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/ 26 January 2001

Mid-air blip for SA?s privatisation programme

THE decision by Switzerland?s SAirGroup not to increase its 20% holding in South African Airways (SAA) could dent confidence in the privatisation programme of President Thabo Mbeki’s government at a time when South Africa needs foreign investment to drive post-apartheid reforms, say analysts. SAirGroup announced this week it would no longer make investments or acquisitions […]

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/ 26 January 2001

COURT RULES ON BOTTOM PATTING

ITALY’S highest court has ruled that it was not an offence for a man to pat or slap a female colleague on the buttocks, provided it amounted to a one-off, fleeting action and carries no sexual connotation, London’s The Times reports. The court, which consists largely of elderly male judges, had been asked to rule […]