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/ 18 November 2005
In the mystery of the Scot and the disappearing HIV, it could be the vitamins that did it. But the culprit is far more likely to be an inaccurate blood test or a hidden viral infection. Recently, a 25-year-old Scot living in London said in paid interviews with two British tabloids that he was "the first in the world to be cured of HIV".
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/ 18 November 2005
Mzi Khumalo faces penalties that could reach R130-million for stashing offshore the benefits of a botched empowerment deal, which saw him acquire, and quickly sell, a large stake in Harmony Gold three years ago. In an apparent violation of exchange control regulations Khumalo managed to use the proceeds of the deal to gain access to more than R700-million in foreign currency, effectively taking his profits offshore.
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/ 18 November 2005
A Namibian NGO producing comic strips to promote use of information and communications technology has won an award in the community-engagement category at the just-ended World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis, Tunisia. The NGO, Schoolnet Namibia, exhibited at the WSIS its comic-strip project.
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/ 18 November 2005
The toughest season in Springbok history has two games left and it is some measure of the renaissance achieved under coach Jake White that both games could be lost and no one would be calling for his head. White’s team lost just once in the Tri-Nations and came within five minutes of winning that game against New Zealand.
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/ 18 November 2005
At least six people were killed, including a woman and two children, and 40 hurt when two suicide bombers blew up their cars on Friday outside a Baghdad hotel and near an interior ministry complex. The explosions, at about 8.20am local time, brought down the facade of a three-storey residential building.
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/ 18 November 2005
Some African National Congress structures, including the ANC Youth League, may call for a special conference to tackle the ”war” between President Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma at the ANC’s national executive committee (NEC) meeting this weekend. The call could be made if the conflict appears intractable.
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/ 18 November 2005
Intrigue at the highest level of the government, including an extraordinary political ambush and counter-ambush, has been disclosed in court documents lodged by suspended National Intelligence Agency director general Billy Masetlha. Masetlha is attempting a high court challenge to his axing last month by Intelligence Minister Ronnie Kasrils.
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/ 18 November 2005
<b>CD OF THE WEEK:</b> Zola’s new kwaito offering is full of sharp observation, deeply rooted in his personal experience of growing up poor in the epicentre of South Africa’s political turmoil, writes Monako Dibetle. Also read reviews of The M and M Project, Crosby Stills & Nash and Bill Frisell.
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/ 18 November 2005
Robbie Williams, Britain’s biggest entertainer, has just released a new album and is set to perform in South Africa next year. But he’s still a mixed-up boy, he tells Paul Flynn.
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/ 18 November 2005
There are some excellent civil servants from whose expertise and efficieny I have personally benefited. But there are still others who think that delivering a service refers to what they do on Saturday afternoons, writes Mike van Graan.