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/ 1 February 2005
Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Brigitte Mabandla formally introduced Vusi Pikoli, the newly appointed boss of the National Prosecuting Authority, to the institution’s staff on Tuesday, saying she expects the best from him. ”Advocate Pikoli, good wishes and I know you will deliver,” the minister told Pikoli.
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/ 1 February 2005
Murder charges against an elderly couple accused of killing five children at Molomini reserve near Msinga (Tugela Ferry) last month were withdrawn in the town’s Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. The couple was arrested two weeks ago after the children’s bodies were found in an abandoned car at the couple’s home.
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/ 1 February 2005
Former president Nelson Mandela and his Mozambican-born wife, Graca Machel, are among the nominees for the 2005 World’s Children’s Prize for the Rights of the Child. The announcement was made in Johannesburg on Tuesday by 15-year-old Xola Dubula, who will form part of an international jury of children to decide who will get the prestigious prize.
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/ 1 February 2005
Battered by two years of a strong Namibian dollar, the country’s fishing sector — a key foreign exchange earner — is now in trouble, with retrenchments and factory closures on the horizon. After mining, fishing is the largest industry in Namibia, bringing in just more than R312-million) in export earnings each year.
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/ 1 February 2005
The killing of a 10-year-old Palestinian girl, shot dead in the playground of her school in southern Gaza on Monday, threatened to undermine a tentative truce after Hamas blamed the Israeli army and retaliated by firing mortars into a Jewish settlement.
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/ 1 February 2005
An official United States audit provided evidence yesterday of widespread corruption in postwar Iraq, finding that US’s occupation authority failed to keep track of nearly bn in reconstruction funds. The critique added to warnings from US and international auditors about weak financial controls in Iraq, and growing evidence of cronyism and fraud.
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/ 1 February 2005
He likes his food, he likes his home, and most of all he likes his mum. The Italian man has never been one to fly the nest early, but more and more are staying put, and for longer. The number of people aged 30 to 34 living at their parents’ home increased to 27% in 2000, from 14% in 1990.
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/ 1 February 2005
The high turnout in the Iraqi election has strengthened United States President Bush’s hand at home and abroad, administration officials and the president’s supporters said on Monday. The courage of Iraqi voters was the perfect illustration of the Bush’s ”freedom speech” at last month’s inauguration, Bush supporters said.
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/ 1 February 2005
Botswana’s fight against HIV/Aids will be funded at least until 2009, the Merck Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have pledged. In 2001, each gave -million to be spent over five years, and although there is no actual cut-off date, there are fears that funds will dry up in 2006.
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/ 1 February 2005
Unity Insurance — a new short-term insurance company owned 50,1% by Telesure Investments, the holding company of Auto & General, and 49,9% by a variety of black shareholders — has been launched in South Africa, the company said on Tuesday. Unity aims to bring black-empowered insurance products to the South African market.