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| Interim order granted against McBride |
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The Johannesburg High Court yesterday handed down an interim order barring Ekurhuleni Metro Police Chief Robert McBride from intimidating, harassing or threatening three metro policemen.
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| PHOTO OF THE WEEK:
An impromptu exhibition of 'air instruments' by Andrew Lord on the dunes of Clovelly beach overlooking False Bay. |
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| OTHER NEWS |
| Court urged to refuse Najwa Pietersen bail |
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The State yesterday urged the Wynberg Regional Court to refuse bail for slain entertainer Taliep Petersen's widow, Najwa, as well as for one of the three co-accused in the murder, Abdoer Emjedi.
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| Numsa denies end to strike |
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The National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) yesterday dismissed claims that it had reached an agreement to end a strike by metal and engineering workers and said the strike would continue until employers had made a substantial offer.
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| SA Peer Review a missed opportunity |
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Finance Minister Trevor Manuel has called for a deepening of corporate governance and accountability. His comments coincided with more details being released on SA’s African Peer Review Mechanism report, which also emphasised a need to improve corporate governance, writes E-Brief News.
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| Police v police in the strangest of incidents |
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In the latest twist in the strangest of police incidents, charges of intimidation have been laid against Ekurhuleni metro police officers present at the arrest this week of two of three colleagues suing the metro's police chief Robert McBride for harassment, Superintendent Eugene Opperman, a police spokesperson, said yesterday.
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| World Bank pushing government on land reform |
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According to the Financial Mail, SA land affairs officials are studying a World Bank report that recommends scrapping many of the laws regulating low-cost housing and township development.
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| Most public service unions sign wage agreement |
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Most unions have signed government’s multi-term salary agreement and this is binding on all parties who have not yet signed, Public Service Minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi said yesterday, according to a report in The Witness.
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| SA rated 28th on responsibility |
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South Africa has been ranked 28th among 108 countries measured for responsible competitiveness, according to the global think tank AccountAbility, a partner of the Unisa Centre for Corporate Citizenship.
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| ON THE FIELD |
| No more test rugby for AJ |
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AJ Venter has withdrawn from the Springbok Tri-Nations rugby tour to Australia and New Zealand and quit international rugby, says a report in The Witness.
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| White unrepentant over second-string Boks |
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Although Australian and New Zealand rugby authorities are outraged about the Springbok ‘second team’ – the top 20 players will be left at home, ostensibly to rest them ahead of the World Cup in September – being sent to play the Wallabies and the All Blacks in the Tri-Nations, next month, Bok coach Jake White remains unrepentant.
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| ‘My image is not damaged….really, it is not damaged.' |
| – Former Deputy President Jacob Zuma on all his legal problems |
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| An end to moral adolescence |
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While the developed world becomes increasingly secular, South Africa remains a remarkably religious society. Almost 85% of the population believes in a deity, the overwhelming majority (80%) being Christians, and we have a long if not always honourable tradition of invoking His blessing as justification for our actions.
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| The REAL reason White chose the second-stringers? |
Columnist George Parker wonders whether we’ve become a nation of rugby denialists following the Durban loss to the All Blacks in the Tri-Nations competition. In his occasional column, Parker’s Piece, he also dares to suggest that Springbok coach Jake White wasn’t telling us the whole truth when he said he decided to play his second-stringers in the away legs of the Tri-Nations because he wanted to save his ‘exhausted’ front-liners for the World Cup. Parker argues White wanted to avoid at all costs another two defeats in the away legs of the competition for his first team – for such a scenario would have devastating psychological consequences for his players ahead of the World Cup in France in September.
Click here to read Parker Piece
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| There’s a worrying gap in the Springbok make-up |
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Besides the interest generated by the Springbok debut of Luke Watson, Saturday’s 35-8 victory over fringe rugby nation Samoa served to illustrate the worrying gulf between the Springbok team proper and what amounted to a second team, writes George Parker.
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| Malan and his apocalyptic pessimism |
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For years, Rian Malan has unflinchingly dared to say the unsayable about his native country, believing murder, corruption and disharmony will tear the rainbow nation into its separate colours. It's a conviction that has cost him his marriage and almost his sanity.
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| Smile Time |
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A Muslim was seated next to an Australian on a flight from London to Melbourne. After the plane was airborne, drink orders were taken. The Aussie asked for a double rum and coke, which was brought and placed before him. The flight attendant then asked the Muslim if he would like a drink. He replied in disgust, ‘I'd rather be savagely raped by a dozen whores than let liquor touch my lips.’ The Aussie then handed his drink back to the attendant and said, ‘Me too. I didn't know we had a choice.’
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