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/ 12 December 2006
Robbers struck twice within minutes in Bryanston in northern Johannesburg on Monday night, leaving a man dead and another injured, paramedics said. ER24 spokesperson Werner Vermaak said paramedics were dispatched to Galway Street in Bryanston at about 7.15pm after ”multiple gunshots” were heard.
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/ 12 December 2006
Links between education and the rest of the economy are seldom explicitly addressed in education planning and finance, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel said on Monday at the opening of the the 16th Commonwealth Conference of Education Ministers in Cape Town.
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/ 12 December 2006
Genting’s upcoming casino resort featuring a Universal Studios theme park will be Singapore’s biggest tourism money spinner and is expected to break even in seven years, the Malaysian gaming giant said this week. The "Resorts World at Sentosa" is projected to generate tourism receipts of $9,5-billion annually by 2015.
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/ 12 December 2006
Three people, including a three-month-old baby, have died and more than 700 have been left homeless after severe flooding in KwaZulu-Natal, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) reported on Monday. Two people drowned after the Bhanya River burst its banks at Bhekuzulu township in Vryheid, the SABC said.
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/ 12 December 2006
Fransjohan Pretorius, professor of history at the University of Pretoria and researcher for the documentary <i>Scorched Earth</i>, spoke with Riaan Wolmarans.
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/ 12 December 2006
In the United Kingdom more Brits voted during the final episode of <i>Big Brother</i> than in the general elections, writes Riaan Wolmarans.
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/ 12 December 2006
Tequila manufacturers in Mexico have, with the backing of the Mexican government, launched a war on the Agave Distillery outside Graaff-Reinet, writes Lynda Gilfillan.
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/ 12 December 2006
The politics of provision are heating up as Slow Food’s symbolic snail sets out to establish global power. Right now the fuel of that crusade is raw milk. Established in 1986 in Bra, Italy, the Slow Food movement is a worldwide organisation. (There are active groups in Johannesburg and Cape Town.) Positioned as a counter-balance […]
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/ 12 December 2006
From the beginning of December, the life industry’s statement of intent, which sets the new minimums in terms of surrender values, comes into force. This has major implications for people who have made changes to their retirement annuities, endowment or whole life policies since January 2001.
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/ 12 December 2006
Number portability is finally here. That means that, if you want to keep the cellphone number, you have had for 10 years, you no longer have to stick with the cellphone provider you first signed up with. The first three digits of a cellphone number will no longer relate to the cellular provider and consumers can shop around for the best packages without notifying their entire contact list about a change.