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SA homes taking on less debt

news24.com     yesterday          

Pretoria - The South African Reserve Bank said on Thursday in its latest quarterly bulletin that the pace of debt accumulation by households tapered off in the second quarter of 2008, in turn slowing the rate of household...                    

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Prison hunger strike on hold

news24.com     yesterday   1 related          

Johannesburg - A hunger strike by about 900 prisoners at Baviaanspoort medium security prison outside Pretoria has been suspended, a rights group said on Wednesday afternoon. "Gauteng senior correctional services officials...                    

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Aids stigma 'needs more debate'

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Pretoria - HIV/Aids testing and treatment of the disease need more debate and a more sophisticated understanding, a seminar at the Institute of Security Studies (ISS) heard on Wednesday. "There needs to be more research...                    

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Cabinet calls for nation-wide tree planting

buanews.gov.za     yesterday   2 related          

Pretoria - Cabinet has endorsed a call by the Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry for all South Africans to begin planting trees. And this week Minister Lindiwe Hendricks showed that cabinet ministers were not immune to...                    

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Cabinet approves new automotive programme

buanews.gov.za     yesterday   2 related          

By Luyanda Makapela Pretoria - Cabinet has approved the new Automotive Production and Development Programme (APDP), the Department of Trade and Industry announced on Thursday. The new APDP, which will replace the Motor...                    

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Cat saved after 4 days in tree

news24.com     03-Sep-2008          

A relieved Deon Labuschagne holds his cat Xander, who was rescued from a tree after four days. (Theana Calitz, Beeld) Virginia Keppler, Beeld Pretoria - A cat, who lost one of his nine lives, has been saved from a hadeda...                    

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Chavez in energy deal with South Africa during visit to 'mother' (AFP)

yahoo.com     02-Sep-2008   28 related          

by Justine Gerardy 9 minutes ago PRETORIA (AFP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez paid homage Tuesday to "mother Africa" as his country signed a raft of energy agreements with Pretoria as part of burgeoning cooperation...                    

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Suicide pact man 'trying to help'

news24.com     02-Sep-2008   1 related          

Hansie Herbst and his wife Bettie during a holiday in Cape Town. The son of the elderly couple who died in a suicide pact at the Bon Accord dam, north of Pretoria, says he believes his father was trying to help his sick...                    

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Actor 'humiliated' by cop

news24.com     02-Sep-2008          

André Damons, Beeld Pretoria - Actor and artist At Botha, 58, says he is upset after being "humiliated, made to feel guilty and made to stand on one leg by a 'rotten egg' metro police officer" at a roadblock on the N14...                    

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Man held for killing friend

news24.com     01-Sep-2008          

Johannesburg - A man was arrested on Monday for murder after he allegedly beat his friend to death in Kameeldrift, north of Pretoria, police said. Constable Portia Maleka said the two men, aged 25 and 30, had an argument...                    

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