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/ 14 November 2006
”The world is investing too little,” according to one prominent economist. ”The current situation has its roots in a series of crises over the past decade that were caused by excessive investment, such as the Japanese asset bubble, the crises in emerging Asia and Latin America and, most recently, the IT bubble. Investment has fallen off sharply since, with only very cautious recovery.”
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/ 14 November 2006
On a balmy Saturday afternoon in the suburbs, I am strangling a much older woman with a diamond ring in her nose. When I loosen my grip she shows me her arms. “I’ll have to sue my daughter for bruises from you,” she says. “You’re a violent woman.” My sparring partner blames her daughter for sending her to a self-defence workshop facilitated by 7th Dan Black Belt Karate Sensei Sanette Smit, aka Smitti.
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/ 13 November 2006
Trade unions on Monday called for more consultation over diamond giant De Beers’s planned retrenchment of about 1 000 workers. The number of employees affected has grown from 963 to 1 124 out of about 7 000, said Solidarity spokesperson Reint Dykema.
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/ 13 November 2006
Judge Hilary Squires’s denial that he had referred to a ”generally corrupt relationship” between former deputy president Jacob Zuma and Schabir Shaik has no legal implications, said the National Prosecuting Authority on Monday. The denial has led to fierce comment from political parties and the Congress of South African Trade Unions.
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/ 13 November 2006
Chad’s government declared a state of emergency on Monday in the capital, Ndjamena, and some eastern areas, where raiders on horseback have killed hundreds of villagers in ethnic attacks in recent weeks. The measure included the appointment of special ministers with far-reaching powers for the affected regions.
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/ 13 November 2006
More than 100 patients were evacuated from the Tshepong hospital near Klerksdorp in the North West after heavy rains flooded the hospital on Monday. Hospital chief executive Kathy Randeree said patients were moved to Klerksdorp hospital, Potchefstroom hospital and mining hospitals in Stilfontein and Orkney.
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/ 13 November 2006
While teaching American humour to a gregarious and absurdly out-of-touch foreign journalist, Pat Haggerty realised something was off — who was this guy? Haggerty, a public-speaking coach from Washington, DC, is one of the unwitting co-stars of the surprise hit movie Borat.
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/ 13 November 2006
Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota is misleading whites when he asks them to join the South African National Defence Force, the Freedom Front Plus said on Monday. Media reports on Monday said top white students in the South African Air Force won’t be trained as fighter pilots because they have to make way for black students.
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/ 13 November 2006
India leave for South Africa on Monday night praying their key cricketers deliver on the tough tour, after a string of below-par performances in recent one-day internationals. ”I think we need to get performances from a lot of our key players,” India captain Rahul Dravid said before the team’s departure for the two-month tour.