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/ 17 January 2007
A search involving boats and aircraft is under way for two missing crewmen from a fishing vessel that sank about 20 nautical miles off Cape Point, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said on Wednesday afternoon. NSRI media spokesperson Craig Lambinon said a ”40-foot sport fishing vessel” had been reported overdue at 11am.
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/ 17 January 2007
The Independent Democrats (ID) has reached an agreement with the Democratic Alliance (DA) regarding the governance of the City of Cape Town, it confirmed on Wednesday. Under the agreement, the ID will become part of the DA-led multiparty coalition, ID council caucus chairperson Simon Grindrod told reporters.
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/ 17 January 2007
United Nations agencies on Wednesday said the world’s largest aid operation in Darfur is under threat because of attacks and insecurity and urged concrete steps be taken to stem the violence. The joint statement said in the past six months about 250 000 people had been forced to flee violence, many for the second or third time.
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/ 17 January 2007
Grinaker has won the contract to revamp the Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg for the 2010 World Cup, the company announced on Wednesday. The new Soccer City stadium will have 94Â 700 seats, from the current 70Â 000, all under a roof, leaving the soccer pitch itself open to the skies.
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/ 17 January 2007
Gauteng police on Wednesday told media organisations not to make direct contact with police stations following the newly introduced police-centralisation process. ”There will be no comments to media enquiries from any member of the service in the province … Do not attempt to make direct contact at police stations,” Director Govindsamy Mariemuthoo said on Wednesday.
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/ 17 January 2007
Prime Minister Tony Blair denied on Wednesday having called his heir-apparent Chancellor Gordon Brown ”psychologically flawed.” The cautiously worded denial came after a former spokesperson suggested Blair himself may have used the infamous description of Brown, a long-time ally turned political foe of the British leader.
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/ 17 January 2007
Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said on Wednesday his movement will mobilise supporters to block President Robert Mugabe’s plan to extend his rule by two years to 2010. Mugabe’s ruling Zanu-PF party last month approved a plan to move presidential polls from 2008 to 2010 so they can be held at the same time as parliamentary elections.
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/ 17 January 2007
China is suffering its biggest wave of syphilis in more than 50 years as a cocktail of changing sexual mores and weakening healthcare takes its toll.
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/ 17 January 2007
Johannesburg’s preparations for the 2010 Soccer World Cup are on time and within budget, mayor Amos Masondo said on Wednesday. ”Let me assure you that our plans and preparations are on track, on time and within budget,” he told a sod-turning ceremony at the FNB Stadium.
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/ 17 January 2007
Holiday season traffic deaths and accidents dropped by less than 5% compared with a year ago, Transport Minister Jeff Radebe said on Wednesday. Radebe issued his report on the December 1 to January 10 holiday season traffic at Atteridgeville in Gauteng. The number of fatal accidents dropped by 59 from 1 428 to 1 369 compared with the same time a year ago.