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/ 21 April 2005

Zim police charge another journalist

Zimbabwean police on Thursday charged a second journalist from a privately owned weekly with publishing false information in an article alleging a scandal over ballot boxes and papers from last month’s elections, a lawyer said. The Standard‘s editor was charged on Wednesday in connection with the same article.

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/ 21 April 2005

Harmony appoints former African leader

World number six gold-miner Harmony on Thursday announced the appointment of former Mozambican president Joachim Chissano to its board of directors, with effect from Friday. Harmony chief executive Bernard Swanepoel said: "We are extremely pleased former president Chissano has agreed to become a non-executive director."

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/ 21 April 2005

KZN horse sickness leads to travel ban

After an outbreak of African horse sickness in KwaZulu-Natal, horses may not be moved into or out of the province, the provincial agriculture department announced on Thursday. ”The outbreak is concentrated in the Midlands right up to northern KwaZulu-Natal,” said the department’s spokesperson Vusi Zuma.

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/ 21 April 2005

Stay out of Aids debate, DA tells Mbeki

The Democratic Alliance has criticised President Thabo Mbeki for his statements on HIV and Aids made during his state visit to Singapore on Thursday, saying he should stay out of the debate. Mbeki said experts at a World Health Organisation conference agreed with him that nutrition is an important aspect of the fight against Aids.

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/ 21 April 2005

Angola’s neighbours watch for Marburg

Fewer cases of Marburg fever were reported in Angola this week, but medical experts said on Thursday it is too soon to say this indicates the hemorrhagic virus is waning. And countries of the region, under the 13-member Southern African Development Community, are certainly not dropping their guard. This week saw two scares in South Africa as travellers, both from Angola, suffered high fevers.