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/ 16 December 2006
South Africa ended the first day of the first Castle Lager Test between South Africa and India at the Wanderers on Friday the happier team, although neither side really seized the initiative. At close of play on a day in which 133 minutes were lost to delays and interruptions, India had struggled to 156 for five in their first innings.
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/ 14 December 2006
After months of threats since a series of fuel spills happened at OR Tambo International Airport, the Environmental and Conservation Association has finally pressed charges against the Airports Company South Africa (Acsa), the association said on Thursday.
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/ 13 December 2006
No one has been arrested for the murder of Avhatakali Netshisaulu, son of City Press editor Mathatha Tsedu, Gauteng police said on Wednesday. Director Govindsamy Mariemuthoo said the results of a post-mortem conducted cannot be revealed as they form part of the investigation, he said.
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/ 12 December 2006
The lawyer representing Kebble murder accused Glenn Agliotti ”knows nothing” about plans to charge Agliotti with involvement in a multimillion-rand drugs syndicate. The lawyer, Lawrence Hodes, said he did not attend a brief court appearance on Tuesday by Stephanos Paparas (45) at which it was indicated that another accused was to be added to the charge sheet.
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/ 12 December 2006
Conservationists panicked when more than a million litres of jet fuel spilled out from OR Tambo International Airport and flowed into the Blaauwpan Dam, east of Johannesburg, in early November. It has been a month since the leak occurred and the area is still being rehabilitated — but how was it possible for so much fuel to end up in the dam?
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/ 11 December 2006
Former National Intelligence Agency director general Billy Masetlha was charged with fraud on Monday after handing himself over to police in Pretoria. He was later granted bail of R10 000 in an appearance in the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crime Court, said national police spokesperson Dennis Adriao.
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/ 11 December 2006
Great possibilities exist for combating crime if the police and the security sector ware allowed to work together, said Democratic Alliance (DA) spokesperson for community safety in Gauteng, John Moodey, on Monday. He said this following the hijacking of his 20-year-old daughter and her boyfriend on Sunday morning.
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/ 11 December 2006
More than 13 000 people die every year on South African roads, costing the economy R43-billion, Transport Minister Jeff Radebe said on Sunday. He said economic growth contributes to the increase of accidents as the number of vehicles on the road is increasing.
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/ 8 December 2006
The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) formally declared a dispute on Friday with the Department of Education over non-payment of teachers. The dispute was declared over an agreement on incentives — termed ”accelerated progression payments” for good performance — Sadtu said.
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/ 8 December 2006
The involvement of Cabinet ministers in the Gautrain rapid-rail project shareholding has been defended by South African President Thabo Mbeki, who has argued that there has been a determination to cast them in a bad light — motivated by the stereotype that black people are corrupt.
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/ 7 December 2006
The Department of Education must give teachers detailed salary advice so they know what money is owed to them and what the money is for, the National Professional Teachers’ Organisation of South Africa said on Thursday. However, the department slammed unions for ”misinformed and inflammatory” remarks.
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/ 7 December 2006
The Cabinet has denied having influenced the Gautrain consortium selection and defended the right of all citizens, including members of the government, to participate in the economy. At its final fortnightly meeting of the year on Wednesday, the Cabinet noted media reports alleging a conflict of interest when it discussed the Gautrain project.
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/ 7 December 2006
2010 World Cup generalissimos Danny Jordaan and Irvin Khoza have denied reports that they almost came to blows three weeks ago over a travel tender that wasn’t awarded to a company owned by a friend of Khoza. But Lemmer wishes they wouldn’t be so quick to bury the whole concept.
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/ 6 December 2006
The National Prosecuting Authority is to ask the Durban High Court to request that Mauritian authorities hand over documentation which may show that a meeting took place between Jacob Zuma, Schabir Shaik and the former chief executive of French arms manufacturer Thint.
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/ 5 December 2006
Minister of Transport Jeff Radebe has announced a road-safety initiative that will be piloted this festive season, his office said on Tuesday. ”Road accidents are the work of man. We create them ourselves and we must therefore also solve the problem,” said Radebe in a speech.
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/ 5 December 2006
The Gauteng legislature ordered provincial education minister Angie Motshekga to apologise for infringing its code of conduct by not disclosing her husband’s financial interests in dormant companies. The ethics and privileges committee also warned speaker Richard Mdakane not to declare certain interests in the confidential section of the register of members’ interests instead of the public section.
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/ 4 December 2006
Recent union remarks over outstanding payments to teachers are ”misinformed and inflammatory”, the Department of Education said on Monday. A settlement agreement for wage increases has been fulfilled by the department, said spokesperson Lunga Ngqengelele.
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/ 4 December 2006
Gauteng Premier Mbhazima Shilowa on Monday refuted a weekend media report that the Bombela consortium lobbied the provincial government to push up the cost of the Gautrain. ”I want to assure the house that those allegations are false and without substance,” Shilowa told the provincial legislature. The paper reported that the provincial government deviated from normal tender procedures.
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/ 4 December 2006
Annanias Mathe, the Mozambican prisoner who escaped from Pretoria’s C-Max jail on November 18, was shot, wounded and arrested in Tembisa on the East Rand of Gauteng on Monday, police said. Mathe was arrested after he stole a car with a tracking device from a house in Craighall Park, national police spokesperson Director Sally de Beer said.
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/ 4 December 2006
"This thing [the taxi recapitalisation programme] is going to kill our businesses once and for all. Where will we get customers if all taxis are new and are serviced in town?" asks mechanic and Soweto taxi owner Edward Singo. Singo is one of Gauteng’s vehicle mechanics in the informal minibus taxi support industry who is worried about the government’s taxi recapitalisation programme.
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/ 4 December 2006
Latoya* (17) is confident and articulate. ”I want future generations to see us as leaders, not as followers, because then they will become leaders as well.” She is talking about the Our Own Stories in Our Own Voices project, which takes 45 young women, some of whom are survivors of violence and abuse, and teaches them to document their experiences on film.
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/ 1 December 2006
You won’t find a recipe for pap in Anna Trapido and Coco Fathi Reinarhz’s new cookbook, writes Matthew Krouse.
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/ 29 November 2006
The Health Department is increasing access to HIV/Aids prevention, care and treatment services, it said ahead of Friday’s World Aids Day. About 11 000 patients are joining the antiretroviral programme every month, Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang said in a statement on Wednesday.
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/ 29 November 2006
Most people were not protecting themselves against HIV/Aids even though they knew of the dangers, a Gauteng Aids expert said on Tuesday. ”Now is the time to turn our thinking and talking into joint and practical action to address the challenge of HIV and Aids,” said Dr Liz Floyd, director of the Gauteng health department’s Aids unit.
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/ 28 November 2006
Police officers have pinned down the whereabouts of C-Max escapee Annanias Mathe using cellphone records, the South African Broadcasting Corporation reported on Tuesday. It is believed the 29-year-old Mozambican national has not crossed the border and is still in Gauteng.
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/ 26 November 2006
The four-day Supersport Series match pitting the Lions against the Dolphins in Pietermaritzburg remained balanced in favour of the Lions, who had 266 runs to the good, after three days on Saturday, with four wickets standing. The two sides battled it out in weather that ranged from reasonably bright to rain showers.
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/ 26 November 2006
Gauteng minister of community safety Firoz Cachalia launched the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children campaign in Soshanguve, north of Pretoria, on Saturday. Marches against violence and abuse took place in Johannesburg — where participants wore stilettos — and Cape Town.
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/ 25 November 2006
Three Gauteng men were arrested on Saturday for firing shots at the funeral in Khuma, North West, of a robber involved in a cash-in-transit heist. The arrests came shortly before President Thabo Mbeki was due to hold an imbizo (meeting), police said.
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/ 24 November 2006
The trial of the two men implicated in the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) hoax e-mail saga was postponed in the Commercial Crimes Court in Pretoria on Friday so a third accused could be added. Software salesperson Muziwendoda Kunene and NIA manager for electronic surveillance Funokwakhe Madladla are accused of fraud relating to hoax e-mails.
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/ 24 November 2006
Protesters against crime called on the government to offer tax deductions for money spent on security in a memorandum handed to a Gauteng safety and security representative in Johannesburg on Friday. Lorraine Maisel, founder of the organisation Angry About Crime, handed the memorandum to Ian Robertson.
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/ 24 November 2006
Police in Gauteng are planning an offensive against crime over the festive season. Preparation includes gathering information on what syndicates are planning and updating their list of the most wanted criminals, said police spokesperson Superintendent Eugene Opperman.
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/ 24 November 2006
In football, teams are not given nicknames such as ”Glamour Boys” and ”Bold and the Beautiful” for fun. They are awarded such praise names because of their ability to outplay the opposition at all times. But victory often depends not just on the quality of the first-choice line-up, but on the balance and depth of the squad — giving a team the ability to rise from the dead, if you like.