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Homosexuals are God’s children, Anglican Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane said on Thursday, ahead of a conference in Rwanda with the contentious issue of gays in the church on its agenda. ”We should try to find solutions of living with difference and otherness. Diversity is the creation by the Almighty,” Ndungane told reporters.
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/ 14 September 2006
The Zimbabwean government has secured desperately needed loans of close to half a billion United States dollars to help boost agricultural production, it was reported on Thursday. Nearly half the -million in loans secured was provided by key ally China in the form of a -million agricultural support deal, the state-controlled Herald newspaper said.
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/ 14 September 2006
South Africa on Thursday named uncapped striker Nathan Paulse in their 20-man squad for next month’s African Nations Cup qualifier against Zambia in Lusaka. Caretaker coach Pitso Mosimane, in charge of his last match before the arrival of Brazilian Carlos Alberto Parreira, made six changes to the squad that drew 0-0 at home with Congo earlier this month.
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/ 14 September 2006
Gauteng province is not geared up to treat a killer tuberculosis (TB) strain for which patients have to be isolated, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Thursday. ”About 41 000 patients are currently being treated for TB in Gauteng, but the number of TB beds has dropped in the last year from 1 495 to only 820 beds,” spokesperson Jack Bloom said.
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/ 14 September 2006
The South African casino industry expressed puzzlement on Thursday at South African Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni’s accusation that they were not helping to catch money launderers. Casinos actively assisted the authorities in apprehending money launderers, said South African Casino Association chief executive Derek Auret.
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/ 14 September 2006
The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) on Thursday dismissed allegations of vote rigging during the union’s elections earlier this month. ”Counting of ballots by Eisa [Electoral Institute of South Africa] officials commenced at midday on September 2, with observers present at all times.
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/ 14 September 2006
Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) president Lovemore Matombo, his first vice-president Lucia Matibenga and secretary general Wellington Chibebe were ”heavily assaulted” by police on Wednesday at Matapi police station in Mbare, the ZCTU said in a statement on Thursday.
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/ 14 September 2006
A Kurdish farmer told a judge on Thursday how a furious Saddam Hussein shouted ”shut up and get out” when he pleaded for the life of his wife and seven young children, who were rounded up in their village in 1988. ”He told me to approach him and I begged him for their lives,” said Abdulla Mohammad Hussain.
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/ 14 September 2006
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) on Thursday called for a total boycott of Shoprite Checkers stores around the country. Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi made the call while addressing striking Shoprite Checkers workers who had gathered at Beyers Naude Square in central Johannesburg.
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/ 14 September 2006
Africa has emerged as a leading front in the United States military campaign against al-Qaeda, which Washington believes would like to create a new safe haven in the continent’s vast, hard-to-govern regions. Small groups of US special forces have begun traversing the hinterlands of more than a dozen countries in the Horn of Africa.