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/ 25 February 2007
The Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) said on Saturday at the party’s 29th Robert Sobukwe Commemoration rally, at the Collie Koeberg Stadium in Graaff-Reinet, that the PAC will never join hands with the African National Congress (ANC), which it accuses of ”cut-throat capitalism” that only benefits its own party officials.
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/ 25 February 2007
Lawyers for former President Nelson Mandela will take Ismail Ayob to court over R2,2-million missing from the Nelson Mandela Trust, the Sunday Times reported in its early edition. They accuse Mandela’s former lawyer, Ayob, of buying cars and paying hundreds of thousands of rands to his own companies.
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/ 25 February 2007
One person was injured in an accident that left the N1 closed to traffic early on Sunday, Gauteng emergency workers said. ER24’s Werner Vermaak said a 30-year-old man sustained severe head injuries when his vehicle overturned several times along the N1 north near the Samrand offramp at about 2am
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/ 24 February 2007
Replacement winger Rudi Wulf scored two tries as the Auckland Blues overwhelmed the Queensland Reds 38-13 in a Super 14 rugby match on Saturday. Wulf scored a try in each half at Eden Park as the Blues scored four tries for a bonus point and moved atop the competition standings at 3-1 midway through the fourth round.
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/ 24 February 2007
Team France’s Loic Duval set the fastest times in the first two practice sessions at the A1 Grand Prix in Durban as Team South Africa did battle with a drive shaft that broke on Friday. In scorching temperatures, Duval set a lap time of 1:19,36 at the morning practice session, and bettered that with a time of 1:18,62 in the afternoon session.
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/ 24 February 2007
In a somewhat disappointing opening affair, the Wildebeest claimed the points in their first outing in the Vodacom Cup rugby series with a 24-16 victory over the Boland Cavaliers at the Absa Stadium in Durban on Friday night. The home side led 10-6 after the first 40 minutes.
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/ 24 February 2007
Downing Street on Friday confirmed it had asked the United States to consider Britain as a possible launching pad for US missile interceptors as part of the Bush administration’s proposed ”Son of Star Wars” anti-ballistic defence scheme. The United Kingdom government had previously played down such reports.
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/ 24 February 2007
The president of the South African Rugby Union (Saru), Oregan Hoskins, on Friday called on the country’s provinces and Super 14 franchises to raise their transformation game. Saru came under fire in Parliament this week about a shortage of black players in its Super 14 teams.
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/ 24 February 2007
At least three people were killed and dozens injured in the tourist resort of Vilankulo when a tropical cyclone slammed into Mozambique’s southern coast this week, the National Emergency Operations Centre and the Red Cross said on Friday. ”Most of the buildings have been destroyed,” a Red Cross officer said.
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/ 24 February 2007
The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (Saica) on Friday expressed disappointment at the poor pass rate of chartered accounting (CA) students. This year’s overall pass rate, in the qualifying exams written as part of a process to becoming fully qualified CAs, was 41% — a 14% decrease from last year.