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/ 17 October 2003
It went long into the night. First they met on the lush lawn outside City Lodge hotel in Bloemfontein. Mo Shaik, with his Sherlock Holmes-type pipe; Mac Maharaj, with his briefcase; and Yunus Shaik, with his cellphone. But when it came to the crunch, Mo Shaik and Mac Maharaj backed out of testifying, opting to be given time to obtain documents before they could give evidence.
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/ 17 October 2003
The focus of the battle between the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the deputy president this week shifted to the Hefer Commission of Inquiry in Bloemfontein, where NPA head Bulelani Ngcuka faces spying and abuse-of-power claims. But developments in Parliament show that Zuma himself is far from off the hook.
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/ 17 October 2003
"She ignited the match that started the fire that resulted in all of us coming to this beautiful city." Those words, uttered by Hefer Commission evidence leader Kessie Naidu, were among the welter of arguments that eventually convinced the commission that journalist Ranjeni Munusamy would have to testify.
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/ 17 October 2003
As tasteless and unseemly as the Hefer inquiries proceedings may be, it is welcome. It will allow us as a nation to remove the red herrings and diversions that powerful individuals have placed in the way of legitimate investigations into their affairs.
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/ 17 October 2003
Asked once again what the Commonwealth will be doing to get rid of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, the organisation’s Secretary General, Don McKinnon, points out with wry humour, and a touch of frustration, that after 40 years of trying, the United States has still not been able to get Cuban leader Fidel Castro out of office.
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/ 17 October 2003
In a fashionable catchphrase, it is always time to move on; in our headlong rush forward there is no moment allowed for pause, for reflection, for taking stock. Like the technology that pervades our lives, we must continually seek betterment, offer more options and features to each other: be more like our cellphones?
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/ 17 October 2003
Business Cape will apply the lessons learned in dealing with the job crisis in the local clothing and textile sector to next month’s Western Cape Growth and Development Summit.
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/ 17 October 2003
First the bad news: this week’s interest rate cut marks the end of the party for bond holders. Next, some mild consolation: another razzle is getting under way in the equities market, if you can just hang in. "I think it’s close to going home time. It’s been a long party," Jonathan Myerson, bond analyst at Rand Merchant Bank, said this week.
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/ 17 October 2003
In the back streets of Gaza’s refugee camps they have little doubt about why they believe Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has a free hand to bulldoze their homes, rocket their neighbourhoods and cage the West Bank behind a vast ”security fence”. It is because the United States lets him do so.
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/ 17 October 2003
Sharon has dismissed a draft peace agreement drawn up by left-wing Israeli politicians and Palestinian leaders as the ”greatest historic mistake” since the Oslo peace accords a decade ago. But supporters of the new ”Geneva accords” say that the deal is a breakthrough because it nails the government’s lie that there is no one to negotiate with.