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/ 4 November 2004
Politicians and members of the judiciary, with the exception of magistrates, are to receive a maximum salary increase of 6% this year, the Presidency announced on Thursday. Mbeki’s decision comes after the recommendations of the Independent Commission for the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers.
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/ 4 November 2004
Recipes for kangaroo testicles won’t be knocked until they’re tried next year at the World Testicle Cooking Championships in Serbia, news reports said on Thursday. The annual event is organised by the Serbian Tourism Board, and an invitation has gone out to Australian chefs to come to Belgrade next year.
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/ 4 November 2004
The long-delayed taxi recapitalisation programme will be implemented from the beginning of the 2005/06 financial year, Minister of Transport Jeff Radebe announced in Pretoria on Thursday. Costing the government an estimated R7,7-billion, the recapitalisation programme will replace the country’s ageing taxi fleet.
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/ 4 November 2004
Brothels in Hong Kong are turning customers into unwitting porn movie stars by filming their antics on secret cameras, a news report said on Thursday. Sophisticated pinhole surveillance cameras have been found in raids on brothels in the city’s Mongkok red-light district, the South China Morning Post reported.
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/ 4 November 2004
A Hong Kong police officer has had 28 minutes of pay docked from his salary after he was caught visiting a prostitute while on duty, a news report said on Thursday. Sergeant Wing Sing-tak (34) was also demoted after being spotted going into a brothel in his uniform for 28 minutes while he was on patrol in the city’s red-light district.
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/ 4 November 2004
Giving a new meaning to the term grassroots music, Pioneer Corporation said on Thursday it has developed a next-generation disc made of corn to let the eco-conscious consumer dispose of data in the soil. The Japanese electronics maker said the Blu-Ray optical disc can be written once and stores 25 gigabytes of data.
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/ 4 November 2004
A woman claims a vindictive ex-husband shamed her by posting advertising leaflets around their eastern Czech Republic town featuring her phone number and an erotic photo, Prague’s Lidovenoviny newspaper said on Thursday. A district judge is currently weighing the claim.
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/ 4 November 2004
A crowd of Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) activists marched to Parliament on Thursday as part of a national demonstration calling for the government to pay the TAC’s costs in recent litigation. The spirited protesters toyi-toyied and chanted their way down several blocks in the city centre, bringing traffic to a standstill.
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/ 4 November 2004
Alleged Mafia kingpin Vito Palazzolo is suing top police investigator Captain Piet Viljoen and a former member of the organised crime unit for R5-million each for defamation. Advocate Klaus von Lieres und Wilkau, who has acted as a consultant to Palazzolo, revealed this on Monday in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court.
Magistrate calls for change in the law
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/ 4 November 2004
A document outlining a loan agreement between Deputy President Jacob Zuma and fraud and corruption accused Schabir Shaik was presented to the Durban High Court on Thursday. The document apparently makes provision for a R2-million revolving loan from Shaik to Zuma over five years.