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oubaas 23.06.08 - 05:32am
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said on Sunday that his decision to withdraw from this week's presidential runoff was motivated by the of violence - including rape, torture, murder, arson and abductions - by ruling party militants. The violence and intimidation that has caused terror in rural areas, erupted in full view of international election observers in the capital on Sunday when thousands of President Robert Mugabe's feared youth brigades went on a rampage to prevent the opposition from holding a rally. The government blames the Movement for Democratic Change for the violence, but most observers and groups like Amnesty International say much of it is fomented by soldiers and militants loyal to Mugabe. Mugabe had likened the re-election campaign to a war. His top security commanders have said they will not serve under Tsvangirai. Tsvangirai said that Mugabe has declared war, and they will not be part of that war.
*** May the LORD intervene in the situation in Zimbabwe *
oubaas 23.06.08 - 12:50pm
A Johannesburg man has been arrested for allegedly trying to steal part of a speed camera after he was caught breaking the speed limit on Sunday, metro police said. He was speeding, about 135km/h, and he saw the [camera] flash go off, said Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnnaar. The 32-year-old Roodepoort resident, turned around and headed back to the camera. He made a U-turn across the highway and stole the flasher unit, which is the battery and battery cable, placed about 72 metres from the speed camera. He put it in his boot. Metro police pounced on him as he wanted to drive off. He was expected to appear in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court today to face charges of theft and malicious damage to property.
*** Now where were the Metro Police this morning? I wonder what is the speed limit for gravel traveling? *
oubaas 24.06.08 - 05:07am
German camper who tried to buy a tent after his was stolen, stumbled upon the original on eBay along with information leading to the arrest of the thief, police said on Monday. They said the 45-year-old from the western city of Bochum spotted a picture of the tent that disappeared from his cellar a fortnight ago while trawling the internet auction site on Sunday. He discovered during the of the transaction that the seller lived in his apartment block, the police in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia said. They arrested the man's 19-year-old neighbour and found several other stolen items in the suspect's home.
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oubaas 25.06.08 - 05:24am
On the golf course at the country club in Kroonstad, Herna Els *it a dead-on drive with which she won a coffin. The coffin, which had stood on the fairway the entire day as the prize for the most accurate drive on the 16th hole, helped to raise money for charity. At the prize-giving that evening she solemnly accepted her prize, tested it out briefly and then donated it back to the club for the next charity golf day.
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oubaas 26.06.08 - 05:35am
The police shot dead a 12-year-old boy who was involved in a robbery in Marloth Park on Tuesday. A 14-year-old boy was arrested. The boys were suspected to have been involved in a series of house robberies in the holiday town. Both children were from Mozambique and were in the country illegally. Captain Leonard Hlati said the two boys were found about three hours after they had shot Alison FitzGerald, in her house. The two boys were hiding on an estate in the Komatipoort area. They began firing at the police who returned fire. The 12-year-old boy, who had not yet been identified, was shot in the thigh with a 9mm pistol. He died from the gunshot wound shortly afterwards. The 14-year-old boy was to appear in Komatipoort Magistrate's Court today on charges of attempted murder and illegal possession of a firearm.
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oubaas 27.06.08 - 05:25am
Two of five-year-old Danielle Esterhuizen's killers were released from prison just days before her murder. Danielle was shot while sitting on her mother's lap in a robbery at Riebeeck Lake in Randfontein on December 20, 2006. The Johannesburg High Court also heard on Thursday that the shooter David Nqomane, 31, was a serial offender. The second accused Thabang Jane, 26, was released on December 1, 2006 from prison where he had been awaiting a court hearing. After Danielle's death Nqomane, Jane and Tsakane Sithole, 25, were found guilty of murder, four charges of attempted murder and illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition. Sentencing was postponed until Tuesday.
*** Will all these senseless murders ever stop??? *
oubaas 1.07.08 - 05:55am
Eskom's top management will forego much of their annual bonuses this year after a troubled few months for the state-owned power utility, the SABC reported on Friday. Eskom chairperson Valli Moosa said their chief executive Jacob Maroga had decided not to take a bonus this year. The utility had planned to pay Maroga a good bonus, said Moosa. The bonuses of another five senior executives would be halved. Moosa said Eskom was reviewing the criteria it uses to determine bonuses. It is currently based on the utility having excess power capacity.
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oubaas 3.07.08 - 06:02am
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oubaas 7.07.08 - 05:20am
A Swiss court has ordered that a chicken be locked up in a soundproof box every night so its neighbours can get a good night's sleep, the ATS news agency reported. The court at Ticino in southern Switzerland even stipulated that the box, in which the chicken must be kept from 10.00pm to 7.00am, should be at least eight centimetres thick and insulated with glass wool. The decision ends a five-year battle between the authorities in the village of Sant'Antonio and the chicken's owner. The authorities, alerted by complaints from neighbours, earlier ordered that the bird be put in a henhouse at night. The measure, however, was found to be pointless.
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oubaas 8.07.08 - 05:33am
An alleged robber was killed by residents after allegedly shooting a man during a robbery in Soshanguve, police said on Monday. Captain Solly Marindi said the robber was caught after he shot and robbed a man in Block H. He was beaten to death by members of the community who took the law into their own hands after witnessing the robbery, said Marindi. The robbery victim was taken to nearby hospital. Cases of murder, attempted murder and armed robbery were opened.
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oubaas 9.07.08 - 05:37am
A desperate German woman finally called emergency services to rescue her after a friend visiting her at her apartment talked for 30 hours straight, authorities said on Tuesday. A police spokesperson in the western city of Speyer confirmed reports about the case, in which the guest rambled on about personal problems and became increasingly intoxicated until the 48-year-old dialled the emergency hotline. When the paramedics refused to carry the guest out of the apartment, the woman called the police, who picked up the friend and drove her home. The spokesperson said the guest would face no criminal charges.
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oubaas 10.07.08 - 05:22am
A wounded hijacker, who hid in a tree in Kempton Park, was found dead there on Wednesday morning. According to Beeld newspaper, one of his accomplices shot himself dead after he had encountered some security guards and another suspected accomplice was arrested. A fourth suspect sped off in a get-away car. The men apparently tried to hijack a 26-year-old womans car on Tuesday evening. ***
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oubaas 11.07.08 - 05:26am
A young woman from Bloemfontein cannot stop talking about the help she was given by a taxi full of people. Without their help, hijackers would have got away with her car, handbag and cellphone. She had a stopped at a traffic light when 3 men approached her car and broke the drivers window. The hijackers yanked out her car keys, opened her door and threw her out of the car. An unknown man stopped his bakkie horizontally in front of the car and rushed to help her, then a taxi full of people stopped behind her car. The people jumped out of the taxi, pulled the three hijackers from her car and gave them a thorough beating. The car's spare keys were in her handbag in the boot of the car. She opened the boot and took out the spare keys, jumped in her car and sped off. On her way the taxi drove next to her, they showed her the cellphone and her car keys, which they gave to her through the cars broken window. She said she had not reported the incident to the police as she didnt want to become just another one of Bloemfonteins hijacking statistics.
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oubaas 14.07.08 - 05:31am
President John Kufuor of Ghana has come under heavy criticism after leaked documents show that his government spent 33 000 on a medal which was used to decorate him at a national awards ceremony. Kufuor created a new award category, the Grand Order of the Star and Eagles of Ghana to the annual list of awards, explaining that it was only for people who render outstanding services in the presidential job, starting with himself. But just as the controversy over the president's award was dying down, it was revealed that the medal cost 33 000 and that five of them were ordered from British-based Cleave and Company International. The leaked document also indicated that about 1.4m was spent on the medals for the national awards ceremony. This has sparked another round of criticism for Kufuor, who will leave office in about six months. Responding to the mounting criticism, a statement from the Office of the President said the furore was politically motivated, especially as the country prepares to vote in polls in December.
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oubaas 15.07.08 - 05:31am
BEELD Dinsdag 15 Julie 2008.
Totsiens ou grote.
Vanderbijlpark. Kort nadat sy vriend hom in die bed gesit en sy voete toegegooi het, het die legendariese Mike (Die Tenk) S te (57) sy laaste asem uitgeblaas.
Mnr. Jurg Basson was gisteroggend die laaste mens wat met die boksheld en grapmaker gepraat het.
Met die woorde: Ek laaik jou style en Sien jou mre, het Mike my gegroet, het Basson ure n S te se dood ges.
S te is gisteroggend hier in die Emfuleni- Medi-Clinic aan lewerversaking, trombose en n vergrote hart dood.
Mnr. S te is Saterdagmiddag in die hospitaal opgeneem en is omstreeks 04:00 gisteroggend oorlede, het mnr. Joe Sandows, die hospitaalbestuurder, bevestig.
S te se broer, mnr. Pieter S te, (55), n sakeman van Vanderbijlpark, het met trane in sy o vertel dat Mike veral die afgelope vyf jaar erg met sy gesondheid gesukkel het.
Saterdag het mev. Susan Holloway, n vriendin, my gekontak en ges Michael (Mike) lyk nie goed nie.
Pieter het na sy ander broer, Ernest (62), se huis gery, waar die voormalige bokskampioen in n woonstel gebly het.
Michael het soos n bokser met n handdoek oor sy kop gesit en was te swak om op te staan, het Pieter ges.
Volgens Pieter het Mike hom gevra om hom eers die volgende dag hospitaal toe te neem omdat hy nog nie kans gehad het om te bad nie.
Michael het gesukkel om te praat en ons het besluit om hom maar eerder dadelik te neem, het hy ges.
Pieter het Mike gehelp om sy skoene aan te trek en het uitgegaan om eers sy emosies onder beheer te kry.
Michael het so sleg gelyk en ek wou nie h hy moes sien ek huil nie.
Volgens Pieter het mense dikwels opgemerk hoe baie di twee broers na mekaar lyk.
Michael het altyd ges hy het geboks om so te lyk, en dan wou hy weet wat m verskoning is, het hy laggend vertel.
Die voormalige Suid-Afrikaanse swaargewig-bokskampioen het eergisteraand sy dogter, me. Dalene Doubell (33) van Randburg, gegroet en Pieter bedank vir al sy hulp.
Ons ouers is tydens ons kinderjare oorlede en Mike het vir my gesorg. Later in sy lewe was dit my beurt om na hom te kyk en hom tot vervelens toe te maan om beter na sy gesondheid te kyk, het Pieter ges.
Volgens hom het sy broer hard ba?klei en net so hard gekuier.
S te sal veral onthou word vir sy soms verwoede gevegte teen teenstanders soos Jimmy Richards en later Kallie Knoetze en Gerrie Coetzee.
Mike se seun, mnr. Pieter S te (35), was gister van Kuruman in die Noord-Kaap na die Vaaldriehoek op pad.
S te word ook oorleef deur nog n broer, John (63), en n suster, Edelweis (53).
Mike het onlangs nog as stoorman en aankoper by Pieter se onderneming gewerk. Dis jammer dat mense so baie keer die verkeerde kant van Michael gesien het. Hy was n bedagsame en vasberade man en in sy hart was hy n goeie mens, het Pieter ges.
S te word mre om 14:00 uit die NG kerk Driehoek, Macowenstraat 42, begrawe.
n Loopbaan in die kryt
1971: Begin sy beroepsloopbaan deur Doug de Wet te klop. Bly daarna 13 gevegte lank onoorwonne.
1974: Verloor teen Jimmy Richards om die SA swaargewigtitel.
1975: Verloor in Februarie n tweede titelgeveg teen Richards, maar klop hom in September met punte.
1976: Staan sy SA titel af aan die latere wreldkampioen Gerrie Coetzee.
1977: Verloor in April teen Kallie Knoetze, wat hom later di jaar in n herontmoeting uitslaan.
1979: Tree in Junie uit n n sege teen die Brit Neil Malpass. Sapa *
oubaas 15.07.08 - 05:34am
*** Die vervaardiger van n yskas wat die afgelope week op onverklaarbare wyse in n huis in Pretoria ontplof het, gaan oorsese tegnici inspan om die oorsaak te probeer bepaal.
Die vrieskas gedeelte van Adrian Coetzee van Silver Lakes se yskas het vroegoggend ontplof.
Volgens Coetzee was daar vooraf geen teken dat daar iets met die yskas skort nie.
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oubaas 16.07.08 - 05:46am
A runaway truck caused traffic mayhem on the freeway system north of Johannesburg on Tuesday evening. The truck, whose brakes had failed, struck some 26 cars as it veered across all four lanes on the N1 south between Buccleuch and Rivonia. The Metro Police's Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar said it took two hours to clear up the scene. Miraculously, only a few motorists were injured. Minnaar said the truck was transporting steel pipes. *
oubaas 17.07.08 - 05:22am
An 82-year-old grandfather of Lombard Street, Wonderboom South, in Pretoria, fought with an axe until his death to protect his wife from five armed attackers. Andries Visser was shot six times - in the stomach, chest and under his chin - during the attack. This was after the attackers jumped on his wife Deborah, 70, and hit and kicked her. Andries heard his wife's calls for help and set upon the attackers with an axe. Deborah is being treated in the Little Company of Mary Hospital in Pretoria. The couple, who are the organisers of the annual national jukskei competition for senior citizens in Kroonstad, were attacked in their kitchen on Tuesday night. *
oubaas 18.07.08 - 05:36am
Two men were arrested on Thursday and six are on the run after police caught them taking turns in carrying a stolen double bed through East London, police said. Superintendent Mtati Tana said the group stole the display bed outside a shop in Fleet Street. The men were stopped by police for questioning and six immediately ran away, leaving behind the two carrying the bed. It was later discovered that the bed was stolen, said Tana. The two are expected to appear before the East London magistrate's court today on a charge of theft.
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oubaas 21.07.08 - 06:11am
Be careful if you have saggy pants in the south Chicago suburb of Lynwood. Village leaders have passed an ordinance that would levy 25 fines against anyone showing three inches (7.62cm) or more of their underwear in public. The mayor of Lynwood, Eugene Williams, says young men walk around town half-dressed, keeping major retailers and economic development away. The American Civil Liberties Union says the ordinance targets young, black men.
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oubaas 22.07.08 - 10:43am
A British homeowner plans to reward his family's pet parrot after it saved them from a fire by frantically squawking to wake them up, a report said on Monday. Bob, an African grey, may even get a new mate after raising the alarm as the blaze took hold early on Sunday morning in the family home in Hampshire, southern England. The blaze broke out in the kitchen, but as it spread into the lounge Bob's squawking became increasingly desperate, waking up Francis Hall and his two sons. The family suffered smoke inhalation, but three-year-old Bob was unscathed after they grabbed him as they fled.
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oubaas 23.07.08 - 05:39am
Residents of the Schubart and Kruger Park flats in Pretoria obtained an urgent Pretoria High Court interdict to stop their eviction. This followed an outbreak of violence and the death of six residents when a fire broke out in the Kruger Park flats during protests against forced evictions. Judge Ferdi Preller granted an interim order to stop evictions from continuing at the flats for now. Residents who claim they were not aware of eviction orders against them will have until Friday to place facts before the court. Preller granted an interim interdict against four of the residents -- who claimed to be leaders of the Residents' Committee -- to stop them from inciting violence. He said the violence had to be stopped and hundreds of innocent people protected.
**** A friend of mine received her order more than a year ago. She moved for her own safety. *
oubaas 24.07.08 - 05:35am
An antique porcelain toilet valued at nearly 800 000 has been put under police guard by the mayor of a local Uruguayan town while residents push for its sale. Mayor Carmelo Vidalin took the precaution of round-the-clock potty protection after the newspaper El Pais reported on Wednesday its estimated value, quoting an antique historian, Enriqe Costa. The toilet was manufactured in 1887 in France, with blue patterns, and was said to be only one of four of its type still in existence. The toilet is in a house purchased by the town several years ago for less than 80 000, and the town plans to open it for public viewing in the near future.
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oubaas 25.07.08 - 11:23am
Singer Elizma Theron; Ampie du Preez, a singer and guitarist from the band 'n Man Soos Jan; and Sondag's entertainment journalist Yolanda Barnard, were on the N1 south near the Rigel Avenue off-ramp late onWednesday night when they were held up by two armed men and robbed. Villa Rosa's publicist, Gizela Arndt, said the three were on their way back from a performance by 'n Man Soos Jan in Pretoria. Arndt said Barnard, who had left Pretoria before the other two, got a flat tyre and phoned her friends to come and help her. While they were changing the tyre, two armed men jumped out of the bushes. Andrew James, marketing manager of Select Music in Johannesburg, said it was suspected the robbers had put something in the road to cause a flat tyre so that they could attack. The men fled with two GPSs, two handbags and cellphones. Theron, Barnard and Du Preez were not harmed. They drove together in one car to the nearest police station and raised the alarm.
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a1terego 28.07.08 - 09:36pm
women men and children should be able to travel our streets safely at all times. sadly this is not the case. *
ruerzi 29.07.08 - 09:47pm
At the end of the day we start treating everyone with suspicion, more's the pity. *
oubaas 30.07.08 - 05:28am
DNA tests confirmed that a body found off the coast of Brazil is that of a priest who disappeared while flying over the Atlantic buoyed by hundreds of brightly colored party balloons, authorities said Tuesday. The Rev. Adelir Antonio de Carli set off from the Brazilian port city of Paranagua on April 20 strapped to 1,000 helium-filled balloons in an attempt to raise money to build a rest stop and worship center for truckers. But the 41-year-old Roman Catholic priest soon lost contact with his ground team, and the cluster of yellow, orange, pink and white balloons was found in the water a day later. Tugboat workers discovered a body off Rio de Janeiro in early July that authorities believed belonged to the cleric. Medical examiner worker Rosane Alves said Tuesday that tests comparing DNA samples from de Carli's brother to the body confirmed their suspicions. *
oubaas 31.07.08 - 05:27am
Chinese officials announced an emergency plan to deal with Beijing's persistent pollution problem, as thousands of world-class athletes head toward the country for the start of the Olympic Games. The plan, announced on Wednesday, calls for more factory closings, a complete halt to all construction projects and further reduction of the number of vehicles on the streets at any one time. The measures would be implemented if forecasters see stagnant weather conditions 48 hours in advance.The capital and surrounding areas of northeastern China have the world's worst nitrogen dioxide levels, according to satellite images taken by the European Space Agency in 2005. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says the chemical can cause eye, nose, and throat irritation, and may cause impaired lung function and increased respiratory infections.
*** If we look at the traffic situation in South Africa I will say we are not far behind this type of polution. Although we run our cars on metal free fuel, I still notice smoke coming out of the exhausts. *** *
oubaas 5.08.08 - 05:20am
The movie Home Alone was just that, a movie, but a four-year-old girl was left behind at Israel's Ben Gurion international airport on Sunday as her mother, father and four siblings rushed to catch a flight to Paris, police said. A police official found the little girl crying and ran with her to the gates but it was too late as the plane had taken off. According to police, the girl's parents only realised she was missing when the pilot of the plane informed them just as the aircraft was taking off. The little girl was flown to Paris to join her parents on the next flight out accompanied by a flight attendant.
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oubaas 6.08.08 - 06:17am
The Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) has vowed to mobilise two million members as it embarks on a one-day national strike against rising food, electricity and fuel prices today, it said on Tuesday. Economists said the strike would be a blemish on the economy, but doubted that Cosatu would be able to get two million people to join the strike. The strike is the culmination of regional and provincial strikes over the last month that severely hit mining companies in protest over soaring food, electricity and fuel prices in the country.
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oubaas 7.08.08 - 05:36am
***Mense wat graag soentjies en drukkies in die openbaar uitdeel moet maar in hulle pasoppens in Sjina wees.
Die president van die Amerikaanse vertalersvereniging, Jiri Stejskal, s
die Sjinese hou nie van n gedrukkery en soenery in die openbaar nie.
Hy het besoekers by die Olimpiese Spele aangeraai om fisiese kontak te vermy en eerder te wag dat n Sjinees eerste sy of haar hand uitsteek.
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oubaas 8.08.08 - 06:12am
A New York man who pleaded guilty to murder in exchange for buckets of fried chicken will get calzones and pizza to go with his life sentence. Tremayne Durham, admitted last month that he fatally shot Adam Calbreath, in Oregon in June 2006. Durham wanted to sell ice cream and ordered an 187 000 truck from an Oregon company. He later changed his mind, but the company wouldn't provide a refund. The would-be ice cream man came to Oregon and killed Calbreath, a former employee of the company, while looking for its owner, authorities said. Durham agreed to plead guilty to murder - but only if he could get a break from jail food. The judge agreed and granted Durham a feast of KFC chicken, Popeye's chicken, mashed potatoes, coleslaw, carrot cake and ice cream. After Wednesday's sentencing, Durham was to get the rest of the deal - calzones, lasagna, pizza and ice cream, his defence attorney confirmed. They will pay the tab. Deputy District Attorney Josh Lamborn said Multnomah County Judge Eric Bergstrom made the right call in allowing the unusual plea agreement because it saved the expense of a trial and possible appeals.*** WOW! 
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oubaas 11.08.08 - 09:32am
Two drug dealers were arrested during crime combating operations in central Johannesburg this weekend, police said on Sunday. Police spokesperson Bekizizwe Mavundla said a 39-year-old man was arrested in Berea for possession of a stolen car and possession of drugs. When he saw the police convoy he tried to flee in a black BMW driving the wrong direction down a one-way street. However, he then tried to turn into a road blocked by a truck and was caught by police. The man was found in possession of four packets of cocaine powder and two rocks.
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oubaas 12.08.08 - 05:33am
Crocs banned from hospital
Trendy Crocs sandals have been banned from hospitals by health chiefs over fears they might cause heart attacks or damage life support machines.
Health Authority safety officers in Austria have warned all staff that the distinctive plastic shoes can generate massive amounts of static electricty.
The electricity can discharge itself directly into patients or short circuit vital medical equipment, says the warning from the Viennese Hospital Authority.
Static discharge could wipe out the computer memories and data processing functions of life-saving equipment, rendering it useless.
Now the city's biggest hospital - SMZ Ost with 2,800 employees - has already banned the shoes from operating theatres and the casualty department.
The soft, vinyl sandals have become a hit with medics, as well as celebrities like Al Pacino and Batman star Morgan Freeman.
But the Viennese Hospital Authority safety spokesman Peter Woelfl said Crocs would stay banned until they could be made anti-static.
Those sandals can cause an electric shock in organs. They can also lead to crashes of data processing devices, he said.
We hold a technical opinion which says that those sandals are made of materials which are not antistatic. This means they do not match our safety requirements, he added.
Ernst Widmann, head of Crocs in Austria, said: This is insane. I haven't heard of a single incident where Crocs caused a critical incident in hospitals.
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oubaas 13.08.08 - 05:34am
Employees of the National Lotteries Board, who signed a petition calling for the resignation of the board's chief executive, Vevek Ram, have until today to unconditionally apologise for the petition, or face dismissal. The move by Andre van Niekerk - who chaired the disciplinary hearings of the 39 employees after they were charged with insubordination - has angered the National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers (Nupsaw). The union has alleged that Van Niekerk has taken sides with the NLB over the petition, instead of finding the employees guilty or not guilty. Nupsaw provincial organiser Maurice Makatu said by not reaching a verdict on the charges against the employees, Van Niekerk was not fulfilling his mandate, but simply threatening and victimising employees into withdrawing their statements. The union and the employees had also accused Ram of delaying proceeds to beneficiaries without communicating his reasons for withholding such payments. They blamed Ram for the negative publicity the board has received in stalling the process of disbursing grants to beneficiaries.
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oubaas 14.08.08 - 05:53am
Burger King said on Tuesday it had parted ways with an employee who was recorded taking a soapy bath in a sink in one of its restaurants in a video that ended up on his MySpace page. The video showed the man taking the bath to celebrate his birthday. The employee who recorded the video was also sacked. Timothy Tackett, 25, said he was the man in the sink and he regretted taking the bath because it led to the firing of the employee who did the recording, as well as the restaurant's shift manager. A Burger King spokesperson said that two employees involved in the incident were fired and a third resigned. She declined to identify the employees or say whether the man who took the bath resigned or was fired.
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oubaas 18.08.08 - 05:50am
When it comes to text messaging, no one can beat My Svensson - at least in her native Sweden. The 17-year-old student needed only 61 seconds to write a 141-character SMS message rich in crisp words and snappy punctuation to claim the Swedish text messaging championship, sponsored by a Swedish telecoms operator. My plans to use her 25 000 krona (US3 900) prize for a holiday in France, the Dagens Nyheter newspaper reported on Sa ay. My - who out-thumbed her nearest rival by seven seconds - nevertheless failed to surpass her personal best of 50 seconds, achieved during the semi-finals.
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oubaas 19.08.08 - 05:31am
In an apparent Satanic ritual, a Krugersdorp matriculant with mad eyes arrived at school on Monday with several Ninja swords and allegedly killed one boy before seriously injuring three more people.
The victim was a 16-year-old boy at the Nic Diederichs Technical High School. Another pupil sustained serious head wounds while two gardeners were also stabbed with a 60cm-long sword, said Netcare 911 spokesperson Mark Stokoe. The school has remained mum on the incident. According to several people on the scene shortly after the attack, the boy arrived at school with at least three swords and several masks identical to those worn by the band Slipknot. The school, which suspended lessons on Monday and did not allow journalists and photographers onto its premises, said it would release a media statement today.
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oubaas 25.08.08 - 05:40am
Two Estonians, a Finnish boy, and a dog entered the books on Sa ay as winners of the Ninth Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships in the eastern Estonian town of Narva. Timmo Lilium won the men's category with a throw of 85 metres, while Valeria Kadorova won the women's category with a throw of 41 metres. Riku Kankkunen, a 12-year-old from Finland, came out best in the children's category with a throw of 55 metres. The freestyle competition - for the most artistic approach - went to an Estonian dog named Cara, who spat the mobile phone 30 centimetres. The contest was the first cellphone-throwing championship held outside Finland. It drew more than 50 parti nts from countries as far afield as the United States, Korea, Japan, Finland, Sweden, Estonia, and Russia.
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oubaas 26.08.08 - 05:31am
Jealousy and an alleged love triangle apparently caused a local man to take his bakkie and run his wife's friend off his bicycle during a cycling race. The friend, Eben Jacobs, apparently wasn't badly hurt. Some of the cyclists who had taken part in the race said that Jacobs had tried to get away, but had been unable to do so. The 47-year-old husband is behind bars and will appear in the Bloemfontein Magistrate's Court today on a charge of attempted murder.
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oubaas 27.08.08 - 05:35am
The Tshwane Metro Council has undertaken not to remove any structures at several gated suburbs in the city, after the suburbs were earlier informed that their lease agreements with the council had expired. This action after the suburbs sought urgent relief in the Pretoria High Court. Several of the dozen or so gated suburbs have existed for years. But a few weeks ago the metro council informed them the structures for access control have to be removed. If they fail to do so within 30 days, the council will remove them. The matter was taken off the urgent court roll after the metro council filed new affidavits. They oppose the application. They have however agreed not to remove any of the structures at the suburbs in question, until the matter has been settled. The gated suburbs are located mostly in the eastern suburbs of Pretoria.
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oubaas 28.08.08 - 05:56am
Police in Canada say they have caught the world's most prolific bike thief. The Guardian reports that officers recovered 2 865 stolen bicycles from the owner of a Toronto bike shop. Igor Kenk, 49, is awaiting trial on 58 charges of theft, attempted theft, possession of stolen goods and possession of burglary tools. He was arrested after Toronto police, noticing that bike theft had spiked sharply in June, planted bicycles on the streets and watched to see who stole them. When police raided the Bicycle Clinic, the shop was so jam-packed that the fire service had to remove the upper-floor windows and lower the bikes out by rope. Two hundred more bikes were later seized in Kenk's home, along with large quantities of drugs, in a smart neighbourhood in Toronto. Ten landlords around the city also reported that they had rented garages to Kenk, which were chock-full of bikes. About 15 000 people have visited the police station garage where the vast collection was taken, hoping to pick out their own lost bikes. About 500 people had so far been reunited with their bicycles, Toronto police officers have said.
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oubaas 10.09.08 - 05:56am
A career change with a difference is on offer from Britain's Antarctic Survey organisation, which is urgently seeking to hire a plumber and an electrician for the remote research station of Bird Island in the South Atlantic, more than 1 000 kilometres south of the Falkland Islands. Applicants prepared to endure solitude in freezing conditions of around minus 20 degrees Celsius are expected to provide the mechanical and electrical maintenance of the station where scientists are studying the behaviour of penguins, seals and albatrosses. While it will be impossible to augment the annual salary of about R310 000 with call-out charges, accommodation will be free and living costs will be next to nothing, the survey says in its advert for the posts which have a duration of between five and 18 months. Stunning scenery is guaranteed, while applicants are expected to fill their TV-free leisure time with cooking and baking bread, and indulge in pastimes such as walking, skiing, snowboarding and learning languages.
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oubaas 11.09.08 - 05:38am
Die begrafnis van 'n vyfjarige Bloemfonteinse seuntjie wat die naweek op sy ouerhuis se dak doodgeskok is, vind eerskomende Saterdagoggend vanuit die historiese Klipkerk in die stad plaas.
Vaughan Marais is doodgeskok toe hy vermoedelik 'n bal, wat op die dak beland het, wou afhaal.
Sy ouers was saam met hul sewejarige seun by 'n rugbywedstryd toe die treurspel plaasgevind het.
*** Ai dis so hartseer, maar ek wonder net hoe kom 'n 5 jarige op 'n huis se dak? *** *
oubaas 12.09.08 - 05:53am
Die polisie van Roodepan by Kimberley het twee tieners van 14 en 17
jaar oud oor vervalste geld in hegtenis geneem.
Polisiewoordvoerder Tony Modise s die twee het glo probeer om met 'n vals
honderd rand noot goedere by n snoepwinkel te koop.
Een van die verdagtes het na bewering die noot of note by sy ouers se huis
met 'n skootrekenaar en 'n kleurdrukker gemaak.
Modise s dit is nie bekend hoeveel van die vals note in omloop is nie.
Die verdagtes is in die sorg van hulle ouers vrygelaat.
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oubaas 16.09.08 - 05:30am
In Londen het die prys van Brent Noordsee-olie die eerste keer sedert
Februarie vanjaar tot onder 94 dollar per vat gedaal.
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oubaas 19.09.08 - 05:39am
An Australian fisherman bitten by a shark while trawling for prawns at sea made a 20-hour dash for hospital, only to have his boat run aground within sight of land. Quentin Gorrell was eventually picked up by the police in a dinghy and brought to hospital, he told the NT News newspaper in Darwin on Thursday. The shark bit Gorrell on the hand, ripping tendons in his index finger to the bone, as he untangled it from nets on a prawn trawler off the coast of northern Australia. The attack happened on Monday near Croker Island northeast of Darwin in the Northern Territory, but Gorrell took 20 hours sailing to reach Darwin, only to run aground on low-tide mudflats.
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oubaas 22.09.08 - 05:30am
A father who used his 11-year-old son to break into a neighbour's flat in the Moot, has been arrested with the youngster. The 46-year-old father lives next to the block of flats with his family. Captain Jan Legoabe said the father apparently helped the boy climb over the fence of the block of flats on Friday. The boy gained entrance through the roof of the flat and he and his father stole a TV set, a DVD player and a video machine. Police were later tipped off that the father and son had sold the goods at a shop in the area. Legoabe said the owner of the shop kept a record of every client's personal information and could provide the police with the suspect's name and identity number. The son was released into his mother's care a few hours later, but the father remains in custody and is due to appear in court soon.
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oubaas 22.09.08 - 05:32am
. A man in a wheelchair hitch-hiked from Nelspruit to Kempton Park to see his Paralympic heroes. When Pieter van der Westhuizen, 57, heard the SA Paralympic team would arrive at O R Tambo Airport early on Sa ay morning, he decided that nothing would stop him getting there. He started hitch-hiking from Nelspruit at 02:00 on Sa ay morning so that he could get to the airport on time. He managed to get three lifts to the airport. He couldn't hide his excitement when Oscar Pistorius, his biggest hero, shook his hand and greeted him. Van der Westhuizen, who lost both legs in a motorcycle accident in 2004, started hitching back home once he had met his heroes.
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oubaas 23.09.08 - 05:41am
A myna bird managed to shut up two noisy parrots in China - by learning to miaow like a cat. Bird owner Mr Jiang, of Nanjing, bought the myna and taught it to speak in order to attract business. The Yangtse Evening Post reports that all went well - until he bought two parrots and put them in a cage next to the myna. Jiang said the two parrots were very talkative, and their chattering made the myna upset and angry. It began jumping frenetically in its cage after the two parrots arrived. Then the myna noticed that when a neighbouring cat came and miaowed, the parrots suddenly got very quiet, he explained. The myna bird learnt to imitate cats miaowing, and did it many times a day. Whenever the parrots got too noisy, the myna would call their bluff by mimicking the cat, and the parrots kept quiet.
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