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    About 100 people have been arrested for various offences at roadblocks in Soweto over the weekend, most of them for public drinking.
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  • ANC acts to limit Mbeki fallout
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    'Poverty the root cause of crime'
    06/10/2008 11:22
    Most South Africans believe that poverty is the root cause of escalating crime levels in the country, a survey has found.
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  • Man, 80, burns to death
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    An unattended candle is believed to have caused a fire in which an 80-year old man burnt to death in Durban's Umlazi area.
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    06/10/2008 09:12
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    06/10/2008 09:12
    Well-known racing driver Paul Pfeiffer has died after his car left the road during the Blue Crane race and plunged into a dam.


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    06/10/2008 08:06
    Dr Allan Boesak has accused the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa of betraying the Belhar Confession, which pledged against all forms of discrimination.
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