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/ 31 October 2003
Economies determine the fates of nations and their people, and yet economic news remains disconnected from the masses of people who need to know developments that touch all their lives, concluded an assembly of African economics editors this week.
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/ 31 October 2003
The Hefer commission has established the real identity of agent R1 500 000. He is also known as one-and-a-half million rand. That is how much experts say the commission has cost in the seven days it has sat. The commission was established to determine whether National Director of Public Prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka was an apartheid spy, and whether he has abused the National Prosecuting Authority.
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/ 31 October 2003
Legislation passed three years ago to ensure stricter gun control is finally about to come into effect — and is facing harsh criticism from pro-gun lobbyists, who believe the police are unable to implement it. The Firearms Control Act, passed in October 2000, is expected to be implemented by the end of the year.
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/ 31 October 2003
In the opening salvo of the battle for the Western Cape coloured vote, DA leader Tony Leon urged Mitchells Plain residents to reject the ”racial discrimination” and ”twisted perversion of affirmative action” of the ANC and vote to return the province to the DA. The coloured vote is crucial to winning the Western Cape in the 2004 election.
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/ 31 October 2003
He has a friendly smile and a smooth voice. He is a member of the Zion Christian Church (ZCC). But trouble seems to follow Walter Senoko, the man who paid Steve Mabona, wherever he goes.
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/ 31 October 2003
Mpumalanga strongman Steve Mabona doesn’t like being trifled with. His violent temper and sharp tongue are legendary, with not even uniformed cops or magistrates safe from public tongue-lashings.
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/ 31 October 2003
Ghana’s Ashanti Goldfields on Thursday welcomed the support given earlier this week by the Ghana government for world number two gold miner AngloGold’s bid for Ashanti.
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/ 31 October 2003
The gambling industry is making inroads on the African continent. If not closely monitored, it could bring with it a host of evils such as prostitution, money laundering and fraud — not to mention gambling addiction. These problems were discussed in Malawi recently at a meeting of industry regulators from around the continent.
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/ 31 October 2003
South African life assurer Sanlam on Friday announced that it is engaged in discussions with a potential partner to establish a broad-based black economic empowerment transaction which, if successfully concluded, may have an impact on the price of the company’s shares.
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/ 31 October 2003
Chairmanship of the Kimberley Process diamond certification scheme — the international organisation that regulates the global trade of rough diamonds — has been passed to Canada, with the Russian Federation receiving the vice-chairmanship.