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/ 19 October 2005
Bush Bucks’ new coach, Clive Barker, was a happy man as he guided his new charges to a well-deserved 1-0 victory over hosts Silver Stars in their Premier Soccer League match played at the Nkowa Stadium in Tzaneen on Wednesday. The first half was riddled with mistakes as both teams tried to no avail to impose their superiority.
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/ 19 October 2005
Mining house Thistle is to dismiss about 1 400 workers at its President Steyn gold mine in the Free State, the company announced on Wednesday. The announcement follows an agreement with the National Union of Mineworkers and Solidarity.
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/ 19 October 2005
The sex-crimes trial of advocates Dirk Prinsloo and Cezanne Visser will be closed to the public for some weeks, it appeared on Wednesday. Pretoria High Court Judge Essop Patel ordered last week that the evidence of one of the alleged victims — a woman who had worked for Prinsloo and Visser — be heard in camera.
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/ 19 October 2005
Blue Bulls captain Anton Leonard will be fit to lead his team for the last time when they face off against the Free State Cheetahs in the Currie Cup final on Saturday at Loftus Versfeld. Leonard injured his shoulder as he scored a try in last week’s bruising semifinal against the Lions.
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/ 19 October 2005
A Zimbabwean archbishop said on Wednesday he fears 200 000 of his countrymen could die by early next year because of food shortages he blames on his government, and called for President Robert Mugabe’s ouster. Roman Catholic Archbishop Pius Ncube said: ”The amount of suffering is beyond imagination.”
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/ 19 October 2005
Northern Ireland unionists who fear change will learn, like white South Africans did, that they stand to gain rather than lose, President Thabo Mbeki said on Wednesday. Mbeki was speaking to reporters after meeting Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams in Pretoria. Adams said people in his country want what South Africans have.
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/ 19 October 2005
A ceasefire was declared in the Hlophe race war on Wednesday when Chief Justice Pius Langa said that none of the protagonists wants any further action to be taken. Langa made the announcement in a statement issued at the end of a three-day meeting of the Judicial Service Commission in Cape Town.
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/ 19 October 2005
Mention the name Kgotso Motau and junior middleweight fighters will scurry for cover. Even top middleweight fighters in the country shy away from the mention of the former Olympian fighter whose transition to the professional ranks this year has been phenomenal.
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/ 19 October 2005
South African Revenue Service (Sars) commissioner Pravin Gordhan confirmed on Wednesday that there is "money due" in back taxes from the estate of the late Brett Kebble, but did not put a figure to the amount. <i>Business Day</i> reported recently that Kebble was believed to have died owing up to R100-million in tax to Sars.
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/ 19 October 2005
Education quality-assurance body Umalusi on Wednesday said it has instructed all matric-examination assessment bodies not to use teachers found guilty of examination irregularities to administer matric exams. A total of 61 teachers were implicated in the incident last year.
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Despite the fact that Jacob Zuma has asked the state to pay his legal costs during his corruption trial, the Friends of Jacob Zuma Trust is still raising money for South Africa’s former deputy president, with the same objective. The trust is receiving ”sufficient support”, a spokesperson for the board of trustees said.
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/ 19 October 2005
The seclusion section of the psychiatric ward at the Dr George Mukhadi hospital in Ga-Rankuwa north of Pretoria was closed on Tuesday due to unsafe and unhygienic conditions, the Health Department said. Ministerial spokesperson Sibani Mngadi said the seclusion rooms had no toilets and the structure was also not in compliance with the Mental Health Act.
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/ 19 October 2005
Denel has not been found to have broken any laws in either South Africa or India, but the unfortunate perception has been created that the state arms manufacturer has a cloud hanging over it, says Denel CEO Shaun Liebenberg. He addressed MPs serving on the National Assembly public enterprises portfolio committee on Tuesday.
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/ 19 October 2005
South Africa’s official opposition Democratic Alliance says it will oppose arms-manufacturing parastatal Denel’s request for a R5-billion lifeline, should the matter come before Parliament. The parastatal may have lost as much as R1,6-billion during the financial year ending March 2005.
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/ 19 October 2005
Arguably the two ”form” teams in the Premier Soccer League right now, log leaders Orlando Pirates and Moroka Swallows would hardly seem to need reinforcements for Wednesday night’s potentially spectacular derby encounter at Ellis Park. There is good reason to believe the Buccaneers’ ascendancy will come under threat.
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/ 19 October 2005
The Hansa Powerade Dusi organising committee on Wednesday announced a massive increase in prize money for the 2006 event, which takes place from January 19 to 21. ”We really wanted to make this the richest prize in canoeing in the world,” said Cameron Mackenzie, chairperson of the organisers.
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/ 19 October 2005
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams said in Pretoria on Tuesday that many of the difficulties in Africa were caused by colonialism, as were those of Ireland. ”The difficulties faced by this country, as well as the African continent, were caused by colonialism and Ireland’s problems were caused by colonialism,” Adams said after meeting South African Minister of Foreign Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.
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/ 19 October 2005
Swedish insurer Skandia, the target of a R38-billion takeover bid by South Africa- and United Kingdom-listed financial-services group Old Mutual, on Wednesday unveiled to shareholders details of a plan that would allow it to remain independent. It also gave hard-hitting reasons why shareholders should reject the Old Mutual offer.
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/ 19 October 2005
President Thabo Mbeki and former deputy president Jacob Zuma are to submit a joint report within a week on the rift threatening the African National Congress. ”It’s about the unity of the movement and dealing with current developments within the ANC,” party spokesperson Smuts Ngonyama said on Tuesday.
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/ 19 October 2005
The Coega Development Corporation has secured its second investment — a R1,6-billion stainless steel precision mill that is part of the offset from the multibillion-rand arms deal, The Herald website reported on Wednesday. The project still needed the approval of its 26% partner, the Industrial Development Corporation, ”but no obstacles are expected”.
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/ 18 October 2005
Mangaung mayor Papi Mokoena has been relieved of all leadership positions in the African National Congress in the Free State, the party announced on Tuesday. Free State ANC deputy chairperson Pat Matosa said the decision by the party’s provincial working committee (PWC) was taken in the interests of stabilising local government at all levels.
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/ 18 October 2005
Improved financial management and an increase in tourism revenue has seen the Robben Island Museum move into the black over the past financial year, MPs heard on Tuesday. ”We have, over three years, turned a loss of R8-million [in 2002/03] to a profit of R7,3-million,” museum chief financial officer Nash Masekwameng told Parliament’s arts and culture portfolio committee.
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/ 18 October 2005
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has moved a motion in the Cape Town city council asking for the informal settlement in District Six to be moved as soon as possible. ”The conflict over the accommodation of squatters in District Six must be squarely blamed on the ANC’s failure to deliver on the empty land restitution promises it made for the area at the time of the last local government elections,” DA MP James Masango said on Tuesday.
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/ 18 October 2005
Gauteng’s car-free day on Thursday will be voluntary, the City of Johannesburg said. Speaking to the media on Tuesday, the city’s deputy director for transport management, Alfred Sam, said the city would not close any routes for private cars. He conceded that Johannesburg did not have the best transport system in the world, but urged everybody to participate.
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/ 18 October 2005
The worldwide pattern of natural misfortunes in the form of hurricanes, earthquakes and tsunamis is a challenge that no one nation can handle and no one nation must ignore, Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said on Tuesday. She was speaking at the National Climate Change Conference in Midrand.
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/ 18 October 2005
Keep politics and politicians out of the civil service and corruption will stop, says United Democratic Movement leader Bantu Holomisa. ”The corruption in local government is there because councillors are emulating their leaders at national level,” he said in a statement on Tuesday.
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/ 18 October 2005
The wage strike at retail chain Clicks, owned by listed health and beauty group New Clicks Holdings, continued on Tuesday with Clicks management and members of the South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers’ Union finally going into mediation as the stayaway entered its 12th day.
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/ 18 October 2005
The Department of Minerals and Energy has established an expert team to investigate the wider issues raised by a tremor that killed two miners and injured 20 others at DRDGold’s North West operations this year, it said on Tuesday. The panel will consider the risks to mine workers, mines and the public by seismicity in mining areas.
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/ 18 October 2005
A Pretoria High Court judge has at the last minute withdrawn his bid for a seat on the Constitutional Court, saying he thinks a woman should rather get the job. However, Judge Essop Patel’s decision also follows a series of letters to the Judicial Services Commission from an unsuccessful litigant who claims Patel is unfit for the job.
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/ 18 October 2005
”Hurtful”, ”damaging” and ”disturbing” was how team manager Bobby Motaung on Monday described the behaviour of the Kaizer Chiefs supporters who caused coach Ernst Middendorp and the Amakhosi players to leave Johannesburg Stadium under police escort after the 1-1 Premier Soccer League draw against Moroka Swallows.
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/ 18 October 2005
Sixty-five government officials in the Western Cape will appear in court this week on charges relating to defrauding the social grant system. The Department of Social Development said it ”considers prosecuting these officials as a statement of determination to ensuring that only the legitimate and needy beneficiaries receive grants.”
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/ 18 October 2005
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The African National Congress will not punish the ”unacceptable behaviour” of its members after former deputy president Jacob Zuma’s Durban court appearance, but warned that those caught misbehaving in future will be disciplined. ”The organisation takes strong exception to such conduct,” ANC spokesperson Smuts Ngonyama said.