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/ 26 February 2003
Legislation to allow defection for South African Members of Parliament and members of the nine provincial legislatures got the nod in the national assembly this evening, by 300 votes to 41 of 400 MPs
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/ 24 February 2003
South African employers of domestic workers — estimated to number about a million — have been warned of stiff penalties for non-compliance with the looming deadline for the implementation of unemployment insurance.
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/ 19 February 2003
The official opposition Democratic Alliance has suggested that not only should African National Women’s League president Winnie Madikizela-Mandela be used as a human shield in Iraq — but she should move there permanently.
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/ 18 February 2003
Care needs to be taken that South Africans do not ”over exaggerate” the extent of corruption in society, says John Jeffery, parliamentary counsellor to Deputy President Jacob Zuma.
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/ 18 February 2003
Pan Africanist Congress MP Patricia de Lille Tuesday launched a stinging attack on South African President Thabo Mbeki’s stance on the HIV/Aids pandemic.
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/ 18 February 2003
Cape Town’s Table Mountain is emerging as the favourite icon for branding South African tourism, says Environment and Tourism Minister Mohammed Valli Moosa.
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/ 17 February 2003
Former Zimbabwean agriculture minister Denis Norman delivered an assessment of Mugabe to the Cape Town Press Club, saying the president was not ”mad” and knew exactly what he was doing. Norman noted it was unlikely Mugabe would retire any time soon.
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/ 17 February 2003
Home Affairs Minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi says it is saddening that foreign countries appeared to be more concerned about the war on HIV/Aids than some local representatives, and he pointed to the country’s own president as an example.
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/ 7 February 2003
Two National Party politicians facing criminal investigation over alleged golf estate kickbacks today welcomed a raid on their homes by the Scorpions.
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/ 6 February 2003
Controversial African National Congress MP Johnny de Lange has apologised to members of the joint rules committee for making remarks about the parliamentary presiding officers.