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    Apr 07

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    Dead dog foils poison plot - really bad journalism

    posted 03:42 AM, 2007
    I found this story in the Citizen last week (please don't ask why I was reading it) when I came across this wonderful story that was just too good to be true. The story has been given a great South African flavour but sadly it is a variation of one of the oldest urban legends ever - Snopes.com has a version dating back to 1946 A DEAD dog was at the centre of a huge rumpus last week which involved faction fights, police, ambulances, the local municipal disaster management service and the regional...
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  • 15
    Apr 07

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    A hell of a cup of tea

    posted 11:12 AM, 2007
    I wasn't drunk at all...I had been with one of my colleagues earlier that night drinking tea. Judge Nkola Motata, quoted on IOL - High Court judge held for drunk driving (7 January 2007) That must have been a hell of a cup of tea: Prosecutor Anna-Marie Morton said forensic results of Motata's blood test showed high levels of alcohol intake. "The results show substantial high levels of alcohol," she told the court. Morton declined to tell reporters outside the courtroom the blood alcohol percentage...
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    Mar 07

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    Fidentia, Moneyweb and the people

    posted 05:41 AM, 2007
    Vincent Maher has a fascinating transcript up on his blog of an interview he did with Hilton Tarrent, the Moneyweb production editor. There are some interesting Q&A's regarding the redevelopment of Moneyweb and how they handle moderation of reader comments (always an issue on South African sites), but the really good stuff comes in when they start discussing the reader response to the recent Fidentia debacle, which Moneyweb has covered extensively : HT: The response by our readers has been unprecedented...
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