Sydney Masinga
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/ 9 November 2007

Green Scorpions set to sting

Companies that pollute face international sanctions as the Green Scorpions step up their campaign to root out guilty parties. Highveld Steel’s Vanchem plant in Mpumalanga may have its international certification revoked if an investigation finds that it lied about its environmental management.

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/ 18 June 2007

Mugabe’s game-plan puts paid to Mbeki’s mediation

What is President Robert Mugabe up to? Two events in the past fortnight lay bare the wily octogenarian’s strategy. On Monday he attempted to play the statesman. In an act of showmanship, he tried to give opposition leaders tractors and other equipment. In the same week his Cabinet authorised a raft of constitutional changes, which point to a far more sinister strategy.

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/ 15 June 2007

Private hospitals under siege

The private Nelspruit Medi-Clinic has admitted more than 100 public patients for treatment since the strike began — and the government will pay at least some of the heavy costs of private treatment. ”We recognise that there will be emergency admissions from public to private hospitals,” said Nelspruit Medi-Clinic operations director Koert Pretorius.