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Gauteng premier warns taxi industry
Gauteng premier Nomvula Mokonyane has warned taxi operators not to stage disruptive protests against the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system to be launched in Johannesburg next week, The Star reports. "The taxi industry can't be a law unto themselves," Mokonyane said during a. . . .
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Police shot dead 420 people in 2007/08
Police shot dead 420 people in 2007/08, an average of more than one person every day, the Star newspaper reports. According to figures by police watchdog, the Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD), at least 191 suspects were shot during an arrest, 83 shot while allegedly. . . .
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Implant murder: Husband takes his life
For Ryan Jenkins, life ended in a suicide in a remote Canadian motel room, and police who had sought the reality show contestant in the killing of his ex-wife hunted Monday for someone new: the mysterious woman who accompanied him to his lodgings. Jenkins, a contestant on. . . .
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Thousands to welcome athletes home
South Africa's athletes are expected to be greeted by thousands of supporters when they arrive at Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport from Berlin on Tuesday proudly bearing their two golds and one silver medal. Even the Congress of SA Trade Unions,. . . .
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Girl gives birth at school
An 18-year-old schoolgirl gave birth at a school in Eersterus near Pretoria on Monday, the school principal said. Rakgotso High School principal Rufas Mokwe said they were alerted by other pupils that a girl was giving birth in the toilets and a female teacher had to assist. . . . .
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