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South Africa’s Minister of Finance, Trevor Manuel, accused the European Union on Friday of keeping African farmers poor. He also questioned the moral leadership of the United States as he backed a British-led initiative to boost aid for Africa, for which plans are being discussed at Group of Seven talks in London.
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/ 4 February 2005
Political parties on Friday welcomed Deutsche Bank’s move to sell 25% of its South African operations to empowerment groups. African National Congress spokesperson Smuts Ngonyama said the decision shows the bank believes local players can add value to the business.
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/ 4 February 2005
The student representative council (SRC) of the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) on Friday condemned what it said are financial aid policies aimed at excluding poorer students. The SRC demands the immediate registration ”of all academically deserving students who need financial aid”.
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/ 4 February 2005
Western Areas, in partnership with Vancouver Placer Dome, on Friday commissioned the world’s deepest single drop shaft, South Deep, near Westonaria, 40km south-west of Johannesburg. The main shaft is the deepest in the world at 2Â 991,5m — nearly 3km. The shaft gives direct access to one of the world’s largest identified gold-ore reserves.
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/ 4 February 2005
Eleven children were seriously injured when a bus on its way to a local school overturned between Wartburg and Dalton on Friday, KwaZulu-Natal police said.
About 32 children were slightly injured and were taken to hospital for treatment. Approximately 10 children were unharmed.
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/ 4 February 2005
Security guards and reporters trailing French President Jacques Chirac on his first visit to Senegal in a decade fell prey to the army of pickpockets operating in the capital, Dakar, members of the press corps said on Thursday. At least two members of the presidential security detail were relieved of personal effects.
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/ 4 February 2005
The world’s first newspaper made of gold has been published in south China, selling for 69 000 yuan (about R51 000) a copy, state media reported on Thursday. The one-off publishing event was launched by the <i>China Economic Daily</i> in the boom city of Shenzhen, the Xinhua news agency said.
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/ 4 February 2005
Polish lawmakers will be paid half their salary if they are "jailed temporarily" but won’t receive their daily parliamentary allowance, the Upper House Senate voted on Thursday. Senators voted 63 in favour and six against an amendment that made a distinction between temporary detention and fully-fledged imprisonment
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/ 4 February 2005
The United Kingdom on Friday urged the world’s richest nations to rise to the challenge of creating ”enduring global prosperity” by removing trade barriers and stepping up aid for poorer countries. This was at a conference on the advancement of enterprise ahead of a gathering of finance ministers of leading G7 countries in London.
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/ 4 February 2005
Local internet service provider M-Web looks set to unsettle South Africa’s national fixed-line and mobile operators with its new offering, Callsaver, which enables its subscribers to make calls to international destinations at tariffs lower than cellular and landline services, it emerged on Friday.