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/ 10 January 2005
The dollar recovery in the first week of 2005 has put pressure on the rand, which weakened to R6,1448 per dollar on January 6 from the 2004 best level of R5,5850 per dollar reached on December 29. After reaching a record worst level of $1,3668 per euro on December 30, the dollar strengthened to a best level of $1,3027 per euro on January 7.
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/ 10 January 2005
Local Harris distributor IDXOnline has announced that Harris Corporation has been selected by the United States Defence Information Systems Agency for a three-year, $7-million (R41,6-million) task order as part of the Multinational Information Sharing Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity programme.
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/ 10 January 2005
Corpses are accumulating in Zimbabwean mortuaries because the country’s last forensic pathologist has resigned, the government confirmed on Monday. Since Alex Mapunda resigned last May there have been no qualified forensic pathologists in Zimbabwe, and about 30 corpses are being stored in mortuaries awaiting forensic testing.
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/ 10 January 2005
The South African government has received its first-ever environmental protection vessel, marked by an official handover ceremony on Monday. Accepting the new R113-million ($19m) vessel, named the <i>Sarah Baartman</i>, the Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Marthinus van Schalkwyk, said that at no point had South Africa been better equipped to protect its marine resources.
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/ 10 January 2005
The JSE Securities Exchange was a mixed bag at midday on Monday after a quiet morning’s trade. Banks were a feature on the upside on renewed talk of foreign interest in the sector. By 12.07pm, the all share index was up a marginal 0,1%. The banks index jumped 1,61%, helping financials to firm 0,7%.
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/ 10 January 2005
The expanding girths of Hong Kong people are causing experts serious concern. Now it seems their pets too are piling on the pounds at an alarming rate as they feast on ever-richer tidbits. Hong Kong’s first ever weight-loss programme for obese cats and dogs has been launched by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to tackle the problem.
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/ 10 January 2005
The African National Congress’s ”judge-bashing” could be a bid to intimidate the Constitutional Court ahead of the medicine-pricing hearing, the Democratic Alliance said on Sunday. DA justice spokesperson Sheila Camerer said there is a ”strong suspicion” that this is the case. ”This is completely out of line,” she said.
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/ 10 January 2005
A female driver ignored police warnings and drove her luxury vehicle over a flooded bridge in Sunninghill on Sunday, Johannesburg police said. Police spokesperson Sergeant Sanku Tsunke said Barbara Ntshona’s BMW X3 was swept off the Braamfontein Spruit bridge in Witkoppen Road and found 1,5km down the river.
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/ 10 January 2005
Three men are expected to appear in the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court on Monday after traveller’s cheques worth about R1-million were stolen while cargo was loaded at Johannesburg International airport. The theft does not appear to be linked to previous cargo robberies at the airport.