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/ 18 February 2005
VSNL, part of India’s Tata Group and represented in South Africa by Tata Africa Holdings, will not be paying any set price for its 26% stake in the entity owning 51% of South Africa’s second national operator (SNO), according to Communications Minister Ivy Matsepi-Casaburri.
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/ 18 February 2005
In contrast to the corporate environment, small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) will shy away from voice over internet protocol (VoIP) in 2005. These are the latest findings from a study conducted by World Wide Worx, which announced in January that 78% of corporations surveyed will be using the technology by the end of the year.
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/ 18 February 2005
The media was in the dock again on Friday in the ”advocate Barbie” sex-crimes trial after the tabloid Die Son published a picture of the accused — Cezanne Visser and Dirk Prinsloo — naked. On Thursday, a newspaper editor and a columnist invoked their right to remain silent when appearing in court to explain errors in a commentary piece about the trial.
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/ 18 February 2005
The Democratic Alliance’s fact-finding delegation to Zimbabwe has been turned back by immigration officials on Friday. Party spokesperson Martin Slabbert said the delegation — led by national chairperson Joe Seremane — was told by officials at Harare airport that they "are not allowed to enter the country".
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/ 18 February 2005
A huge majority of Kenyans want scandal-tainted government officials to be sacked and a large number believe President Mwai Kibaki has lost the war on graft, according to a poll published on Friday. Eight-five percent of Kenyans said ministers linked to shady deals should be fired while only 13% disagreed.
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/ 18 February 2005
The case involving 23 MPs accused of misusing travel vouchers was postponed for further investigation in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Friday. Earlier, Scorpions spokesperson Makhosini Nkosi said he was hoping for a postponement because further investigation is needed.
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/ 18 February 2005
The South African government will not be pursuing a way of cushioning spikes in the oil price for consumers any time soon, according to Minister of Minerals and Energy Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka. She was addressing the media on Friday during Parliament’s media briefing week in Cape Town.
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/ 18 February 2005
South Africa will in April play host to the ICT in Government summit, industry research house and event organisers ForgeAhead announced on Friday. The summit will be attended by various African government leaders, decision-makers and representatives of the information and communications technology industry.
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/ 18 February 2005
British businessman Mark Thatcher answered two lists of questions from Equatorial Guinea prosecutors on Friday about his involvement in a botched coup attempt in the Central African country. A relaxed-looking Thatcher appeared before a Cape Town magistrate in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court to give his replies to the 43 questions.
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/ 18 February 2005
SA Rugby on Thursday announced the final squads of its four franchises that will participate in the 2005 Vodacom Rugby Super 12 competition. The competition kicks off next weekend. This year, each of the four local regional teams will have eight black players in their final squads of 30.