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Families break down in tears
Torn apart by a reality that has finally hit home, the true survivors of the Moquini yacht tragedy, the families of the dead sailors, broke down in tears last night, weeping over reopened wounds but also the arrival of a long-awaited closure.
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Motorists caught up in N3 cash heist
A coin Security guard was killed during a dramatic cash-in-transit robbery on the N3 near Estcourt yesterday when passing motorists were shot at and the freeway was blocked while the robbers stole about R1 million.
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'Friends of Zuma' campaigner dies
Johannesburg: Former deputy president Jacob Zuma's friends and family have urged police to investigate what they describe as the "strange and mysterious" death in a car accident of the Gauteng chairman of the Friends of Jacob Zuma Trust Fund.
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Boost for small business
The KwaZulu-Natal government is to spend about 90% of its more than R40 billion budget in 2006 on second economy interventions aimed at creating and spreading wealth among a much greater section of society than previously.
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    The yacht Moquini wallows 500 nautical miles off the Wild Coast yesterday. The rudder and engine's sail drive unit appear in their normal positions, although the keel is completely missing. Photo: Patrick le Masson
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    News
    Cabinet pleased with election preparations
    Bush calls for calm as cartoon violence rages
    Sport
    Stuttering Liverpool lose to Charlton
    Leamy cleared of stamping
    Jobs
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    Motoring
    High time in Dubai's dunes with Volvo's cute coup
    Freestream puts F1 performance on Main Street

     SOUTH AFRICA  WORLD
    De Lille brings campaign to KZN 
    Wife unlikely to get much from huge Kebble estate
    Concern over increase in hijacking cases 
    Terrorism threat to events discussed at summit
    'Meat quality control in doubt'
    Cabinet discusses disputed cartoons 
    Aids programme on course for target, says premier 
    Woman seeks presidential pardon for 1993 kiss 
    Newspapers accused of provocation by Chirac 
    Giant airliner learns to be cool 
    'No evidence bombers used mosque'
    Flight record attempt starts
    Poultry tests positive
    Society wants open-air cremations
    Missing diver found 
    Message in a bottle draws 'litter' jibe
     OPINION  SPORT
    Children's Plight 
    Just Deserts 
    Opportunity knocks in KwaZulu-Natal
    You & Me - February 9, 2006 
    Sharks brand compromised
    Show your support for UKZN staff and students
    Traffic Police Should Focus On Saving Lives 
    Violent reactions to cartoon satire unjustified
    Egypt give striker Mido the boot
    Zim cricketers end strike
    Shosholoza skipper steps down following injuries 
    Sharks unveil campaigners
    Captain confident team can win
    Swiss furious at Fifa penalties 
    Cantona fears for Rooney
    Grand prix off

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