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/ 29 February 2008
After several years of tortuous talks Ugandan rebel negotiators have returned to their jungle base to consult their mystic leader days before they are due to sign a peace deal that will put an end to one of Africa’s longest conflicts. The Lord’s Resistance Army rebels and government negotiators signed a flurry of accords recently and are expected to conclude a final peace deal at UN-backed talks in Southern Sudan early in March.
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/ 29 February 2008
The possible loss of 6 900 jobs at Gold Fields mining company will affect more than 50 000 additional South Africans, deepening the economic impact beyond the numerical cuts alone. According to research by the mineworkers’ union, NUM, each miner supports an average of between six to 10 dependants.
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/ 29 February 2008
The Freedom Front Plus (FF+) has been accused of creating a conducive climate for the production of a video by white University of the Free State students protesting against the university’s decision to re-integrate its residences. On Thursday FF+ deputy leader Corne Mulder claimed that he “knew nothing of this mess”.
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/ 29 February 2008
Wait till Jacob Zuma hears this. France’s new first lady, Carla Bruni, is into polygamy. “Monogamy bores me terribly,” she told the French newspaper, Le Figaro, a few months before meeting and rapidly marrying President Nicolas Sarkozy. “I prefer polygamy and polyandry [the female equivalent].”
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/ 29 February 2008
Almost a quarter of all government posts are unfilled and President Thabo Mbeki pomised in his State of the Nation address that government will fill all the vacant posts within six months. Public Service and Administration Minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi explains how her department is getting to grips with the problem.
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/ 29 February 2008
He might be coming to secure a better relationship with South Africa and to show off his new supermodel bride, Carla Bruni, but behind all the glitz and glamour French President Nicolas Sarkozy is hoping to help French company Areva secure the most lucrative deal South Africa has to offer.
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/ 29 February 2008
Close relationships between some ministers and MPs are preventing Parliament holding the executive to account, says Finance Minister Trevor Manuel. He is also said to believe that these associations are boosting chronic underspending by government departments.
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/ 29 February 2008
A dark horse contender for the crucial ANC Youth League leadership has emerged with a strong chance of defeating the candidate favoured by outgoing president Fikile Mbalula. Current treasurer Saki Mofokeng has the backing of at least five provinces in his battle to become the next youth league president.
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/ 29 February 2008
The bizarre exercise-cum-mating ritual that is the gym is at once demeaning and distracting. Let’s face it, finishing your 20 minutes on the treadmill is nearly impossible if you are ogling — or being ogled by — the hottie on the rowing machine, or if you are painfully aware that your behind is jiggling like James Brown.
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/ 29 February 2008
The state’s hoax email trial of axed spy boss Billy Masetlha and two others came to the brink of collapse this week when it was revealed that no evidence exists to implicate any of the accused with creating the emails. Masetlha, IT expert and National Intelligence Agency (NIA) agent Muzi Kunene and the agency’s former IT manager Funi Madlala are accused of defrauding the NIA.