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South Africa

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/ 9 August 2008

Seventy-three injured in bus, taxi collision

At least 73 people were seriously injured on Friday night when a taxi and bus collided near Ixopo, the Kwazulu-Natal transport department said.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 9 August 2008

A very odd way to buy a submarine

Ferrostaal executive Horst Wereteki this week dismissed the R30million bribe claim as ”absolute nonsense” and denied his company paid any bribes.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 9 August 2008

Beating the odds

Percy Zvomuya meets an artist who is championing women in the arts.

By Precy Zvomuya
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/ 9 August 2008

The age to rev it up

The Red Hat Society encourages women over 50 to develop a new zest for life. Photographer Lisa Skinner and writer Warren Foster paid them a visit.

By Warren Foster
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Analysis
/ 9 August 2008

A handout is a hand up

Aside from health benefits, cash transfers have enabled beneficiaries to acquire assets such as livestock and seed, freed children to attend school.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 9 August 2008

When are you too old?

Colleen Lowe Morna and Sikhonzile Ndlovu examine how the media undermine the value of older women in our society.

By Colleen Lowe Morna
Scramble to secure a Zuma presidency
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/ 9 August 2008

Scramble to secure a Zuma presidency

ANC leaders prepare to push for legislation against prosecution of a sitting president, write Rapule Tabane and Mandy Rossouw.

By Rapule Tabane and Mandy Rossouw
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Article
/ 8 August 2008

Court suspends RAF’s victim payment system

The Road Accident Fund (RAF) should put its new accident-victim payment system on hold, the Cape High Court ruled on Friday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 8 August 2008

Sasol donates R1m to Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund

Sasol has donated R1-million to the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, the petroleum company said on Friday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 8 August 2008

Man jailed for killing young stepdaughter

An Eastern Cape man was jailed for 20 years on Friday for killing his five-year-old stepdaughter.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 8 August 2008

Packaging error causes antiretroviral recall

Pharmaceutical company Adcock Ingram urgently recalled two batches of its antiretroviral products on Friday due to a packaging error.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 8 August 2008

RAF, lawyers lock horns over payments

A group of lawyers is challenging the Road Accident Fund’s recent decision to pay compensation funds directly into claimants’ accounts.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 8 August 2008

Ministers meet SABC board about credibility, 2010

Eight ministers and deputies have met the SABC board to discussed the credibility and accuracy of the broadcaster’s news reports.

By Michael Hamlyn
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/ 8 August 2008

Teacher held over extortion of 10-year-old

A 33-year-old Johannesburg schoolteacher was arrested on Friday for allegedly extorting money from a grade-four pupil, police said.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 8 August 2008

Fresh ideas needed to market Banyana

Compared to their male counterparts, there is little to despair about in women’s football. And there are a few things that the men’s game can learn.

By Lucky Sindane
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/ 8 August 2008

Full bench to hear Hlophe case without delay

A full bench of the Witwatersrand local division will hear John Hlophe’s application against the Constitutional Court and the JSC.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 8 August 2008

Zille says drug abuse is everyone’s problem

Drug abuse is costing SA R20-billion a year and could pose a bigger threat to the country’s future than the Aids pandemic, DA leader Helen Zille says.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 8 August 2008

Why SA needs a ‘sports court’

Arbitrary decisions by sporting organisations suggest that the country needs a body to streamline governance and fairness across the playing fields.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 8 August 2008

Du Preez and Fourie return

Fourie du Preez and Jaque Fourie have followed up their glory-filled run as first choice World Cup-winning Springboks by not doing much.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 8 August 2008

Woolies employees prepare to strike

Workers at retailer Woolworths are at an advanced stage of preparing for a protected strike, their trade union said late on Thursday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 8 August 2008

Grootboom dies homeless and penniless

Irene Grootboom was the woman whose name became known around the world for enforcing the state’s obligation to respect socio-economic rights.

By Staff Reporter and Pearlie Joubert Author
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/ 8 August 2008

Unbundling of BAT hailed as ‘fantastic deal’

The unbundling of British American Tobacco to shareholders — and its secondary listing on the JSE — has been heralded as "a fantastic deal".

By Staff Reporter
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/ 8 August 2008

Burdened by the yellow jersey

Urban legend at cycling’s greatest event, the Tour de France, is that the race is toughest on the man wearing the maillot jaune — the yellow jersey.

By Fikile Ntsikelelo Moya
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/ 8 August 2008

Captain chutzpah is hurl-ready

Last week Kevin Pietersen was just another ego, strutting towards middle age in preparation for his departure to the great trailer park in the sky.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 8 August 2008

Bridget Oppenheimer robbed at knifepoint

Bridget Oppenheimer, the mother of De Beers chairperson Nicky Oppenheimer, was held up at knifepoint and robbed in her Durban home on Wednesday night.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 8 August 2008

Clockwise, with harp and violin

Two talented young classical musicians, violinist Marc Uys and harpist Jacqueline Kerrod, have joined forces, both personally and professionally.

By Dillon Davie
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/ 8 August 2008

Sisters on screen

As a women’s film festival starts, Andrew Worsdale finds women are becoming potent players in the industry.

By Andrew Worsdale
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/ 8 August 2008

The spy who fingered Mbeki

Ex-spy Mhleli ”Paul” Madaka was the source of the sensational claim that President Thabo Mbeki accepted R30-million from a German arms bidder.

By Stefaans Brmmer, Sam Sole Author and Adriaan Basson
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/ 8 August 2008

The nation’s unsung heroes

Grandmothers are often left to raise unwanted kids. Surika van Schalkwyk looks at the struggles they face.

By Surika Van Schalkwyk
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/ 8 August 2008

The great white women debate

Black Management Forum president Jimmy Manyi has said white women should not benefit from affirmative action.

By Thembelihle Tshabalala and Nosimilo Ndlovu
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/ 7 August 2008

Robbers make off with Malema’s documents

The garage of ANC Youth League president Julius Malema was broken into during the early hours of Thursday at his Sandton home.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 7 August 2008

Jo’burg boosts power reserves to avoid load-shedding

The City of Johannesburg will have 80 megawatts of electricity reserves by the end of August as a result of recommissioning two gas turbines.

By Staff Reporter
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