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A ruling on Botswana’s longest-running and most expensive legal battle brought by Kalahari Bushmen against the government will be made next month, Survival International said on Wednesday. The case was filed after the Botswana government evicted the Bushmen from land in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in 2002, said spokesperson Miriam Ross.
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/ 29 November 2006
The South African Council of Churches (SACC) is ”deeply disturbed” by a traditional healer’s claim that 500 HIV-positive people have been cured with African herbs, the SACC said on Wednesday. ”Herbs may play an important role in treating opportunistic infections, but to make claims of curing Aids without hard scientific evidence is irresponsible,” the SACC said.
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/ 29 November 2006
Nato pledged on Wednesday to stay the course to restore peace and stability in Afghanistan at a summit where nations offered guarded concessions to improve the mobility of allied forces battling Taliban insurgents. Alliance leaders also reversed policy on Serbia and Bosnia by offering them a first step towards Nato membership.
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South Africa Under-21 captain Chiliboy Ralepelle will make history on Sunday when he runs on to the field as captain of the Springbok XV against the World XV at Leicester, United Kingdom, on December 3. The 20-year-old will be the first black player to captain a Springbok side, as well as the youngest captain to date.
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/ 29 November 2006
A United Nations-appointed panel told Eritrea and Ethiopia on Wednesday to resolve a six-year border dispute within a year or face the UN taking the matter out of their hands. Eritrea and Ethiopia both last week rejected plans by the panel, the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission, to demarcate their contentious frontier on paper.
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/ 29 November 2006
Police must use maximum force when dealing with violent criminals in order to protect themselves and people around them, Minister of Safety and Security Charles Nqakula said on Wednesday. He was speaking at the graduation ceremony of senior management officers, who completed the executive development programme in Pretoria.
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/ 29 November 2006
A judge in Malawi on Wednesday allowed a coalition of human rights groups to proceed with a legal challenge to United States pop star Madonna’s adoption of an African baby boy. Judge Andrew Nyirenda ruled that the coalition of 67 rights groups could be regarded as ”friends of the court”.
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/ 29 November 2006
Facing mounting pressure to declare a national disaster, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki pledged to help hundreds of thousands of people affected by floods as the death toll hit 51, officials said on Wednesday. Kibaki said the "government is assisting communities affected by floods occasioned by the ongoing rains", his office reported in a statement.
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The Health Department is increasing access to HIV/Aids prevention, care and treatment services, it said ahead of Friday’s World Aids Day. About 11 000 patients are joining the antiretroviral programme every month, Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang said in a statement on Wednesday.
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/ 29 November 2006
Springbok coach Jake White survived a vote of no confidence in the 14-union president’s council on Wednesday. White arrived in Cape Town on Wednesday morning from London to face the council after the Springboks suffered two losses — to Ireland and in the first Test against England — in two successive weeks.