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/ 31 August 2006

Govt: There is no constitutional crisis

An appeal against a Durban High Court order to expedite antiretroviral treatment at Westville prison does not amount to a ”constitutional crisis” but is an attempt to alert the court to an ”administrative burden”, the government said on Thursday. A statement from the Government Communications and Information Service read: ”There is no constitutional crisis in this country … ”

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/ 31 August 2006

DA queries Mbeki ‘retirement home’

The Democratic Alliance has threatened to refer the issue of an alleged R22-million presidential retirement house to the Public Protector if the facts reveal any wrongdoing. DA spokesperson Sydney Opperman said on Thursday that according to Noseweek magazine, the public works department is building a presidential retirement house to the value of R22-million.

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/ 31 August 2006

Goodbye, Jo’burg International airport

Johannesburg International airport’s name will change to OR Tambo airport, probably in October, Minister of Arts and Culture Pallo Jordan announced in Parliament on Thursday. "I am formally announcing that I am approving the name change," he told the National Assembly. The name change was initially proposed by the local municipality.

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/ 31 August 2006

Rasool to ask that S Cape be declared disaster area

Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool will ask President Thabo Mbeki on Thursday for the rain-ravaged Eden district to be declared a disaster area, Rasool’s office said. ”The premier will today [Thursday] speak to the president and ask for him to declare it a disaster area. This will immediately free extra funding to do repairs,” said Rasool’s spokesperson, Shado Twala.

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/ 31 August 2006

Africa the next big stage for al-Qaeda

There is mounting evidence that the African continent will become the next al-Qaeda hotbed as the militant group seeks to expand its global operations, a senior expert on terrorism said. ”Al-Qaeda would logically look for Africa,” said Peter Pham, director of the Virginia-based think tank Nelson Institute for International and Public Affairs.