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/ 27 February 2007
The South African Revenue Service (Sars) should publicly apologise to African National Congress deputy president Jacob Zuma, the Friends of Jacob Zuma Trust in Gauteng demanded on Tuesday. This follows reports that Sars served Zuma with a summons after he apparently failed to submit his tax return, information that Sars denied leaking to the media.
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/ 27 February 2007
The 2010 Soccer World Cup marks the beginning of a revolution in South Africa’s transport system, Transport Minister Jeff Radebe said on Tuesday. ”The 2010 World Cup is a major milestone in our history and marks the beginning of a major revolution in South Africa’s transport system,” Radebe told the African Business Tourism Conference in Sandton.
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/ 27 February 2007
Another cyclone was making its way towards Southern Africa on Tuesday, threatening further destruction in the flood-ravaged region, while the cash-strapped United Nations World Food Programme announced it was cutting food rations to half a million Zambians.
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/ 27 February 2007
Democratic Alliance (DA) CEO Ryan Coetzee has put paid to rumours he might make himself available for election as DA leader when incumbent Tony Leon relinquishes the reins in May. In a terse statement on Tuesday, Coetzee said only: ”In response to ongoing speculation I wish to confirm that I will not be standing for the leadership of the DA.”
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/ 27 February 2007
Education Minister Naledi Pandor will meet with the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) to discuss ”all the matters” raised at a meeting of union leaders in which mass action was threatened. Education spokesperson Lunga Ngqengelele said on Tuesday: ”The minister has always emphasised that she is willing to meet with Sadtu on any matter.”
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/ 27 February 2007
Injury-hit Pakistan suffered a fresh World Cup blow on Tuesday when all-rounder Abdul Razzaq was ruled out for three weeks with a fractured knee. Razzaq was hit on the left knee by a ball during practice on Monday and doctors have advised him to take three weeks of rest, followed by another two to three weeks of physiotherapy.
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/ 27 February 2007
The US Vice-President, Dick Cheney, was dispatched to Pakistan on Monday to lend force to growing frustration at the country’s failure to crack down on a resurgent Taliban operating in its remote border regions. The unannounced visit comes on the eve of an expected spring offensive by the Taliban.
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/ 27 February 2007
Cape Town mayor Helen Zille has put her approval of the 2010 stadium budget on hold, following an unexpected hike in cost. A special council meeting scheduled for Tuesday afternoon, which was to have given the green light for a R2,68-billion budget, was called off at the last minute, and postponed to Friday.
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/ 27 February 2007
For 14 years, they were practically inseparable. Olive Watson, an heiress to the IBM fortune, and her partner, Patricia Spado, shared homes and bank accounts, attended family functions, and bought a dog together. Watson even named Spado as the sole beneficiary of her will.
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/ 27 February 2007
Rescuers found the bodies on Tuesday of two people missing after an Indonesian ferry consumed by fire sank with investigators and journalists on board. The total number of confirmed dead following the fire and sinking stands at 53. Estimates put the number of missing at between 50 and 100.