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Goblins and gobbledegook

Posted September 14, 2009 by Jacques Rousseau

A version of this post from June 16 was reproduced in today’s Star, Cape Argus and Durban Mercury newspapers – or you can read it here (pdf, 450kb) (as published in the Star).

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SA Courts: urgently seeking garden gnome experts

Posted June 16, 2009 by Jacques Rousseau

In August 2008, an angry 18 year-old schoolboy in Krugersdorp killed a fellow pupil with an ornamental sword, bought by his father 3 or 4 years previous to the incident. The schoolboy, Morne Harmse, also attempted to kill a three other people during what some papers referred to as his “rampage”, including another pupil and [...]

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