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/ 17 November 2007
The Bulls’ quest to find a new coach to replace Heyneke Meyer next season has run its course — but now there seems to be doubt whether they must proceed with the appointment of Meyer’s successor. The incumbent coach is waiting for the appointment of the new Springbok coach, a position for which he has applied
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/ 17 November 2007
Africa’s insistence that Robert Mugabe be invited to a summit in Europe is a matter of principle and not a sign of support for the Zimbabwean leader or his government, the chairperson of the African Union (AU) said on Friday. The prospect that Mugabe could attend a European Union-AU summit in Lisbon next month has threatened to derail the meeting.
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/ 17 November 2007
Print Media South Africa (PMSA) is seeking an urgent meeting with Minister in the Presidency Essop Pahad after he threatened to withdraw government advertising from the Sunday Times. PMSA said it sought a meeting with the minister after he expressed his view that the government should pull its advertising from the weekly.
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/ 17 November 2007
Africa requires massive investment in its failing energy sector to boost economic growth and meet its goal of halving poverty, a United States-Africa business summit heard on Friday. Emerging economies required a 16% increase in energy to drive every 10% of gross domestic product (GDP) growth, said Andrew Fawthrop, Chevron energy company’s Nigerian vice-president.
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/ 17 November 2007
There was an urgent need for greater co-operation between Africa and its compatriots in foreign countries, President Thabo Mbeki said on Friday. ”This is particularly so with all of us on the continent so that we respond successfully to such challenges as the attainment of peace and stability,” he told the opening of the African Diaspora Ministerial Conference in Midrand.
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/ 16 November 2007
The opening day of the second Castle Lager Test between South Africa and New Zealand at SuperSport Park on Friday is one the Black Caps would probably prefer to forget. After a good start, the visitors collapsed to 187 for eight after tea, and received the news that injured opener Craig Cumming will be unable to resume batting.
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/ 16 November 2007
Mutual & Federal will meet the National Guild of Independent Auto-Body Repairers to determine its concerns, the insurer’s CEO, Keith Kennedy, said on Friday. This follows a panel beaters’ march to the short-term insurance company’s headquarters in Johannesburg on Thursday.
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/ 16 November 2007
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Reports that Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has entered the African National Congress (ANC) succession debate are devoid of truth, her spokesperson Ronnie Mamoepa said on Friday. The incorrect impression followed an interview she had with radio station Kaya FM on Thursday.
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/ 16 November 2007
A Pretoria High Court judge has reserved judgement in the Mail & Guardian‘s legal challenge of a controversial 2005 report by Public Protector Lawrence Mushwana about his investigation into the Oilgate scandal. The M&G wants to have the report overturned and rewritten.
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/ 16 November 2007
Bones were found in a field in Modimolle on Friday after 200 police officers searched for the bodies of children who have been missing from the area since 2004, Limpopo police said. ”We are not sure if the bones belong to one of the missing children, or if they are human,” said a police spokesperson.
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/ 16 November 2007
A group of armed robbers held up a staff member and fled with an undisclosed amount of money at the well-known Moyo restaurant at Zoo Lake in Johannesburg, police said on Friday. Police spokesperson Julia Claasen said that on Thursday night, one of the robbers went into the restaurant, sat at the bar and ordered drinks.
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/ 16 November 2007
KwaZulu-Natal’s Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader on Friday apologised to the province’s Premier, S’bu Ndebele, over comments he made about the permier’s alleged conflicting business interests. Shortly after the original statement was issued, Ndebele had threatened to sue Mtshali for defamation.
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/ 16 November 2007
Finance ministers and central bank governors from the world’s largest economies gather in Kleinmond in the southern Cape this weekend for a meeting of the Group of 20 countries. The event is described by Finance Minister Trevor Manuel as probably the most significant gathering of economic policymakers seen to date in South Africa.
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/ 16 November 2007
Writing in his weekly newsletter on the African National Congress website, President Thabo Mbeki on Friday railed against the South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) for making ”the startling claim” that more South Africans are now poorer than they were in 1996. The SAIRR, in turn, defended itself in a statement released later in the day.
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/ 16 November 2007
Former Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (South African Science and Art Academy) chairperson and honorary member Professor Elize Botha died on November 15 at the age of 76, the academy announced. Botha also served as chancellor of the University of Stellenbosch since 1998.
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/ 16 November 2007
A report on anti-competitive behaviour by South Africa’s four major banks will have ”serious implications” for the sector, says the Competition Commission. ”The sheer volume of information received has enabled us to analyse the anti-competitive outcomes we have noted,” said the head of the inquiry, Thabani Jali.
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/ 16 November 2007
Exam papers that were destroyed in a fire at a high school in northern KwaZulu-Natal were scripts that had not yet been marked, police said. A fire ravaged parts of Siyelulama High School in Mtubatuba’s Thandanani area on Thursday night, destroying exam scripts, exam results and school records.
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/ 16 November 2007
The increase in the number of cases where the Eastern Cape provincial government is contesting the right of poor citizens to access social grants suggests that the majority party is at war with the poor, Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said on Friday, writing in her weekly newsletter.
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/ 16 November 2007
Murders and rapes are forcing women to abandon their homes in five villages outside Mthatha in the Eastern Cape, the South African Broadcasting Corporation reports. The residents of Skhobeni, Xhongora, Sigubudwini, Bozwana and Tabase villages claim that these acts of violence against women have been going on since 2003.
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/ 16 November 2007
Schabir Shaik’s wife is allowed to visit her husband once a week in hospital, while other family members need to go through ”red tape” at the Department of Correctional Services to be allowed to visit Shaik, the family said on Friday. Yunus Shaik was speaking after his brother suffered a mild stroke and was admitted to hospital in Durban.
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/ 16 November 2007
Thousands of farmworkers will hold marches in various rural towns across the country on Saturday, the Food and Allied Workers’ Union said on Friday. The marches are in protest against poor working and living conditions, concerns for workers’ safety, and the negative effects of the huge hike in food prices, the union said.
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/ 16 November 2007
Premier Soccer League CEO Kjetil Siem may not be at the receiving end of the league’s R70-million commission payout controversy, but his wish to see a conclusion to the continuous saga and move on — because it ruins both the sponsor’s and the league’s commercial reputation — will not be granted any time soon.
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/ 16 November 2007
The JSE was slightly firmer at midday on Friday than it was during the morning session but it remained negative, as commodity stocks continued to be paralysed on the local bourse. By noon, the JSE’s all-share index declined 0,72%, led by a 2,25% drop in the platinum mining index.
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/ 16 November 2007
South African media firm Johnnic Communications (Johncom) said on Friday its first-half attributable and headline earnings per share was expected to be 455% to 465% higher than the previous period. The firm said its interim results would be released on November 22.
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/ 16 November 2007
Craig Cumming and Lou Vincent gave New Zealand a solid start in the second Test against South Africa on Friday. New Zealand, who won the toss and chose to bat, were 84-1 at lunch on the first day. Opener Cumming was 38 not out with Vincent on 33 in an unbroken stand of 58 for the second wicket.
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/ 16 November 2007
A 37-year-old man who pleaded guilty to stabbing his wife 45 times before driving her into Durban’s harbour in a bid to cover-up the murder was sentenced to 18-years’ imprisonment in the Durban High Court on Friday. Judge Vivienne Niles-Dunér ordered that Dhanendra Heeralall only be eligible for parole after 11 years.
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South African Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said she would not refuse a nomination to head the ruling African National Congress and the country. Asked if she would be available for the ANC’s top post, she said: ”ANC cadres never refuse when they are deployed.”
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/ 16 November 2007
Dozens of 2010 construction workers converged on Durban’s Moses Mabhida stadium on Friday to continue industrial action. Talks with their building contractor failed to result in a resolution on Thursday. Talks between the National Union of Mineworkers and the Group Five/WBHO consortium are expected to resume on Friday.
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/ 16 November 2007
Police investigating the beheading of a seven-year-old KwaZulu-Natal boy believe a witchdoctor syndicate could have been involved in the crime, KwaDabeka police said on Friday. Vuyani Ngqulunga went missing on November 1 and his body was found a day later in Clermont. His head and testicles were missing.
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/ 16 November 2007
Schabir Shaik is back in hospital after suffering a mild stroke last week, the Department of Correctional services said on Thursday. Spokesperson Manelisi Wolela said Shaik had been transferred from prison to the Inkosi Albert Luthuli hospital in Durban.
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/ 15 November 2007
Afrikaans Sunday newspaper Rapport has scrapped writer Deon Maas’s column after his piece on satanism prejudiced the paper’s commercial interests, its editor said on Thursday. Following the appearance of the opinion piece on November 4, readers started an SMS campaign calling for a boycott of sales on Sunday.
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/ 15 November 2007
The City of Cape Town says it has asked for a top-level meeting with Eskom over power cuts and their threat to new investments. The request comes in the wake of an announcement by the utility that South Africa faces another five to seven years of electricity failures. Load shedding was to continue around the country on Thursday evening, Eskom said.