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Power price increase over 5yrs
16/05/2008 21:21
Any increase in electricity prices will occur gradually over five years, Eskom has been told at a summit in Sandton on the electricity crisis.

  • Power price: Find a compromise
  • ANC: SA can't afford power hike
  • Eskom makes heaters cheaper
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    Sport
    Sascoc welcomes Oscar's news
    16/05/2008 21:24
    Sascoc has welcomed the news that double amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius has been declared eligible to compete for a place in the Beijing Olympics.
  • Oscar can't stop smiling
  • Pistorius wins CAS appeal
  • IAAF dismisses Oscar's tests

  • South Africa
    Robbers attack Bredel hunter
    16/05/2008 21:20
    Three armed men have broken into the house of a Bredel hunter, tying up the hunter and his gardener while forcing the man's wife to open the safe.
  • Man dies after shot at 4x in bed
  • SA 'at the mercy of barbarians'
  • Dad prays next to dead daughter

  • TRAGIC: A woman is supported as she is taken out from a quake site in Yinghua, China. (Oded Balilty, AP)
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  • Entertainment
    Backstreet Boys come to SA
    16/05/2008 20:44
    The Backstreet Boys will be performing in Sun City's Superbowl at the POSI+IVE festival on June 14 and 15, the resort has announced.
  • Boy band creator to plead guilty
  • Howie gets hitched

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    HIV+ rapist jailed for life
    16/05/2008 20:48
    A man - who knew he was HIV-positive - has been sentenced to life in prison after his conviction for raping his mute and mentally-ill cousin.
  • HIV+ man gets life for rape
  • Dad forced to watch HIV+ rape
  • World
    Mummy found after 35 years
    16/05/2008 21:14
    A Croatian woman's mummified body has been found in her apartment, where it has been for 35 years.
  • 'Mummified baby breaks no laws'
  • Mummified nuns found in convent

  • World
    Myanmar: 133 000 dead, missing
    16/05/2008 21:15
    Myanmar says more than 133 000 people are dead or missing in the cyclone disaster, with the huge increase due to difficulties in confirming the figures earlier.

  • Cyclone toll may top 200 000
  • Grim forecast for Myanmar
  • Cholera in cyclone-hit areas
  • World
    Boys accused of filming rape
    16/05/2008 21:16
    A court near Paris has charged an 11-year-old boy and his 12-year-old friend with raping the older boy's 10-year-old sister, filming the scene on a cellphone.
  • Kids 'copy gang rape'
  • Boy lures, rapes girl
  • Africa
    Zim dismisses attorney-general
    16/05/2008 20:55
    Zimbabwe's suspended attorney-general has formally been dismissed for misconduct after he met with a former top banker who is on the police wanted list.
  • Zim attorney-general suspended
  • Suspended Zim A-G probed
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    Sport
    Bulls captain praises team
    16/05/2008 22:02
    The captain of the Blue Bulls says his players are very proud to be the holders of the Vodacom trophy after they beat the Cheetahs.
  • R1m reasons to win Vodacom Cup
  • No changes to Free State team
  • Blue Bulls pick Burton Francis
  • Sport
    Former sprinter sent to jail
    16/05/2008 20:34
    Olympic gold medallist Tim Montgomery has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for his part in a fake-cheque scheme.
  • Montgomery faces heroin charge
  • Montgomery to stay in jail
  • Montgomery to be sentenced
  • Sci-Tech
    Python hatches 40 babies
    16/05/2008 20:39
    A 30-year-old python housed in a Ugandan animal conservation centre has hatched 40 offspring.
  • Python hitches a ride
  • Snake found in gym pool
  • Giant pythons invade Florida
  • Entertainment
    Kate splits from Owen, again
    16/05/2008 20:44
    Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson have split again and friends say the split was not amicable.
  • Kate loves it in the buff
  • Owen, Kate go public with love
  • Kate not that into her looks

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       South Africa
  • Man crushed in feed mixer
  • Modimolle 'serial killer' held
  • Two held for double murder
  •    Africa
  • US envoy gets 'first warning'
  • 'No need to import food'
  • 15 convicted for circumcisions

  •    World
  • Bin Laden vows to fight Israel
  • Aus plans to cull 400 kangaroos
  • Man rescued 100hrs after quake
  •    Sport
  • Blue Bulls win Vodacom Cup
  • Schumi on bike for race
  • Redknapp ready for FA Cup

  •   Finance
  • Rand at an 11-week high
  • Another record run for JSE
  • Power price: Find a compromise
  •    Entertainment
  • Geri plans September wedding
  • 'World's worst poet' on auction
  • Amy to get £1m for Russian gig

  •    Sci-Tech
  • El Nino assisted early explorer
  • Nintendo fills gap with WiiWare
  • World species 'dying out'
  •    Columnists
  • Walking on AIR
  • Democracy is not just for us
  • Losing my religion

  •   Wheels
  • Aston's rocking Vantage RS
  • Mosley stripped of official status
  • Limited edition Fireblade for SA
  •   Health
  • Oscar wins appeal
  • Medical schemes extort doctors?
  • Adoptees - more mental problems?

  •   Lifestyle
  • Good manager? Or bad manager?
  • Start counting calories in NY
  • Greece is the word in Europe
  •   Property
  • MUR's order book swells to R44bn
  • Maritzburg: White, black mix it
  • Mamelodi bridge opened

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