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/ 14 September 2005
The finances of most Eastern Cape municipalities are in such a poor state that they cannot calculate how much they are owed in arrears, media reports said on Wednesday. Local government MEC Sam Kwelita said only two municipalities out of more than 40 had received unqualified audit reports from the auditor-general.
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/ 14 September 2005
AirAsia, Southeast Asia’s pioneering low-cost carrier, said on Wednesday its recent sponsorship deal with Manchester United is already proving its worth in attracting business. "Its already paying off. The trend is there. We are now seeing customers from Europe who have changed their holiday plans to come to Malaysia instead," said Kamarudin Meranun, executive director with AirAsia.
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/ 14 September 2005
With the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector set to experience high growth rates, the implementation of the ICT Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Charter is critical, yet it is currently unclear when the charter will come into operation.
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/ 14 September 2005
Washington is backing a plan to build a 2 400km fence along Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan to prevent Islamic insurgents and drug smugglers slipping between the two countries. Pakistan’s President, General Pervez Musharraf, on Tuesday made the proposal during a 75-minute meeting with the US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice.
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/ 14 September 2005
For the first time, United States President George Bush on Tuesday explicitly took responsibility for shortcomings in the federal response to Hurricane Katrina. Speaking at a press conference at the White House, Bush said that it had ”exposed serious problems in our response capability at all levels of government”.
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/ 14 September 2005
The roads are dirt tracks, the children are barefoot, and there are no street lights in Funyula village, western Kenya. But as darkness falls, and villagers huddle around paraffin lamps, three red neon lights come to life on a hillside overlooking their huts. They illuminate a cellphone mast, the latest addition to the landscape.
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/ 14 September 2005
A car bomb went off Wednesday in a Shi’ite district of Baghdad killing at least 75 people and wounding 162 in one of the most deadly single attacks to date in Iraq, a security official said giving figures obtained from five hospitals. The car was driven by a suicide bomber who drove at speed into a group of construction workers waiting on Uruba square, in the Kazimiyah district, to be hired for daily work.
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/ 14 September 2005
Any thorough examination of the United Nations High-Level Panel report should take into account that reform of the UN system is a continuing process. The Secretary General, Kofi Annan, has himself reminded us that reform is a process and not an event.
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/ 14 September 2005
Some significant legal and political victories for mother-tongue education were gained in the recent past. In relation to Afrikaans in particular, there was Mikro Primary Schools successful defence against court action by the Western Cape department of education to enforce its language policy on the school governing body (SGB).
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/ 14 September 2005
International terrorism carried out in cities around the world in the name of Allah is creating a dangerous perception of Muslims as bloodthirsty criminals.