENDE, Nelspruit | Monday THE State is about to expropriate a second farm and give it to rural families after its owners demanded double what the government was prepared to pay for it. Land and agriculture minister Thoko Didiza’s signature will ensure that 20 hectares of land belonging to Cairn Trust (Pty) Ltd outside […]
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/ 19 February 2001
SWAZILANDS Prime Minister Sibusiso Dlamini has announced a surprise cabinet reshuffle, demoting two of the kingdom’s most prominent politicians to junior portfolios. Dlamini declined to give reasons for the reshuffle, which saw outspoken finance minister John Carmichael shifted to education and veteran foreign affairs minister Albert Shabangu transferred to the housing and urban development portfolio. […]
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/ 19 February 2001
TWO toddlers have been found dead in a swimming pool in Meredale, south of Johannesburg. Police said the bodies of the toddlers, a boy and a girl aged about two, were found floating in the pool at the Palm Springs Townhouse complex. The boy and girl were rushed to the Meredale Clinic where they were […]
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/ 19 February 2001
A NEW study shows that wine is the healthiest of alcoholic beverages and moderate wine drinkers live longer than teetotallers do, the Stockholm newspaper Aftonbladet has reported. A half bottle of wine per week halves the risk of dying of cardiovascular diseases, according to a dissertation presented by the medical doctor and researcher Holger Theobald. […]