The Citizen - October 23, 2024

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October 23, 2024

King Charles sails through Oz

Sydney - King Charles III greeted throngs of admirers under the sails of the Sydney Opera House yesterday, the public finale to his first major foreign sojourn since falling sick with cancer.

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Angry residents hunt girl's killer

BRUTAL CRIME: FIVE YEAR OLD RAPED, STRANGLED

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Signed Tintin comics for sale

Paris - A collection of rare Tintin comic albums is up for auction in Paris today, many signed by cartoonist Herge, who wrote “Tintin is just another version of me” on one flyleaf.

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Siya and Rachel's marriage over

Springbok captain Siya Kolisi and wife Rachel have announced the end of their marriage, but did not reveal the reason for their split.

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Most bridges near collapse

JOBURG: 'NO MAINTENANCE AS 702 ARE IN 'IMMINENT DANGER OF STRUCTURA FAILURE

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Horse hooves gallop aeons ahead of the internet

Horses have been likened to \"an ancient internet\" for their role in early globalisation.

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‘Mini-Picasso’ is coining it

GERMANY: STILL IN NAPPIES BUT ART WORLD GOES MAD FOR HIS RIOTOUS ABSTRACTS

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Da Silva 'does the right thing'

RESIGNATION: CONTROVERSIAL HEAD OF MARKETING SET TO LEAVE THE COMPANY

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SAA takes out begging bowl to return to its former glory

Facing a barrage of questions from MPs serving on the standing committee on public accounts (Scopa) concerning the financial and operational status of state-owned enterprises (SOEs), transport minister Barbara Creecy yesterday said the \"debt-free\" SA Airways (SAA) required a capital injection through an equity partner to get back to its former glory.

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Chaos as speaker bounced out

The speaker of the Moses Kotane local municipality was escorted roughly out of the council chamber by a group of bouncers on Monday as ANC factional infighting spilled over into the council sitting.

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Voters have no appetite

Residents have blamed politicians for making empty promises as the reason they did not go out in number to register to vote at the weekend for the upcoming by-elections in Thabazimbi, Limpopo.

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Payday blues for many

BANK DATA: HOW PEOPLE RUN OUT OF MONEY LONG BEFORE MONTH END

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Dire water shortage hits city

CHALLENGE: SCHOOL OWNER SPENDS TIME FETCHING WATER INSTEAD OF ATTENDING TO KIDS

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Blind employee loses case

An Ehlanzeni district municipality disabled employee who lost a discrimination case against his employer has vowed to appeal the judgment.

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Cigars from Mozambique hot sellers on global markets

Maputo -In a small neon-lit factory in Maputo, a dozen workers are hand-rolling premium cigars intended for the global market.

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Surfer dies in 'freak accident'

Jakarta - Tributes have been paid to an Italian surfer after she was stabbed in the chest by a swordfish and died off the western coast of Indonesia.

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SA's prospects pick up

OUTLOOK: GNU SEEMS TO HAVE REBOOTED ECONOMIC RECOVERY – ANALYST

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China drills to ratchet up pressure on Taiwan

Beijing – China's military began a live-fire exercise near Taiwan yesterday, maintaining pressure on the self-ruled island after staging large-scale drills and President Xi Jinping called for troops to prepare for war.

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Backlash as Taiwan gets kicked out

EVICTION: US ENTERS THE FRAY AFTER SA ORDERS OFFICE OUT OF PRETORIA

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Ukraine cafe gives comfort as war nears

Inside her cafe in the front line Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, Anna appeared calm as she poured a cappuccino. Russian troops are barely 10km from the city but here, the sounds of war are drowned out by the whir of the coffee machine.

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Is Musk's R17.6m gift to a US voter every day legal?

Washington - Donald Trump surrogate Elon Musk's offer of a million dollars (about R17.6 million) to one registered voter in a swing state every day until the US election day on 5 November has raised questions about the legality of such a move.

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Rivals chase every vote

US ELECTION: POLLS SHOW TRUMP, HARRIS IN DEAD HEAT AS RACE HEATS UP

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Gaza: poverty rate 'doubles'

REPORT: ADDITIONAL 2.61 MILLION PALESTINIANS POOR

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Convictions of 16 'suspect'

Kampala - A Ugandan military tribunal convicted 16 members of an opposition party of \"illegal possession of explosive devices and treachery\", according to a defence lawyer, who said the proceedings were suspect.

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Iran clears the air over its space

Kuwait City – Iran’s neighbours have pledged they will not allow the use of their “soil or airspace” for any att ack, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said yesterday, as Israel weighs a retaliation for the Islamic republic’s missile strike.

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Putin gets 'no help' from Kim

United Nations - North Korea has not sent troops to Russia to help Moscow fight Ukraine, one of its United Nations representatives said, dismissing Seoul's claims as “groundless rumour”.

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Water crisis: GNU-style key

Johannesburg's water crisis cannot be solved by any of the current players, especially not by the city council or its municipal-owned entity, Joburg Water.

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Taxpayers' monies not safe from SAA

The ANC's hierarchy has a talent for high-flown euphemistic language which obscures the truth. Remember how ministers and even the then commissioner of police swore, hands on hearts, that the body of water at Nkandla was a \"fire pool\".

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A fortune from kiddie scribbles

Quite often, when ordinary people look at an artwork which resembles nothing in the real world, they might remark: \"My three-year-old could have done that!\"

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Street names are significant

The quote, “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet”, from Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, is what Juliet thought at that moment – that a name is just a label to distinguish one thing from another.

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Shirt logo insulted Muslims, Allah, the Prophet

Website's e-mail of appreciation to me for pointing it out was very touching, writes Ken Gempel.

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Chase ANC thugs' stolen funds, Sars

Hard-pressed South Africans are paying tax to the SA Revenue Service (Sars) and then (as I understand it) Sars pays it to the National Revenue Fund.

1 min

MK hiding in plain sight

Jacob Zuma, our home-grown wannabe Jonas Savimbi, ordered his party's parliamentarians to wear camouflage uniforms when reporting for duty last week. They disappeared briefly while shambling past the hedges.

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Liam 'drugged up' before fall

Los Angeles - Pop star Liam Payne had multiple drugs, including crack cocaine and methamphetamine, in his system when he fell to his death from a hotel balcony in Argentina, according to initial toxicology reports cited by US media.

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Reward to free Hamas hostages

Jerusalem - Frustrated with the dwindling prospect of reaching a ceasefire deal in the year-long Gaza war, some Israeli entrepreneurs have sought a different avenue to release hostages - offering a financial reward for those who choose to free them.

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Navalny still has huge support

Paris – Well-wishers cover the grave of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny with flowers every day, showing he still has “huge numbers of supporters”, his widow Yulia Navalnaya said yesterday.

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Budget-friendly smartphones

TCL: WANTS TO RECLAIM ITS POSITION AS A HANDSET-MAKER

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TALKING ABOUT...

Astronauts on Nasa mission will wear Prada for moonwalk

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It's time to refresh

SPRING: RELOOK YOUR FRAGRANCE COLLECTION

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SAA expands partnership with SunExpress

National airline South African Airways (SAA) is extending its partnership with Turkish-based SunExpress by leasing four Boeing 737-800 aircraft with cockpit and maintenance crew for the peak summer season and into April next year.

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Will scheme pay debt?

INSOLVENT: MEMBERS ASK IF THEY'LL GET THEIR MEDICAL SAVINGS BACK

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Power plan reignited

RENEWABLES: RAMOKGOPA SET TO ACCELERATE ENERGY REFORM

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Cyril orders probe into Gupta breakfast with SABC

President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate a series of breakfast briefings hosted by the SABC for the benefit of the Gupta family's TNA Media company, which owned The New Age newspaper.

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Sasol shares slump amid poor show

The stronger rand against the dollar, oil price volatility, and lower refining margins all impacted JSE-listed Sasol's business for the three months ended 30 September this year.

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Two-pot, preservation funds

NEW REGIME: ONLY NEW CONTRIBUTORS TO RETIREMENT SYSTEM HAVE TWO COMPONENTS

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The rand has performed better than you think

I've had a lot of discussions on the rand lately. Most of them centre around taking as much out of the country as possible.

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Benchmark for right manager

INVESTMENT: BEYOND EVALUATING PAST RETURNS

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Barca up for challenge

BAYERN MUNICH: COACH FLICK FACES HIS FIRST REAL TEST OF THE SEASON

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Retegui hunting for first Champions League goal

Milan – Mateo Retegui (right) is gunning for his first Champions League goal as the Italy striker heads into Atalanta's Champions League clash with Celtic in hot form and ready to make up for the incredible double miss which cost his team a win against Arsenal.

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Leipzig eyeing Liverpool scalp

Leipzig - RB Leipzig host Liverpool in the Champions League tonight as Juergen Klopp's recent past and not-too-distant future collide.

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Stormers could unleash Bok duo

URC: LIBBOK, MALHERBE WILL BE KEEN FOR GAME TIME

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Suaalii named in Wallabies squad

Sydney - Rugby league convert Joseph Suaalii was yesterday named for the Wallabies' northern hemisphere tour next month after just two training sessions with the squad.

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Uphill battle looms for Royal AM

Embattled Betway Premiership club Royal AM's trip to Tshwane to face the reigning champions Mamelodi Sundowns couldn't have come at the worst possible time.

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Pirates make it four out of four

PREMIERSHIP: JUST TOO GOOD FOR SUPERSPORT UNITED

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A DIFFERENT CHALLENGE

RASSIE: THE TRIP TO THE UK A MASSIVE TASK FOR THE WORLD CHAMPIONS

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Where to next for Dricus?

It has been just over two months since South Africa's Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis successfully defended his title and the question on all the fans' lips now is, where will his next defence be?

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Verreynne ton 'most rewarding'

Kyle Verreynne has called his second Test century, scored on the second day of the first Test against Bangladesh in Dhaka yesterday, the \"most rewarding one\" of his career.

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Movers and shakers

MERCEDES-BENZ VANS: STYLISH VITO, SPRINTER, eSPRINTER STILL GET THE JOB DONE

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Battle of the old versus the new

POWERTRAINS: GWM SUV PAIR'S POLARISING EXPERIENCES

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"'Hello Chery' a hit all around

TIGGO 7 PRO MAX: LUXURY HELPS TO CORRECT MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT CHINESE CARS

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Work and racy return as Ford prices new Transit Custom Sport

Ford has officially confirmed pricing of the new Transit Custom Sport.

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GR-eat finish to Cup season

Huge smiles but heavy hearts for Toyota's six media drivers.

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BMW F900 GS offers enticing Adventure for any biker

BMW GS bikes can easily be regarded as the double cab bakkies of the motorcycling world.

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Mia Moo well weighted at Vaal

CLASSY: TARRY-TRAINED FILLY CAME BACK FROM SIX-MONTH BREAK FOR AN EASY VICTORY

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Prince Florian to improve on the Polytrack

A seven-race programme on the Polytrack at Hollywoodbets Greyville today sees some smallish fields, but the racing nevertheless looks quite competitive, although there are a few solid win and place betting opportunities.

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Newnham has Sha Tin ambitions

Mark Newnham is rolling through his second season in Hong Kong with flying colours and today the trainer saddles five runners at Sha Tin's eight-race all-dirt programme.

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