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South Africa

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/ 6 June 2008

Keys to success

It’s been a long and hard journey with eclectic influences but Malatji’s first album looks set to become a hit.

By Sello S Alcock
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/ 6 June 2008

Gold Fields says strike ends, all workers safe

Gold Fields, the world’s fourth-largest gold producer, on Friday confirmed that the illegal strike at its Beatrix mine near Welkom in the Free State had been called off.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 6 June 2008

Strike at Gold Fields knocks production

South African miner Gold Fields said on Friday workers at its Beatrix gold mine had stopped an illegal strike, but production had been affected.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 6 June 2008

Bafana look to get back on track

If you followed the media after Bafana Bafana’s loss to Nigeria, you would have thought the result was one of football’s greatest shocks.

By Fikile Ntsikelelo Moya
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/ 6 June 2008

Miners trapped due to illegal strike

Trade union Solidarity on Friday said 100 of its members were trapped 900m underground at Gold Fields’ Beatrix mine outside of Welkom in the Free State

By Staff Reporter
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/ 6 June 2008

Naked man causes commotion in Bloemfontein

A suspected thief caused a commotion when he took off all his clothes — after being caught by security guards — in a Bloemfontein state building.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 6 June 2008

The Patta of little feet

With the launch of e.tv’s 24-hour news channel, <i>M&G</i> writers decided to switch on their TV sets and sit out the long news night.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 6 June 2008

‘The signs were there in 2004’

President Thabo Mbeki insisted this week that he had no prior warning of xenophobic violence, but he was flatly contradicted by a group of Congolese and Rwandan refugees in Cape Town.

By Staff Reporter and Pearlie Joubert Author
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/ 6 June 2008

‘It’s not about race’

Advocates for Transformation this week reacted to the Hlophe uproar by rejecting calls for his suspension.

By Sello S Alcock
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/ 6 June 2008

High noon for Judge Hlophe

Cape Judge President John Hlophe will face a tough, courtroom-style interrogation by the disciplinary committee of the Judical Service Commission.

By Nic Dawes Author, Pearlie Joubert Author, Mandy Rossouw and Sello S Alcock
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/ 6 June 2008

Open hearings, urges Carrim

The chair of Parliament’s justice committee has called for the Judicial Service Commission to consider opening to the public some of its hearings on the conduct of Cape Judge President John Hlophe.

By Staff Reporter and Nic Dawes Author
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/ 5 June 2008

Sheldean’s killer ‘a soft person who loves children’

Andrew Jordaan, the convicted killer of seven-year-old Sheldean Human, was described on Thursday both as a paedophile and someone too gentle to be a murderer.

By Neo Semono
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/ 5 June 2008

Two convicted of murder for setting woman alight

A man who doused a young woman with petrol and another who set her alight in 2006 were convicted of murder in the Cape High Court on Thursday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 5 June 2008

Free State govt takes over two municipalities

The Free State provincial government has taken control of the struggling Xhariep and Mohokare municipalities in the southern parts of the province.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 5 June 2008

In the camps

A woman sitting on a basket quietly stirs a pan of spinach on a paraffin stove. Children run around noisily between plastic bags, suitcases, blankets and mattresses.

By Imke Van Hoorn, Zodidi Mhlana, Nosimilo Ndlovu and Thembelihle Tshabalala
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/ 5 June 2008

Public servants’ pay increase ‘technically correct’

The proposed 10,5% salary increase for public servants is technically correct, the National Professional Teachers’ Organisation of South Africa said in Pretoria on Thursday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 5 June 2008

Murder accused target of ‘devastating’ sexual taunts

An Eastern Cape man was the target of ”devastating” sexual taunts from his wife before he allegedly killed her, the Grahamstown High Court heard on Thursday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 5 June 2008

Zuma ‘conspiracy’ may be revealed

The political conspiracy that African National Congress president Jacob Zuma claims is behind attempts to have him prosecuted for fraud and corruption could be revealed within the next year.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 5 June 2008

Refugees in backlog limbo

A damning exit report by a team of experts blasts the Department of Home Affairs for failing asylum-seekers in South Africa.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 5 June 2008

Civil society petitions SA govt over Zim arms

Civil society bodies on Thursday urged the Southern African Development Community governments to impose a moratorium on the supply of arms to Zimbabwe.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 5 June 2008

Bok coach kicks off with new-look team

World champions South Africa suffered a major setback ahead of the first of two Tests against Wales on Saturday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 5 June 2008

Are your children watching pornography?

A whopping 81% of South African children between the ages of 13 and 17 have seen pornographic images on their friends’ cellphones and 67% have been exposed to pornography through movies, media reports said.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 5 June 2008

Yengeni case linked to police officer’s, court told

The drunken-driving charge against Tony Yengeni, former chief whip of the African National Congress, is linked to the criminal case involving the former commander of the Goodwood police station, Siphiwo Hewana, the Goodwood Magistrate’s Court heard.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 5 June 2008

Union angrily rejects teachers’ pay hike

The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union on Thursday rejected the proposed public-service annual increase of 10,5%.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 5 June 2008

Lots of smoke, but where’s the fire?

There’s an awful lot of smoke surrounding Cape Judge President John Hlophe. Where’s the fire?

By Staff Reporter
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/ 5 June 2008

Marching union disrupts Jo’burg traffic

Traffic in central Johannesburg came to a standstill on Thursday as thousands of South African Municipal Workers’ Union members marched through the city’s streets.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 5 June 2008

Man plummets down elevator shaft

A 30-year-old man is in a critical condition after falling down an elevator shaft from the 10th floor of a building in Pretoria on Thursday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 5 June 2008

Businessman demands action in SACP money probe

The businessman at the centre of the controversy surrounding an alleged R500 000 cash donation to the South African Communist Party (SACP) demanded on Thursday that the police ”get a move on” with the investigation into what happened to the money.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 5 June 2008

E Cape to educate new health workers

The Eastern Cape department of health on Thursday launched a massive campaign to educate and employ more than 1 000 health professionals.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 5 June 2008

House-price growth even slower

Nominal house-price growth slowed further in May this year to a level of 4,3% year-on-year, the lowest price growth since late 1999, Absa said on Thursday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 5 June 2008

Zuma: Rising food prices a time bomb

The rising cost of food is a time bomb that could result in uprisings, African National Congress president Jacob Zuma told the World Economic Forum on Africa on Thursday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 5 June 2008

Business confidence dips again in May

The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s business confidence index declined further to 93 in May from 93,4 in April.

By Staff Reporter
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