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/ 26 September 2005
The health ministry has responded angrily to Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi’s criticism of its Aids policies, labelling remarks by the trade union leader at the weekend as ”irresponsible” and saying he needs to get his facts straight. Vavi accused the government of a ”lack of leadership” when it comes to managing HIV.
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/ 26 September 2005
Zambia’s former vice-president Nevers Mumba has formed a political party as part of his bid to challenge President Levy Mwanawasa in next year’s elections, an aide said on Monday. ”He will be a national coordinator of the newly formed Reformed Party,” said John Ziba, Mumba’s spokesperson.
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/ 26 September 2005
Pharmacists billing fridges and television sets to the medical-aid accounts of prison staff are among the types of fraud uncovered in the Department of Correctional Services in recent years. The department saved about R500-million in medical-aid claims in the 2004/05 financial year by clamping down on fraud and corruption.
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/ 26 September 2005
Storms and strong winds in East London have caused the hull of the stranded bulk carrier Kiperousa to break up, sending about 800 giant logs into the sea. Terry Taylor, spokesperson for the East London Ports Authority, said weekend storms accompanied by very strong winds and surf had opened the hull up to the sea.
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/ 26 September 2005
The number of cases of typhoid in Delmas has increased to 594, a Mpumalanga government spokesperson said on Monday. The total number of people with diarrhoea has risen to 3 303 since the typhoid outbreak in the town on August 22, said Lebona Mosia.
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/ 26 September 2005
Between 400 and 500 people were killed in violence around elections in Togo in April, a United Nations report said on Monday, placing much of the blame on the West African state’s authorities. A culture of ethnically-tinged repression and military strength built up over four decades of iron-fisted rule by late president Gnassingbe Eyadema lay at the heart of violence, said a UN fact-finding mission.
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/ 26 September 2005
Northern Ireland took a potentially historic step on Monday towards a lasting peace with the formal announcement that the paramilitary Irish Republican Army (IRA) has destroyed all its weapons. While long-awaited, the report marks a potential watershed in Northern Ireland’s long trek towards a lasting peace, which began more than a decade ago with an IRA ceasefire.
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/ 26 September 2005
Nine-year-old Salama died instantly, his head blown off and his body torn to shreds when a massive explosion ripped through a Hamas military parade, killing at least 15 people. The Islamist faction blamed Israel and fired off dozens of rockets, unleashing a catalogue of Israeli air strikes and three sleepless, frightening nights for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
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/ 26 September 2005
The Democratic Alliance is to raise questions in the Limpopo legislature asking for a full list of officials who participated in an African National Congress fund-raising dinner that it has dubbed ”Dinnergate”. The ANC reportedly offered business people and potential donors the opportunity to dine with high-profile government department and parastatal heads — at a price.
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/ 26 September 2005
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy lawmakers on Monday sought more talks with Beijing on political reform in the city after a historic first meeting with a senior Communist Party official ended in acrimony. They said tense opening talks with Zhang Dejiang, party chief of the southern economic powerhouse province of Guangdong, should be just the beginning and they should be allowed to continue pressing their case.