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/ 26 January 2005

Travelgate: DA MP named

South Africa’s official opposition has welcomed the step taken by one of its backbench MPs, Craig Morkel, in taking voluntary suspension. ”[Morkel’s] attorneys were informed yesterday [Tuesday] that he is among the 40 MPs the Scorpions intend to prosecute,” Democratic Alliance chief whip Douglas Gibson said.

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/ 26 January 2005

Earthlife wins nuke court case

The Cape High Court on Wednesday ruled in favour of environmental group Earthlife Africa when it set aside the Director General of the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism Dr Chippy Olver’s authorisation of construction of a pebble bed modular reactor.

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/ 21 January 2005

Lekota tipped as next SA president

Current Defence Minister and ruling African National Congress national chairperson Mosiuoa Lekota could be a suitable candidate to become president after President Thabo Mbeki, says black consciousness leader Xolela Mangcu. He said that a rift had developed between Mbeki and the white community on the one hand and between Mbeki and black intellectuals on the other.

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/ 18 January 2005

Zimbabwe: The worm turns

An apparent about-turn by South Africa’s ruling African National Congress on the burning Zimbabwe issue comes in the wake of the detention of an alleged South African spymaster by that country.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/pd.asp?cg=BreakingNews-Africa&ao=178144">Zim ministers tumble</a>
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/pd.asp?cg=BreakingNews-Africa&ao=178123">The terror and abuse goes on</a>
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?cg=BreakingNews-Africa&ao=178104">Fraud, violence in election</a>
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/pd.asp?cg=BreakingNews-National&ao=178117">No word from SA govt on Zim ‘spy'</a>

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/ 17 January 2005

New NCOP chairperson elected unopposed

The ruling African National Congress’s Mninwa Johannes Mahlangu has been elected unopposed as the new chairperson of the second chamber of South Africa’s Parliament, the National Council of Provinces (NCOP). Mahlangu was first elected to the National Assembly in 1994 but became deputy chairperson of the NCOP in 2002.

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/ 3 January 2005

Economy performing well, says Mbeki

In his New Year’s message, President Thabo Mbeki has taken note of South Africa’s good economic performance in the past year and says the country has established itself "as one of the best-performing economies in the world". "We are therefore well set to achieve new successes in the new year," he said.

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/ 10 December 2004

SA ranks low in bribery stakes

South Africa ranks low in the bribery stakes, according to an international survey published by Transparency International — but it joins the majority of surveyed countries in the consensus that political parties are most affected by corruption. The survey was conducted among 50&nbsp;000 respondents from 62 countries.

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/ 2 December 2004

Matsepe-Casaburri: ‘I’m not anti-Icann’

South Africa’s Communications Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri has called for greater "legitimate" government involvement in the governance of the internet. The minister told the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) meeting in Cape Town that: "We believe that legitimate governments as the true representatives of their country, should have an increased voice in the governance of the internet."
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?cg=BreakingNews-Business&ao=126444">Convergence Bill set for January</a>