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<a href="http://www.mg.co.za/specialreport.aspx?area=zuma_report"><img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/243078/zuma.jpg" align=left border=0></a>There was no word yet on whether African National Congress deputy president Jacob Zuma would have to face new corruption charges as the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) was still considering the case, an NPA spokesperson said on Monday. "It is a very painstaking process of consideration," said NPA spokesperson Tlali Tlali.
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/ 19 November 2007
Oasis Crescent Management Company, a subsidiary of Oasis Group Holdings, has launched the Oasis Crescent Worldwide Flexible Fund of Funds, making it the first South African company to offer a sharia-compliant worldwide fund of funds to local investors.
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/ 19 November 2007
Four days after Cyclone Sidr killed more than 2 500 people in Bangladesh, rescuers were struggling to reach isolated areas along the country’s devastated coast and give aid to millions of survivors. ”The tragedy unfolds as we walk through one after another devastated village,” said relief worker Mohammad Selim in Bagerhat, one of the worst-hit areas.
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/ 19 November 2007
The man at the centre of the African National Congress hoax email saga, Muziwendoda Kunene, had his case postponed for trial next year in the Pretoria magistrate’s court on Monday. Kunene, who had his left hand bandaged after he was shot last week, is charged with contravening the Intelligence Services Oversight Act.
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/ 19 November 2007
SABMiller, the world’s second-biggest brewer, has agreed to buy Dutch rival Grolsch for €816-million in cash to strengthen its position in the fast-growing premium beer market. London-based SABMiller, which makes Miller Lite, Castle and Peroni beers, said on Monday it was offering €48,25 a share.
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/ 19 November 2007
Apartheid-era germ warfare expert Wouter Basson on Monday pleaded not guilty to six charges of unethical conduct. A hearing of the Health Professions Council of South Africa into Basson’s activities during his time as head of the apartheid government’s chemical and biological warfare programme started on Monday.
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/ 19 November 2007
The JSE was weaker at midday on Monday, erasing earlier gains following a similar trend in European markets on early indications that Wall Street was likely to open lower. At noon, the all-share index was down 0,69%. Resources fell 1,75% while the gold- and platinum-mining indices gave up 0,46% and 1,81% respectively.
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/ 19 November 2007
The momentum towards regional integration in East Africa received encouragement from the United States this week, with US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson saying that it should boost economic growth in the five-member East Africa bloc. "This is a region that has showed great economic growth over the last couple of years," he said.
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/ 19 November 2007
Netcare 911 responded to three separate drowning incidents in the Gauteng area on Sunday. Netcare 911 spokesperson Nick Dollman said the first incident took place in Danville, Pretoria, where a nine month-old baby nearly drowned at home early on Sunday morning.
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/ 19 November 2007
Hollywood is to fill in the Bible’s ”missing years” with a story about Jesus as a wandering mystic who travelled across India, living in Buddhist monasteries and speaking out against the iniquities of the country’s caste system. Film producers have delved deep into revisionist scholarship to piece together what they say was Jesus’s life between the ages of 13 and 30.