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/ 14 January 2004
The African National Congress leadership in the Western Cape said on Wednesday it is aiming for a 51% majority in the forthcoming election, irrespective of a coalition agreement between itself and the New National Party. ANC provincial chairperson Ebrahim Rasool said his party has no ”election pact” with the NNP.
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/ 14 January 2004
The issue of identity documents is a cause of concern for election authorities in the Western Cape, with many prisoners eligible to vote lacking them, and thousands of documents remaining uncollected at the home affairs department. The Independent Electoral Commission on Wednesday started registering inmates in the region.
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/ 29 December 2003
As a South African team hastens to assist tens of thousands of Iranians reeling from an earthquake, what could South African citizens expect the government’s response to be in the event of a major catastrophe at home? New disaster management legislation will possibly come into effect in early 2004.
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/ 23 December 2003
Frogs. Most of us have caught them, some of us even reared them from their infant tadpole stage in glass containers, only to crudely dissect them on tables. A comprehensive frog atlas compiled by the University of Cape Town’s avian unit is currently at the printers and sounds a warning to all frog lovers of the dire straits these amphibians are in.
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/ 19 December 2003
South African marine conservation is to get a Christmas present — the first cheque from the sale of confiscated perlemoen (abalone) on the international market. The money will be welcome — as the funds will be paid into the Marine Living Resources Fund in December.
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/ 10 December 2003
The Jockey Club of Southern Africa confirmed on Wednesday that the highly contagious equine influenza has broken out in the Western Cape. Cub chief executive Tony Barnes said the last time there was an outbreak of equine influenza, in 1986, horse racing was affected for up to three months.
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/ 9 December 2003
Senior police management should take notice of some disquieting perceptions among police reservists contained in newly compiled research, as the South African Police Service (SAPS) considers making more use of reservists. The research delves into the impressions of active police reservists and their role in the SAPS.
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/ 8 December 2003
South African athletes have only a few weeks left to familiarise themselves with the World Anti-Doping Agency’s 2004 prohibited list of substances, which has some interesting additions and deletions. Caffeine has been removed from the list, but the entire class of cannabinoids, such as dagga, has been added.
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/ 19 November 2003
The African National Congress will win a two-thirds majority in next year’s general elections, in the process increasing its seats in Parliament from the current 266 members to 271 in 2004. This was the prediction from the Human Science Research Council on Wednesday, when a comprehensive survey was unveiled.
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/ 18 November 2003
Heralding the end of an era, the last of the South African Navy’s ageing operational submarines will finally rise from the water like a metal leviathan to settle in Simon’s Town as part of a naval museum. The SAS Assegaai, one of the few remaining Daphne-class boats in the world, will be decommissioned next Friday.