The Citizen - October 09, 2024

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October 09, 2024

Shock as deputy principal shot dead

The Gauteng education community is reeling after the death of a deputy principal of Rivoni Secondary School in Daveyton, Ekurhuleni.

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AI pioneers get physics Nobel

Stockholm - American John Hopfield and British-Canadian Geoffrey Hinton won the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for pioneering work in the development of artificial intelligence.

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Artwork canned by mistake

The Hague - A Dutch museum has recovered one of its artworks that looks like two empty beer cans after a staff member accidentally threw it in the rubbish bin thinking it was trash.

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Spaza patrollers MIA as kids die

FOOD POISONING: CITY CITES INSUFFICIENT RESOURCES - In 2023, MMC said monitors would enforce regulations.

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Tshwane-saga: ANC 'still talking' as Brink is 'not an option'

It is still anyone's guess who will be elected as the next mayor of Tshwane after the DA's Cilliers Brink was removed with a motion of no confidence, tabled by the ANC weeks ago.

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Arms dug up in backyard

SPRINGS: LIFE-THREATENING CACHE INCLUDES 36 MORTARS, ILLEGAL FIREARM, AMMUNITION

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"We're all children of God"

WORSHIP: MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS SHARE SACRED SPACE AT ISTANBUL'S HOUSE OF PRAYER

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Harry's Bar in Paris drinks to US straw poll centenary

Paris – A straw poll at Harry's Bar in Paris, famous for calling US elections with uncanny accuracy, celebrates its centenary this year as Americans again flock to the drinking hole ahead of the November vote.

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Arrest of contractor welcomed

Eskom has welcomed the arrest of four contractor employees who were allegedly paid R10 000 by a resort owner in Gauteng to bypass an electricity meter.

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Eskom caught in 'serious loot' trap

EXPERT: UTILITY INDEBTED, NO DEMAND FOR POWER

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What is defiant Lesufi up to?

ANTI-GNU STANCE: PREMIER INVITED TO EXPLAIN HIMSELF ON UTTERANCES, SAYS MBALULA

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Pattern of violence prevails

ON REPEAT: FUELLED BY STATE NEGLECT THROUGH CRIMINAL SYNDICATES

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Govt woos investors

GREEN SHOOTS': 'GNU-PHORIA' MAY BOOST ECONOMY SLIGHTLY – EXPERT

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Meyiwa accused alleges 'draining' abuse in jail

One of the accused in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial has again raised concerns about alleged mistreatment at the prison where he is held.

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‘Insolvent’ SABC suffers R192m loss

The SABC has revealed it is technically insolvent, as it suffered a loss, before interest and tax, of R192 million.

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King Phalo flights on hold

The Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) said all inbound and outbound flights at King Phalo Airport in East London have been postponed due to adverse weather.

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Normality restored to international flights in KZN

The glitches that recently interrupted the flow of international flights at the King Shaka International Airport (KSIA) in KwaZulu-Natal have been sorted out, according to Mmemme Mogotsi, the deputy assistant commissioner for communications and marketing at the Border Management Authority (BMA).

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Hope for a fresh start

MOZAMBIQUE: WRITER PONDERS OUTCOME OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

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Interpol set to solve cold cases

Lyon - Global police body Interpol yesterday launched a new campaign to identify 46 women whose remains have been found across Europe in unsolved cases, some dating back decades.

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Kim's troops in Ukraine

Seoul - North Korean soldiers are likely fighting in Ukraine alongside Russian troops, with some believed already killed and more expected to be deployed, Seoul's defence minister said yesterday.

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Don't cross 'red line', Iran warns

ISRAEL: THREAT OF ASSAULT ON OIL, NUCLEAR SITES

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DIY guns under fire in court

Washington - The US Supreme Court hears a challenge this week to federal regulation of \"ghost guns\" - firearms sold in easy-to-assemble kits.

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Local officials must do their jobs

Unsurprisingly, the deaths of five children in Soweto - allegedly from eating tainted or expired food bought from a spaza shop owned by foreigners - has turned up the flame of xenophobia.

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Sandton Drive: who will pay?

If the renaming of Sandton Drive goes ahead, who will pay? Where will the money come from?

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Lesufi is overly cocky, combative

For a politician who delivered to the ANC the worst election result in the country - barring the DA-dominated Western Cape - Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi is looking overly cocky and combative.

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DA is wise and as tough as nails

Mr G (Saturday Citizen) \"the DA is just a puppet of the ANC\": I disagree.

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Kamala can fire her Glock pistol

Washington - Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris revealed in an interview that she owns a Glock semiautomatic pistol - and said \"of course\" she'd fired it on a shooting range.

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All passengers in the hot seats

Sydney- Passengers aboard a flight to Tokyo last week got more in-flight entertainment than they bargained for when a film featuring sex talk and explicit images was broadcast to every screen.

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Nobel winners find tiny genetic switch

Boston - Harvard geneticist Gary Ruvkun vividly remembers the late-night phone call with his long-time friend and now 2024 Nobel Prize in Medicine co-laureate Victor Ambros, when they made their groundbreaking discovery of genetic switches that exist across the tree of life.

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Harris rules out Putin talks

Washington – Democratic White House hopeful Kamala Harris said in an interview on Monday that if elected president, she would not meet with Vladimir Putin for peace talks if Ukraine was not also represented.

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Bad genes in US - Trump

Washington – Republican White House hopeful Donald Trump said on Monday that illegal immigrants were bringing \"bad genes\" into the United States, doubling down on previous inflammatory rhetoric about migrants poisoning the blood of the country.

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Sustainable, sexy, slow fashion

GIRL ON YOUR MIND: LASTS LONGER AND LESS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

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PnP set to shut down

TREND: AS ONE STORE CLOSES, A CHECKERS STORE TO OPEN IN ITS PLACE

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Bid to rope in private sector in power project

The Department of Electricity and Energy is drafting regulations to set out how the government will procure private sector investment in transmission lines.

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How to invest R30m tax-free

FINANCIAL SECURITY: GUIDE THROUGH POTENTIAL TAX-EFFICIENT OPTIONS IN, OUTSIDE SA

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Sars cannot simply impose hefty understatement penalties

The Constitutional Court (ConCourt) has decided not to have the final say on the meaning of the crucial string of words - \"bona fide inadvertent error\" - even though the correct interpretation is of public importance.

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AutoZone buy 'opportunistic'

METAIR: GROUP'S NEED TO DIVERSIFY SEEMS TO HAVE TAKEN IT BY SURPRISE

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Registration system call

AIRBNB: HOSTING ACTIVITIES MUST BE VISIBLE

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Manchester United fighting to improve fortunes, says Evans

London – Jonny Evans (right) says Manchester United's players are sticking together and fighting hard to pull themselves out of a slump that has led to feverish speculation over the future of manager Erik ten Hag.

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Iniesta leaves an indelible legacy

SPANISH GREAT: BARCELONA PLAYMAKER WAS ADORED BY FANS AND FEARED BY OPPONENTS

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Lions must adapt to conditions

While the Lions will look to stick to their fast-paced, running game that has brought them success in their first two United Rugby Championship games of the 2024/25 season they know they may have to adapt to a different approach in more trying conditions in the northern hemisphere over the next three weeks.

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Skelton keen on Test return

Paris - Former Australia captain Will Skelton (above) says he is keen to feature for the Wallabies in November having spoken to head coach Joe Schmidt.

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Jake to unleash full Bok quota

BULLS: COACH PICKS ALL HIS AVAILABLE TEST PLAYERS

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ID.4 settles electric car debate

EFFICIENT: OFFERS RANGE OF 440KM FOR JUST R292

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