Marianne Merten
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/ 29 August 2002

Telkom’s gift to ANC

State-owned Telkom donated almost R58 000 to the ANC in Parliament for a strategic planning session. Telkom this week said it viewed the sponsorship as not being for a party political event but for ”an organ of Parliament know as the Chief Whippery”.

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/ 18 August 2002

Harksen and DA: The plot thickens

Exhibit ”MM”, tabled this week at the Desai inquiry into the Western Cape political funding scandal, has further underlined the murky dealings between German tax fugitive Jurgen Harksen and the Democratic Alliance. The cheque counterfoil shows R500 000 in favour of the DA.

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/ 17 August 2002

National indaba takes on debt

” Minister of Provincial and Local Government Sydney Mufamadi announced a national indaba of ministers, mayors and council managers to deal with the ”staggering” municipal debt — estimated at between R12-billion and R22-billion. The meeting is set for later this year after a study on municipal debt is presented to the Cabinet.