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/ 17 October 2005
Tickets for Saturday’s Currie Cup final between the Blue Bulls and Cheetahs at the 50 000-seater Loftus Versfeld Stadium sold out in less than six hours on Monday. The frenzy for tickets saw people camp overnight outside the stadium to ensure they were not disappointed.
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/ 17 October 2005
Preliminary results released on Monday from Liberia’s vote last week maintained a lead for football hero George Weah but underscored the need for a run-off election for the presidency of the post-war elected government. With more than 90% of 3 070 polling stations reporting, Weah was in front with 28,9%.
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/ 17 October 2005
The international community has been called upon to assist the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in its peace-building initiatives, the office of Botswana President Festus Mogae said on Monday. The call was made by the Botswana/Zimbabwe Joint Permanent Commission on Defence and Security, Mogae said in a statement.
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/ 17 October 2005
Malawi’s Parliament on Monday opened debate on impeachment procedures, the first concrete step in moves to oust President Bingu wa Mutharika for allegedly violating the Constitution. ”The debate on impeachment procedures is really on,” said Vin Phiri, a spokesperson for Parliament.
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/ 17 October 2005
A rise in interest costs could cause increasing household debt to threaten the stability of South Africa’s financial system, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) said on Monday. Household debt has been trending upward since the beginning of 2003, according to the central bank’s latest financial stability review.
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/ 17 October 2005
Three men appeared in the Vereeniging Magistrate’s Court on Monday charged with the kidnapping of 10-year-old Liam Aspeling last week, Gauteng police said. The boy was snatched from the front of his mother’s home in Ennerdale on Tuesday. He was reunited with his family on Wednesday.
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/ 17 October 2005
President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe denounced United States President George Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair as ”the two unholy men of our millennium” at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation anniversary meeting in Rome on Monday.
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/ 17 October 2005
What would Jesus blog? This was among the questions considered by a conference of God bloggers in California at the weekend, which heralded their growing numbers as potentially the most important development in the spread of Christianity since the Gutenberg printing press began churning out bibles in the 15th century.
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/ 17 October 2005
About 400 people gathered outside the Gauteng legislature on Monday where they formed a human chain around the building to mark International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Representing a variety of NGOs, the demonstrators called for a basic income grant for all.
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/ 17 October 2005
LETTERS June 3 – 09 2005 Wail for the Mail The interdict granted to Imvume to restrain the Mail & Guardian from reporting on the ”Oilgate” scandal is a severe setback for freedom of expression in general and press freedom in particular. The fact that press freedom can be abused does not justify prior restraints […]