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/ 22 October 2003
The Director General of the Department of Labour, Advocate Rams Ramashia, on Tuesday lashed out at critics of the government’s skills development programmes, saying the critics have failed to offer alternatives that would change the lives of South Africans for the better.
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/ 22 October 2003
The imminent closure of the tax amnesty coupled with the recent strength in the rand presents an almost unprecedented opportunity for investors to increase their offshore exposures, says Sasfin (SFN) managing director Alan Greenstein.
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/ 22 October 2003
South Africa will host the next plenary session of the Kimberley Process, the worldwide body that regulates the trade and certification of rough diamonds, for the second time at the end of October. The session will be attended by representatives from more than 70 countries.
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/ 22 October 2003
India, Brazil and South Africa are strong candidates to become permanent members of the United Nations Security Council as all three developing countries have stable democracies, the Brazilian Foreign Minister said on Wednesday.
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/ 22 October 2003
A documentary on seven ethnic groups making peace in the southern Ethiopian Rift Valley is captivating audiences in the capital Addis Ababa, as the peace process between Ethiopia and Eritrea teeters on the brink of collapse.
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/ 22 October 2003
Facts are stupid things, as Ronald Reagan once observed. They can also be extremely difficult to pin down, particularly when they concern the ever controversial former president. That is what CBS television has found since taking the risk-laden decision to make a mini-series about the life of the US actor turned president.
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/ 22 October 2003
Uganda should end its support of armed groups in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, five months after withdrawing its troops from the central African nation, the head of Amnesty International said on Tuesday. The human rights organisation has evidence that Uganda is still supporting at least two tribal militias in the northeastern region of Ituri.
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/ 22 October 2003
A day after taking charge of his own defence, the man accused of masterminding last year’s US sniper shootings yesterday cross-examined a policeman who let him slip away from the scene of the crime for which he is on trial.
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/ 22 October 2003
Joyce Sibiya (50) rests on one of the eight beds in the pristine ward at Ethembeni Care Centre near Richard’s Bay in KwaZulu-Natal. It is here that she is treated for her Aids-related infections. Her three children remain at home. Without Sibiya, these children would be orphans without resources.
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/ 22 October 2003
The week before last the SABC announced that its 13 public broadcasting services (PBS) radio stations would be "rejuvenated" as part of a strategy aimed at raising the brands’ profile among listeners and clients. The strategy calls attention to the repeated complaints of private broadcasters that the SABC enjoys mono-polistic bargaining powers.