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/ 27 August 2008

ID blocks ‘light’ punishment for Cape Town DA official

The ID in Cape Town on Wednesday blocked a bid to fine an errant DA councillor on the grounds that the punishment was too light.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 27 August 2008

Santam reports sharp dip in earnings

Short-term insurer Santam’s headline earnings per share were 89% lower for the first six months of 2008 compared with the same period in 2007.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 27 August 2008

Balfour bristles at car claim

Correctional Services Minister Ngconde Balfour has dismissed suggestions he failed to disclose to Parliament a car received as a ”gift”.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 27 August 2008

Saru dismisses White’s possible return

Saru on Wednesday poured cold water on suggestions that Jake White, who coached SA to the World Cup title, could return as a director of rugby.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 27 August 2008

Relocation planned for Cape refugees

Authorities have announced a plan to move xenophobia refugees out of community halls and two of the ”safe sites” set up for them in Cape Town.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 27 August 2008

Altech and Neotel sign major deal

Altech announced on Wednesday that its telecommunications subsidiary, Altech Autopage Cellular, has signed a distribution agreement with Neotel.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 27 August 2008

DA calls for scrapping of both Scorpions Bills

The Democratic Alliance (DA) on Wednesday called for the unconditional and immediate scrapping of the two Bills that aim to disband the Scorpions.

By Michael Hamlyn
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/ 27 August 2008

Santana: We are not afraid of Nigeria

Bafana Bafana coach Joel Santana on Wednesday sidestepped questions about the pressure he is under to beat Nigeria in a must-win match on September 6.

By Billy Cooper
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/ 27 August 2008

Cosatu says power strike vindicated

Cosatu said admissions made at a conference on the mining industry’s response to the power crisis have "totally vindicated" its mass-action campaign.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 27 August 2008

ANC Northern Cape conference still not under way

The Northern Cape African National Congress conference had still not started by noon on Wednesday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 27 August 2008

Undersea quake affects Cape tides

An undersea earthquake is believed to have triggered a mini-tsunami off the Cape West Coast last week, the National Sea Rescue Institute says.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 27 August 2008

AfriForum applauds shelving of Expropriation Bill

AfriForum on Wednesday welcomed a decision by the National Assembly’s public works committee to withdraw the controversial draft Expropriation Bill.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 27 August 2008

Ghost told Harmse to become a satanist, court hears

A pupil who is accused of killing a fellow schoolboy with a sword believes he was told by a ghost to become a satanist, a court heard on Wednesday.

By Mirah Langer
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/ 27 August 2008

JSE: CPIX data aids banks

SA stocks remained volatile by noon on Wednesday as resources flip-flopped around, but a CPIX reading in line with expectations aided banks.

By Evan Pickworth
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/ 27 August 2008

Manuel defends fiscal, monetary policy

South Africa’s Finance Minister Trevor Manuel said on Tuesday high levels of indebtedness were a strain on the economy.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 27 August 2008

Arrest at ANC conference in Kuruman

Police arrested a man in Kuruman on Tuesday for unruly behaviour outside the Kgalagali District municipal offices where ANC leaders were meeting.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 27 August 2008

Crime victim clings to MP’s bonnet

Freedom Front Plus member of Parliament Willie Spies drove with an injured man, attacked in a robbery, on his car bonnet from near the airport in Cape

By Staff Reporter
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/ 27 August 2008

Manuel says households must scale back debt

South African households had to scale down unsustainable levels of debt, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel said on Tuesday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 27 August 2008

The centenary of a bonfire

The seeds of a non-racial struggle and the adoption of a policy of non-discrimination were sown by Gandhi’s approach.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 27 August 2008

Access to vaccines expanded

National distribution of two vaccines against pneumonia and diarrhoea will be possible soon.

By Belinda Beresford
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/ 27 August 2008

All rhinoceros horns in South Africa are to be microchipped in an attempt to curb the ”dramatic” increase in the illegal trade of rhino horns.

By Thembelihle Tshabalala
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/ 27 August 2008

Sustaining development projects

The Industrial Development Corporation aims to develop a vibrant entrepreneurial junior mining sector in South Africa and the rest of the continent.

By David Jackson
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/ 27 August 2008

Now’s the time to buy property

With real estate prices and rent weakening, speculators are selling, providing an opportunity for long-term investment.

By Maya Fisher French
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/ 27 August 2008

The need to step up

Without the necessary skills our raw materials aren’t worth as much as they could be, writes David Jackson.

By David Jackson
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/ 26 August 2008

ANC to march on police stations in support of Zuma

Supporters of embattled African National Congress president Jacob Zuma will march on sixteen police stations in Durban on Friday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 26 August 2008

Tributes for Che Masilela, ‘humble servant of the people’

Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota has expressed condolences to the family of Secretary of Defence, January Masilela, who has died in a car crash.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 26 August 2008

Parliament faces challenge over Scorpions

Businessman Hugh Glenister is seeking an urgent high court interdict to bar Travelgate MPs from debating the future of the Scorpions.

By Ben Maclennan
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/ 26 August 2008

Stiff sentences in cigarette hijack case

Two masterminds of a series of hijackings of cigarette vehicles belonging to British American Tobacco were on Tuesday slapped with lengthy jail terms.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 26 August 2008

Post Office plans to stamp out mail crime

The South African Post Office will spend R50-million on mail security in the next financial year, chief executive Motshoanetsi Lefoka said on Tuesday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 26 August 2008

Two Rivers platinum mine faces strike

South Africa’s biggest mineworkers’ union may call a strike at the jointly owned Two Rivers platinum mine over disputes which include wages.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 26 August 2008

Constitutional Court is not in disarray, says JSC

Fears that the Constitutional Court is in disarray are unfounded, the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) said on Tuesday.

By Carol Hills
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/ 26 August 2008

ANC Northern Cape conference delayed

The African National Congress (ANC) provincial conference in the Northern Cape did not start on Tuesday morning as planned.

By Staff Reporter
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