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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 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
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
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.
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/ 10 January 2005
Sudanese leaders signed a peace deal on Sunday that, if implemented, will end Africa’s longest-running conflict and transform politics in a nation which has spent 40 of the last 50 years at war with itself. Turning the incredibly detailed agreement into reality, though, may prove more difficult than the eight years of talks required to draft it.
‘New dawn’ for Sudan
Darfur foes support temporary ceasefire
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/ 10 January 2005
United Kingdom banking group Barclays confirmed on Monday that it was still awaiting regulatory approval to acquire a controlling stake in South Africa’s biggest retail bank, Absa. Regulatory approval is only expected to be forthcoming later this month or even next month due to the December holiday break.
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/ 10 January 2005
The global effort to bring relief to countries devastated by the tsunami is under threat from the re-emergence of insurgencies in both Indonesia and Sri Lanka. Indonesia’s army stepped up security on Sunday in Aceh following gunfire at the weekend in the provincial capital Banda Aceh, close to the United Nations’s main compound.