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/ 19 September 2007

AG to probe SAPS station-level performance

Auditor General (AG) Terence Nombembe will conduct an audit next year to assess station-level performance within the South African Police Service (SAPS). The special audit will examine, among others, uneven service delivery at station-level across the country, which affects the way that are opened and recorded, and crime statistics compiled.

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/ 18 September 2007

England skipper apologises for visiting lap-dancing club

England captain Paul Collingwood apologised on Tuesday for visiting a lap-dancing club one day before playing South Africa in Twenty20 World Championship. ”It’s obviously unacceptable and I’ll have to learn from that,” Collingwood said. ”I made a mistake.” Collingwood visited the club in Cape Town after England had lost to Australia on Friday by eight wickets.

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/ 18 September 2007

ANC: Discussion not an attack on labour movement

The African National Congress (ANC) is not attacking the labour movement when it says it needs to be strengthened, the organisation said on Tuesday. ”Comments suggesting that the ANC is trying to belittle, abuse, ridicule or undermine the contribution of workers in the fight for freedom are wrong and misplaced,” said the ANC in a statement.

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/ 18 September 2007

Kiwi fans turn France black

Dan’s battered camper van dates back to 1985, two years before the inaugural Rugby World Cup in 1987. But the one-time cream coloured vehicle, which has more than 240 000km on the clock, has been pressed into service for a rugby odyssey in France as part of a European tour.

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/ 17 September 2007

France to invest €400-million in SA

France is to invest about €400-million in the next four years to help South Africa with service delivery, job creation and environmental and sustainable development, French ambassador Denis Pietton said on Monday. ”In terms of service delivery, we will help with providing development assistance,” the ambassador said in Pretoria.

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/ 17 September 2007

ANC denies interfering in SABC board selection

The African National Congress (ANC) on Monday dismissed as ”mischievous and fanciful” suggestions that it interfered in the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board-selection process. The Sunday Times reported that ANC headquarters had ordered the party’s MPs to accept a list of new SABC board appointees.

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/ 16 September 2007

Merciless France hammer 14-man Namibia

Hosts France showed no mercy to 14-man Namibia on Sunday as they got some vital momentum for Friday’s crucial Group D World Cup clash with Ireland, winning 87-10 to post their record score in international rugby. Vincent Clerc ran in three tries, while locks Jerome Nallet and Sebastian Chabal grabbed a brace each.

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/ 16 September 2007

Sexwale warns against ANC infighting

Businessman Tokyo Sexwale has reiterated that infighting within the African National Congress (ANC) would destroy the party, South African Broadcasting Corporation news reported on Sunday. Sexwale was addressing the Umkhonto weSizwe Veterans’ Association in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape.