The circus is over, newly elected Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool said on Monday in his inaugural speech in the provincial legislature where he, together with a new speaker, deputy speaker and 42 other MPLs were sworn in. Rasool said the possibilities are greater than ever before for having a dignified and stable provincial government.
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The Western Cape department of health has asked the Scorpions for help in busting a suspected crime syndicate stealing hospital linen. ”In the past three years we have lost hospital linen to the value of more than R23-million,” provincial minister of health Piet Meyer said on Wednesday.
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Unbowed New National Party leader Marthinus van Schalkwyk on Thursday vowed to continue advocating its reconciliation message as espoused in the coalition agreement with the ruling party. He would do this even though it might not be popular among the electorate.
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You are a junior nurse and the specialist surgeon constantly makes suggestive advances, but you keep quiet for fear of recrimination — this is the sort of scenario a sexual harassment campaign aims to address at Groote Schuur hospital. The hospital launched its campaign on Thursday.
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In a protest on Thursday against the unequal donation policies of big business during the elections, the Freedom Front Plus handed back R10Â 000 to Sanlam at its head offices in Bellville, near Cape Town. ”We don’t want this donation … it is humiliation,” FF+ leader Dr Pieter Mulder told journalists.
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/ 26 February 2004
Trade and Industry Minister Alec Erwin fleetingly braved the catwalk on Wednesday evening when he walked to the podium at the opening of this year’s Design Indaba Expo in Cape Town. ”It’s the first time ever [that] I’ve walked on the catwalk,” he joked, adding that while he might survive, ”whether the fashion industry would survive” was not so certain.
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/ 19 February 2004
Dangerous awaiting-trial prisoners swapping identities with inmates wanted on lesser charges is one of the scenarios a pioneering correctional services programme intends to eliminate. The Department of Correctional Services is expected to start a ”tagging system” among awaiting-trial prisoners by the end of April.
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/ 16 February 2004
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Two political minnows announced on Monday their coming together to contest the general elections, united in their ”fight against moral decay and godless government”. The New Labour Party and the Christian Democratic Party signed their cooperation agreement on Sunday evening, following months of negotiations.
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/ 7 February 2004
Swiss big business on Friday endorsed South Africa’s economic policies, but cautioned that legislation such as black economic empowerment could blunt the country’s competitive edge. ”Laws should be limited otherwise what we will see is apartheid from the other side,” a Swiss business leader said.
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/ 17 January 2004
There is a strong suspicion that a decomposed body police found on the Tradouw Pass, near Barrydale in the Western Cape, is that of missing Dutch exchange student Marleen Konings, police said on Friday. A 46-year-old man has been taken into custody, but not formally charged with Konings’ murder.