Johannesburg
England's rugby captain Chris Robshaw arrives at Johannesburg airport on May 31, 2012. England is in the country for 3 matches against South Africa.
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This money has got to do with my privacy. I have a private insurance [policy], which was registered at birth by my father. This insurance is in Washington D.C. and matured last month. I received a snapshot credit ratio amount of N$30-million, sent from Universal Banking Solutions in the United States of America to Standard Bank Katima Mulilo via Johannesburg, Midrand, South Africa
You don't want to play your best cricket in April, if you have a good May. In my first season [in 2009] I played for Bangalore, and we lost five out of our first six games and went on to play the final in Jo'burg [Johannesburg], so nothing's lost for Deccan at all
Albie Morkel has travelled back to South Africa first thing this morning after hearing of the death of a very close friend at Johannesburg overnight ... He goes with our best wishes and sympathies. He will take further part in the IPL, but we are not sure when that is. So on behalf of CSK, we extend our sympathies to Albie and obviously look forward to getting him back as soon as we can.More quotes »
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South African police seize 10 rhino horns
-- A South African police spokesman says officers tipped off by an anonymous informer forced their way into a Johannesburg apartment where they found 10 rhinoceros horns and an elephant tusk and arrested a Vietnamese man.Spokesman Vish Naidoo said Wednesday Read more »
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S.Africa protesters hurl rocks at opposition march
with water from a truck.Vusi Sefuba, a 26-year-old wearing a DA T-shirt, limped after the marchers as they headed back into central Johannesburg. He pulled up a leg of his jeans to show a reporter a bruise on his left calf, where he said he'd been hit by a Read more »
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UK sentences ex-head of Nigerian state to 13 years
was serving as governor of Delta state, police said.Prosecutors and police have said Ibori used the money to buy houses in London and Johannesburg, a fleet of armored Land Rovers, and a $20 million private jet. He racked up credit card bills of $200,000 a Read more »
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Mr. Gay World comes to Africa
despite its homophobic reputation."We're all representing the people that don't have the power to stand up," he told reporters in Johannesburg.Coenie Kukkuk, Africa's director for Mr. Gay World said the contest produces a spokesman and role model for gays, Read more »
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Reports: Malawi president hospitalized in S.Africa
Walsh, spokeswoman for Netcare Milpark Hospital, said she could neither confirm nor deny reports Mutharika had been admitted to her Johannesburg facility.In Malawi, government officials said more details will be released later Friday. Reporters were told to Read more »
Around the web
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R200 for hand-written liquor licence
20:21 Johannesburg - Two people accused of fraudulently issuing a liquor licence have appeared in the Lehurutshe Magistrate's Court, in Lerato, North West police say. Penny Ndona, 44, and Petrus Molatlhegi, 47, both employees of the Liquor Board, were each 2:21 PM from Empowering Financial Decisions Read more »
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Mdluli suspension lifted in Labour Court
Johannesburg Labour Court has ordered acting police chief Nhlanhla Mkhawanzi to allow Richard Mdluli to return to work with immediate effect. Former spy chief Richard Mdluli. (Phil Magakoe) The former spy boss has argued that his suspension was unlawful and 1:18 PM from Mail & Guardian Online Read more »
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Mdluli back at work - again
18:33 Charl du Plessis, City Press Johannesburg - Former police spy boss Richard Mdluli had his police suspension lifted on Friday by claiming he was being subjected to "double double jeopardy". Judge Edwin Molahlehi, of the Johannesburg Labour Court, ordered 12:33 PM from Empowering Financial Decisions Read more »
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Mdluli's suspension lifted?
Labour Court in Johannesburg uplifted the suspension of Crime Intelligence boss Richard Mdluli on Friday, two radio stations reported. Eyewitness News and SABC radio said Mdluli secured an order in the court for the reversal of his suspension. The SA Police 11:45 AM from iAfrica.com Read more »
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Bombardier doled out millions to Tunisian middleman for lucrative contract: media report
is earning about $2-billion from its construction and maintenance work on the Gautrain, a high-speed railway line that connects Johannesburg, Pretoria, and the international airport near the two cities. The company and its consortium partners were awarded 11:22 AM from Globe and Mail Read more »
