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/ 22 November 2006
Africa’s infant mortality rate of 1,16-million per year placed it on a par with England’s figures in the early 20th century, according to a study released on Wednesday. The report said that half of these deaths occurred in Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda.
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/ 22 November 2006
Police stopped students from handing out garlic, beetroot and pamphlets to foreign tourists at OR Tambo International Airport outside Johannesburg on Wednesday, police said. The students, wearing bandages, neck supports and carrying crutches, wanted foreigners to note ”the harsh realities of South Africa”.
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/ 22 November 2006
Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc has revealed how he read Louis Saha’s mind to make the penalty save that sent the Scottish champions into the knockout stages of the Champions League. Boruc’s stop from the Manchester United striker’s late spot-kick was every bit as crucial as Shunsuke Nakamura’s spectacular free-kick winner as Celtic claimed a memorable 1-0 victory on Tuesday night.
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/ 22 November 2006
Hundreds of South African prisoners who have been in jail since the apartheid era are hoping to reclaim their freedom by convincing the government that their crimes were politically motivated. Some of the prisoners, ranging from die-hard defenders of the whites-only regime to members of the Zulu-based Inkatha Freedom Party, concede they were involved in serious crimes.
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/ 22 November 2006
The Jackie Selebi affair, as a sidebar to the Brett Kebble saga, has exposed South Africa’s ”dark underbelly” and complicated criminal networks, Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Tony Leon said on Wednesday. Selebi, the police National Commissioner, should be suspended and a commission of inquiry appointed, Leon said.
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/ 22 November 2006
A two-month strike by Sun International employees belonging to the South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers’ Union (Saccawu) is over, the company said on Wednesday. Sun International’s chief executive, David Coutts-Trotter, said the company signed a three-year agreement with Saccawu on Tuesday night.
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/ 22 November 2006
ADT Security, the owner of Kusela Security, on Wednesday denied that the company ever handled security at OR Tambo International airport. ”ADT would like to confirm that this statement is factually incorrect,” managing director Danna Strydom said. ”Kusela has never handled the security at the OR Tambo airport.”
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/ 22 November 2006
The death toll of civilians in Iraq reached a new high of 3Â 709 in October, with sectarian violence to blame for most of the killings, a United Nations report said on Wednesday. ”Sectarian violence seems to be the main cause,” the report said, adding the death toll for September was 3Â 345.
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/ 22 November 2006
Energy starved Zimbabwe has launched a campaign to save electricity, urging locals to switch off lights, hot water tanks and computers to stave off more frequent power cuts, it was reported on Wednesday. ”Are you tired of blackouts? Play your part!” reads an advert in the state-controlled Herald newspaper.
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/ 22 November 2006
DRDGold says it intends to proceed with its claim of more than R100-million against JCI after the former company of slain magnate Brett Kebble claimed it had settled the claim in a circular. "We can demonstrate that the conditions for a settlement agreement were never met and, as a result, no settlement was reached," said DRDGold chief executive Mark Wellesley-Wood.