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/ 13 February 2007
Former president Nelson Mandela met Princess Caroline of Monaco at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
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/ 13 February 2007
Twenty-seven people, including six Somalis, were arrested during riots in Port Elizabeth’s Motherwell township on Tuesday, police said. Captain Ernest Sigobe said police fired stun grenades at an unruly crowd that was throwing stones at Somali-owned shops on Tuesday as the owners tried to remove stock from a shop.
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/ 13 February 2007
The former joint chief executives of LeisureNet were on Tuesday found guilty on charges of fraud involving a total of R12-million. However, Cape High Court acting judge Dirk Uijs found them not guilty on all the other charges they faced, including counts under the Prevention of Organised Crime Act and the Income Tax Act.
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/ 13 February 2007
It was very much a case of being ”in the zone” when the Premier Soccer League (PSL) held a media conference on Monday to boost the feature game between Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates at Loftus on Wednesday night. PSL CEO Trevor Phillips announced that seating at the Pretoria stadium will be divided into newly allocated zones.
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Stormers and Springbok loose forward Joe Van Niekerk will have a scope on his left knee on Tuesday to treat injured knee cartilage, an injury that was aggravated in Friday’s Super 14 match against Western Force. Medical opinion suggests that conservative treatment measures will not cure the injury and surgical intervention will provide the shortest recovery time.
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/ 13 February 2007
Having acquired his work permit on Monday to resume his duties as Bafana Bafana coach, Carlos Parreira set about organising a friendly game for his team in March ahead of an African Nations Cup qualifier against Chad. Premier Soccer League CEO Trevor Phillips announced that the League would modify its fixtures so that Parreira could fit in a game on March 13.
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/ 13 February 2007
A mob beat a man to death after he was caught allegedly stealing from a house in Etwatwa in Benoni on Monday. The three were caught ”red handed” by a homeowner, said Superintendent Eugene Opperman. A large group of residents began assaulting the three men with various weapons. They also threw boiling water over them.
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/ 12 February 2007
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African National Congress deputy president Jacob Zuma on Monday filed papers in the Durban High Court opposing the National Prosecuting Authority’s request to have documents released from Mauritius for use as evidence in his trial. The documents pertain to an alleged meeting between Zuma, businessman Schabir Shaik and Alain Thetard of French arms company Thint.
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President Thabo Mbeki on Monday congratulated the Soweto Gospel Choir for winning a Grammy Award for their album, Blessed. The president hailed the choir’s achievement as another testimony of the richness of South Africa and Africa’s contribution to humanity, said presidential spokesperson Mukoni Ratshitanga.
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/ 12 February 2007
The Department of Correctional Services is conducting medical tests on fraud convict Schabir Shaik to determine whether he should remain in hospital or go back to jail. ”Specialists are in the process of conducting a medical examination to assess his condition in order to arrive at a second opinion,” Correctional services spokesperson Luphumzo Kebeni said on Monday.
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/ 12 February 2007
Criminal charges will be laid because national soccer coach Carlos Parreira started coaching the team without a work permit, the Home Affairs Ministry said on Monday. ”Certainly, we have to lay a charge because an offence has been committed,” said ministry spokesperson Cleo Mosana. Mosana said both the South African Football Association (Safa) and the coaches will be charged.
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A Johannesburg bus driver has been vindicated after an investigation found he did not racially abuse eight high school pupils and then force them off a bus, Metrobus said on Monday. The investigation conducted by Metrobus into the incident found that the ”issue was not a racial issue as reported in the media”, but rather an ”altercation” between the pupils and the driver.
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/ 12 February 2007
A work permit has been issued for Bafana Bafana soccer coach Carlos Parreira, the Ministry of Home Affairs said on Monday. ”Today [Monday], the South African Football Association submitted all the outstanding documents for the head coach, and he has now been issued with a work permit,” said ministry spokesperson Cleo Mosana.
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/ 12 February 2007
The ongoing dispute over which consortium should build Durban’s 2010 Soccer World Cup stadium was adjourned until April 2 by the Durban High Court on Monday. A consortium led by Group 5 has been named as the preferred bidder, but has yet to sign a contract with the eThekwini municipality.
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/ 12 February 2007
A teenager told the Cape High Court on Monday of his reluctance to get involved in the alleged murder of baby Jordan-Leigh Norton. The youth turned 18 in prison last Sunday, but may still not be named until the judge decides on Thursday whether he should be identified along with his other four co-accused.
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Port Elizabeth residents have reacted with outrage to a new poll that claims the city is the worst place to live in South Africa, the Herald Online reported on Monday. Labelling the poll ”undiluted rubbish”, Port Elizabeth businessman Khusta Jack said the city has a better sense of safety than anywhere else in the country.
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Durban’s mayor, Obed Mlaba, on Monday rejected weekend media reports that a National Intelligence Agency (NIA) security check of his office was linked to succession battles within the African National Congress. ”These people [the media] must come up with something to sell newspapers,” he said.
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At least 22 Durban factory workers had to be taken to hospital with respiratory problems on Monday morning, paramedics said. Netcare 911 spokesperson Chris Botha said 18 of them were from the Beacon Sweets factory in the Jacobs industrial area, while the other four were from a nearby shoe factory.
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/ 12 February 2007
South African fixed-line phone firm Telkom has offered to buy an African internet service (ISP) provider for £9,72-million in a deal that would mark its first foreign foray as it tries to offset sagging revenues at home. Telkom said in a statement on Monday it was in talks with unlisted London-based African Lakes Corporation to buy Africa Online.
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/ 12 February 2007
South Africa said on Monday a new government-owned telecommunications infrastructure firm, InfraCo, would boost long-distance connectivity and bring down telecoms costs, often cited as a barrier to competitiveness. Public Enterprises Minister Alec Erwin told a news briefing that the firm would carry broadband fibre between large cities and towns.
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/ 12 February 2007
All the assets of financial-services firm Fidentia will be used to recover millions of rands it cannot account for, the South African Broadcasting Corporation reported on Monday. It said this was decided at a meeting in Cape Town earlier in the day between curators and officials of the transport Seta (Sector Education and Training Authority).
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/ 12 February 2007
The Krugersdorp Regional Court has denied bail to Mulalo Sivhidzo, who is accused of killing her husband Avhatakali Netshisaulu, the son of City Press editor Mathatha Tsedu. While the state had proved a prima facie case against her, the defence had failed to prove there were exceptional circumstances justifying the granting of bail, magistrate Mariette Louw found.
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/ 12 February 2007
South Africa’s manufacturing output grew 5% year-on-year in December, slowing from November but still indicating a relatively strong momentum in the economy, data showed on Monday. The manufacturing sector is the second largest in Africa’s biggest economy, accounting for nearly 17% of gross domestic product, and is crucial in attracting much-needed jobs.
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/ 12 February 2007
The African National Congress (ANC) has yet to decide when its national executive committee (NEC) will meet to discuss a report into last year’s hoax e-mail saga. The NEC was discussing the matter on Monday, said ANC spokesperson Smuts Ngonyama. It has not yet been decided whether it will take place this weekend — as has been reported. The date will be announced, he said.
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/ 12 February 2007
Trevor Ncube, CEO of the Mail & Guardian newspaper in Johannesburg, on Monday managed to successfully renew his Zimbabwean passport for another ten years. Ncube was embroiled in court proceedings with the Zimbabwean government when it tried to revoke his citizenship, claiming that he was a Zambian citizen.
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Drastic new measures have been proposed to stop the spread of the virulent strain of tuberculosis (TB) that has claimed at least five lives in the Eastern Cape. It was reported on Monday that the suggested steps include infection monitoring at airports and border posts and the isolation of patients — even against their will.
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/ 12 February 2007
Long-time Mail & Guardian columnist Robert Kirby died in Cape Town on Friday night following a long illness. A significant satirist especially in the 1970s, Kirby also worked as a broadcaster, television columnist, playwright and novelist. He became famous in South Africa for his sharp wit and fearless satire.
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The Soweto Gospel Choir has been awarded the best traditional world music Grammy for its second album, Blessed. ”We are thrilled at this honour, it’s every musician’s dream and for us the dream has come true,” said the choir’s producer, Beverly Bryer.
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/ 12 February 2007
A 22nd-minute goal of some considerable ingenuity gave Orlando Pirates a morale-boosting, if dour, 1-0 Premier Soccer League victory at Loftus on Sunday afternoon — although it was a winner that emerged as the product of a calamitous goalkeeping blunder by SuperSport United goalkeeper Dennis Onyongo.
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/ 12 February 2007
The Department of Home Affairs has ordered national soccer coach Carlos Parreira and his assistant to stop working until they have sorted out their working permits. Spokesperson Mansthele Tau said the South African Football Association had submitted late work-permit applications on behalf of the two men.
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/ 12 February 2007
President Thabo Mbeki and senior leaders of the FirstRand group will meet soon to discuss the controversial First National Bank (FNB) campaign against crime, Mbeki said in an interview on SAfm on Sunday. The bank cancelled its multimillion-rand anti-crime campaign on February 2 after meeting with government officials.
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/ 11 February 2007
Long-time Mail & Guardian columnist Robert Kirby died in Cape Town on Friday night following a long illness. A significant satirist especially in the 1970s, Kirby also worked as a broadcaster, television columnist, playwright and novelist. He became famous in South Africa for his sharp wit and fearless satire.