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Animal rights activists held a protest in Johannesburg on Monday, demanding heavier sentences for animal abusers and that animal abuse be taken seriously. ”Punishment for the most horrendous acts of violence against animals rarely exceeds a miniscule fine,” read their press statement.
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The Friends of Jacob Zuma Trust has lambasted former University of South Africa principal Barney Pityana over remarks he made about Zuma’s supporters, dismissing his comments as ”reckless and lies”. During an address at King College in London recently, Pityana is said to have told his audience that Zuma supporters are mainly criminals.
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West Ham United sacked manager Alan Pardew on Monday after a poor run of results left the club third from bottom in the Premier League. A club statement said Icelandic chairperson Eggert Magnusson and the board ”had been concerned by the performances in recent weeks and felt it is the right time to make a change”.
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South Africa, which has the world’s second-heaviest caseload of HIV/Aids, has seen average life expectancy fall by 13 years since 1990 to 51, a new study has revealed. A survey by the Medical Research Council and Actuarial Society of South Africa said life expectancy this year was ”estimated to be 49 years for males and 53 years for females”, or an average of 51.
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Former National Intelligence Agency director general Billy Masetlha was charged with fraud on Monday after handing himself over to police in Pretoria. He was later granted bail of R10Â 000 in an appearance in the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crime Court, said national police spokesperson Dennis Adriao.
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A painting by British wartime leader Winston Churchill sold for £612 800 (,2-million) at auction on Monday, a new record for the part-time artist and about three times the pre-sale estimate. View of Tinherir was painted in 1951 in Marrakech, Morocco, and given two years later to United States General George Marshall.
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Leading figures in Durban and KwaZulu-Natal were doing their best on Monday to limit damage to the city’s image following the rape of a French swimming official. As Durban’s mayor Obed Mlaba staged a walkabout on the city’s beach promenade on Monday morning, local newspaper posters told of the French woman’s ordeal.
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A number of officials have been deployed at border posts across the country to ensure efficient cross-border operations during the festive season, the government said in a statement on Monday. Among them are police officers and additional immigration and customs personnel to help with extended hours of operation.
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned on Monday that Iran will respond to any action against its nuclear activities amid growing signs of a consensus on United Nations Security Council sanctions against Iran. ”From now on, considering your insistence on confronting the Iranian nation, we consider this move of yours as hostile and will act accordingly,” Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying.
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Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu said on Monday that he ”would never be able to gloat” over the death of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, who died on Sunday without ever facing justice for the torture and killings that took place during his 1973 to 1990 regime. Tutu, who was speaking to reporters in Geneva, said he ”would want to send condolences to the family of General Pinochet”.