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  • There are to be 12 Supreme Court Justices, each paid something north of £200,000 a year, in contrast to the 29.000-odd Justices of the Peace who don't get paid at all.

    Archive 2009-10-01 Bystander 2009

  • There are to be 12 Supreme Court Justices, each paid something north of £200,000 a year, in contrast to the 29.000-odd Justices of the Peace who don't get paid at all.

    Welcome To The New Kid On The Judicial Block Bystander 2009

  • As such, by providing the bulk of the 70 000-odd voter registration officials, government will help to substantially reduce the costs that the IEC would have incurred.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

  • For example, the impending large scale battle exercise at Lohatlha supposedly requires civilians to be called up on a large scale, since the 120 000-odd Permanent Force personnel are of no use for this purpose.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

  • This could cause untold frustration for the 450 000-odd visitors needing to move between airports and cities to stadiums.

    News24 Top Stories 2010

  • The past 12 months have seen drug traffickers expelled from five of Rio's 1 000-odd slums after a permanent occupation by military police.

    Mail & Guardian Online 2009

  • "A house of about 56m² costs R290 000-odd and is affordable for a household earning R11 500 or so a month, at an interest rate of prime-plus-two percentage points, and a 100% mortgage over 20 years,? she says.

    News24 Top Stories 2009

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