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The City of Johannesburg will introduce new property rates by July next year, mayor Amos Masondo said on Thursday. Announcing the rates, Masondo said they would take into account the land and improvement or the current value of a property.
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The Congress of South African Trade Unions’ (Cosatu) interest in the African National Congress’s (ANC) national conference is influenced by the will to retain an ANC bias towards the workers of the country. This is according to Cosatu secretary general Zwelinzima Vavi, who was speaking at the general council of the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union.
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A majority of the countries who undertook to assist Sudan financially in implementing the African country’s peace agreement have not fulfilled their pledges, President Thabo Mbeki said on Wednesday. He said his government would do everything in its power to ensure that countries fulfilled their pledges.
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Moroka Swallows walked off the pitch after the Premier League game against Kaizer Chiefs at King’s Park in Durban on Wednesday night with nine men and looking as groggy as a boxer who had come within a whisker of being knocked out in the last round.
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Lucky Lekgwathi scored a controversial goal three minutes before the end of a drab Absa Premier League match to give Orlando Pirates a 1-0 victory against Jomo Cosmos at Loftus on Wednesday. The defender looked offside as Excellent Walaza slipped the ball to him in the big box.
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/ 7 November 2007
The war to halt perlemoen (abalone) poaching has pitched R180-a-kilogram divers on the one side against R4 000-a-month marine inspectors on the other, MPs heard on Wednesday during a briefing to members of Parliament’s environmental affairs portfolio committee.
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Locked security gates and the immobility of some residents as well as a suspected electrical fault all possibly contributed to the 12 deaths in a blaze on Tuesday night at one wing of a KwaZulu-Natal old-age home. One of those who managed to escape from the home is believed to be a 99-year-old woman.
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The Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund is ”unaware” of having received any money from German arms manufacturer Thyssen-Krupp during the arms deal. Speaking in the National Assembly on Tuesday, Patricia de Lille said the African National Congress and the children’s fund benefited inappropriately from the arms deal.
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Soft-drink giant Coca-Cola, broadcaster SuperSport and the Octagon group of companies have withdrawn from the annual Nelson Mandela Invitational golf tournament. The three companies said in a joint statement on Wednesday they believed their continued participation in the tournament would be ”inappropriate”.
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Almost 6 000 people marched in the Johannesburg city centre on Wednesday, protesting against police murders in Gauteng. The march was organised by the Gauteng Provincial Community Policing Forum in partnership with police and Liquor Traders against Crime.
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Africa’s efforts to derive greater benefits from its mineral wealth were boosted on Wednesday with the launch of South Africa’s first black-owned diamond-cutting and -polishing facility. Southern Africa accounts for more than 40% of the world’s diamond output with Botswana being the world’s largest producer of the gem.
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A Nationwide Boeing 737 had to make an emergency landing at Cape Town International Airport on Wednesday afternoon when an engine fell off during take-off. The plane, which had been bound for Johannesburg, landed safely after airport fire and rescue services hurriedly cleared the debris from the runway. There were 106 passengers on board.
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A forensic audit report into the financial management of the Land Bank is to be referred to the National Directorate of Public Prosecutions for ”further investigation”, the Land Affairs Ministry said on Wednesday. This was among recommendations made by the Cabinet after consideration of the report, it said in a statement.
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Audio recordings of Pretoria High Court Judge Nkola Motata’s alleged drunken ranting following a car accident earlier this year will be heard in court in a bid to determine if they are reliable enough to be submitted as evidence, the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court ruled on Wednesday.
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There is a need for more reporting on developmental issues regarding the 2010 Soccer World Cup, Wits University’s investigative journalism coordinator Birgit Schwartz said on Wednesday. The topics currently being covered are predictable and journalists need to start looking at topics that editors don’t like.
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Suleiman Petersen, teenage stepson of slain musician Taliep Petersen, had to take over responsibility for the Petersen household after police arrested his mother, Najwa, for Taliep’s murder. This was disclosed in a letter handed to the Wynberg Regional Court on Wednesday during Najwa Petersen’s second bail application.
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Bafana Bafana coach Carlos Alberto Parreira has called for common sense to prevail in the quest to build a winning team for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. The Brazilian named two squads for games against the United States and Canada — but due to the Premier Soccer League schedule, the local players he selected will arrive late for training.
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Three men were arrested in Johannesburg on Wednesday in connection with an attempted armed robbery. ”The suspects were arrested in Braamfontein and they fit the description of the suspects that were spotted at Pick ‘n Pay in Jorissen Street while fleeing from the police,” said Superintendent Lungelo Dlamini.
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Police torture and brutality are rife and High Court orders are openly disregarded in Zimbabwe, pointing to a ”grave constitutional crisis”, according to a report released on Wednesday. The most worrying aspect is open attacks on members of the legal profession, said advocate Andrea Gabriel.
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Construction on the Moses Mabhida Soccer World Cup stadium in Durban is on track and its delivery is not in jeopardy, the Group Five-WBHO Consortium said on Wednesday, hours after thousands of workers downed tools. A union negotiator said no agreement had been reached after 11 hours of talks with management.
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Hawkers, often the breadwinners of their families, should not be marginalised in the run-up to the 2010 Soccer World Cup, a colloquium on the international soccer spectacle heard in Johannesburg on Wednesday. Stadiums under construction are often far from amenities and hawkers are providing much-needed services to construction workers.
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More than 40 cases of diarrhoea were reported in the Nkangala area in Delmas, Mpumalanga, on Wednesday, the provincial health department said. ”We had 44 more patients treated today [Wednesday]. That brings the number to 469 since the outbreak [two weeks ago],” said departmental spokesperson Mpho Gabashane.
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The commission set to investigate the disappearance of R500 000 donated to the South African Communist Party has not interviewed South African Democratic Teachers’ Union president Willie Madisha or his witness, Madisha told the union’s general council on Wednesday.
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The defence in Judge Nkola Motata’s case objected on Wednesday to the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court viewing recordings of Motata’s alleged drunken rantings after a car accident. A trial within a trial began to determine the authenticity, originality and admissibility of five video recordings.
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A delay in the government’s support for the establishment of the South African biofuels industry has hampered growth and delayed investments, business research group Frost and Sullivan said on Wednesday. A new analysis by the company found that South African biofuels markets could earn revenues of -million in 2010.
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The death toll has dropped to 12 in the devastating fire that gutted a Nkandla old-age home in northern KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday night, the South African Broadcasting Corporation reported on Wednesday. Earlier reports said that 15 people had died. Radio news reported that a cigarette may have caused the fire.
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The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) in the Moses Kotane municipality in the North West Province said it was shocked to learn that the mayor intends to use public money to hire a personal chef. The union said it had tabled a demand that the position be cancelled.
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More than 1 000 labourers on Wednesday walked off the job at a South African soccer stadium work site, the latest in a string of disputes disrupting the nation’s preparations to host the Soccer World Cup in 2010. The National Union of Mineworkers said its workers had downed their tools to press demands for bonuses and improved safety conditions.
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People who open false cases and are convicted of the crime will pay police back for investigating the case, Durban central police station Commissioner Bala Naidoo said on Wednesday. ”If they don’t pay my money back, I will go back and arrest them,” said Naidoo at a press briefing in Durban.
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South Africa have omitted leading wicket-taker Shaun Pollock from their starting XI for the first Test against New Zealand starting in Johannesburg on Thursday. The absence of Pollock, who also averages 32,31 with the bat, leaves South Africa with a telling lack of batting depth.
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The JSE, ranked among the top 20 exchanges worldwide in terms of market capitalisation, will celebrate its 120th birthday on Thursday, it said in a statement on Wednesday. ”Today [Wednesday], the JSE’s total market capitalisation is over R6-trillion with approximately 400 companies listed,” said Russell Loubser, CEO of the JSE.
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Three new signings at fullback and the return of Springboks Chiliboy Ralepelle and Pierre Spies after a layoff are the outstanding features of the Bulls’ Super 14 training squad that was announced on Wednesday. The Bulls have also named six locks in their search to fill the huge boots of this year’s captain, Victor Matfield.