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/ 5 February 2003
Controversial African National Congress MP Johnny de Lange ruffled political feathers in his own party today when he accused the presiding officers of parliament of pushing their own budget agendas.
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/ 5 February 2003
Communications Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri has set up a second national operator committee to manage the process after the recent rejection of two bidders.
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/ 4 February 2003
Six recent by-election results reconfirm the ANC’s dominant position in politics – but also show its percentage of the vote is falling as opposition parties are gaining support. A DA by-election victory in Tshwane may mark a turnaround in the party’s fortunes.
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/ 4 February 2003
South African wholesale and retail workers are now entitled to a minimum wage, according to the sectoral determination for the sectors which has come into effect, the Labour Ministry has noted in a statement.
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/ 3 February 2003
Deputy South African Foreign Affairs Minister Aziz Pahad today refused to condemn the treason trial of Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, indicating that the law must take its course.
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/ 31 January 2003
Former Cape Town mayor Peter Marais has been cleared of making damaging homophobic statements by the Public Protector.
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/ 31 January 2003
President Thabo Mbeki has been drawn into the row over the threatened eviction of parliamentary journalists from the central precincts of the South African Parliament, after the Vienna-based International Press Institute (IPI) appealed to him to intervene.
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/ 31 January 2003
South African Agriculture Minister Thoko Didiza’s comments that administrative errors had occurred during Zimbabwe’s land reform process has been described as "jeopardising" land reform in South Africa.
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/ 29 January 2003
The Zimbabwean Consul General in South Africa, Godfrey Dvairo, told South African Members of Parliament that his country had no problem with the peer review mechanism of the African Union.
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/ 16 January 2003
Ruling African National Congress deputy secretary-general Sankie Mthembi-Mahanyele today slammed ”self- appointed” politicians who were resisting resettlement of people in overcrowded urban areas.