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/ 20 November 2006
Fans rushed on Monday to buy the first ”new” Beatles album for a generation — a radical remixing of some of the group’s most famous songs, more than 35 years after the break-up of the iconic band. Love, which has the backing of Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, comprises 26 of the Fab Four’s hit songs.
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/ 20 November 2006
Pioneering sociologist Yuri Levada, who was shut out of his profession in Soviet times but came back to track public opinion as Russia made the transition from communism, died on November 16 at his institute in Moscow. The cause of the 76-year-old Levada’s death was a heart attack, said a colleague at the Levada Analytical Centre.
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/ 20 November 2006
Ruth Brown’s recordings of Teardrops in My Eyes and (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean dominated the R&B charts in the 1950s and earned her the nickname ”Miss Rhythm”. But her other nickname might as well be ”Miss Survivor” for persevering through the highs and lows of a career spanning six decades.
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/ 20 November 2006
The Department of Education has expanded the number of schools that will not be charging school fees by 40% for next year. ”Funding is available and this will be implemented. It is also in keeping with government’s commitment that no child should be denied an education,” Education Minister Naledi Pandor said on Monday.
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/ 20 November 2006
South African Finance Minister Trevor Manuel is scheduled to present his budget speech and introduce the Division of Revenue Bill on Wednesday February 21 next year, according to a draft parliamentary programme. While some MPs are still in Cape Town, the bulk of members have returned to their constituencies.
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/ 20 November 2006
The new year would see "an even more" intensified fight against employment-equity violators, Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana said on Monday. He was addressing the launch of a new multimillion-rand computer literacy skills centre for people with disabilities in Richards Bay in northern KwaZulu-Natal.
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/ 20 November 2006
Militants have left an oil pumping station operated by the Italian oil giant Agip after a two-week siege, freeing about 30 workers and soldiers. ”The armed men left the facility in the early hours of yesterday [Sunday] after a truce was brokered by the Bayesla state government,” said the governor’s spokesperson Welson Ekiyor.
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/ 20 November 2006
Nedbank officially opened its banking kiosk at the Pick ‘n Pay Hypermarket in Northgate this weekend. "Banking within a hypermarket is an innovative way for Nedbank to deliver on its commitment to become more accessible and reach more people," said Alfred Ramosedi, Nedbank retail divisional director.
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/ 20 November 2006
Market intelligence and consulting company BMI-T has upwardly revised its previous forecasts for the broadband market. Releasing its latest wireless access and broadband report on Monday, BMI-T said much of the new growth in terms of subscriber numbers is expected to come from wireless connectivity.
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/ 20 November 2006
Derek Muller, director in the chief executive’s office of banking group Nedbank and a member of the group executive committee, will be retiring during 2007, the bank announced on Monday. In a banking career spanning 31 years, Muller (54) has been with Nedbank for 21 years.