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/ 31 January 2005
Gold Fields will continue to oppose Harmony’s hostile offer, the mining company said on Monday. ”This deal is far from over, not only has the fat lady not sung, she is nowhere near sight,” Gold Fields chief executive Ian Cockerill said at the release of the company’s December 2004 quarterly results in Johannesburg.
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/ 31 January 2005
South African exports rose by 7% in rand terms and 25,7% in dollar terms in 2004, as the strong rand failed to dent export growth due to strong demand from China and high commodity prices. Exporters are reporting buoyant demand, which is sadly constrained by bottlenecks on the railways and harbours, not by the strong rand.
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/ 31 January 2005
Anthrax has killed nearly 20 hippos in a sprawling reserve in southwest Uganda in the past two weeks amid fears of a new outbreak of the deadly disease, which claimed the lives of at least 200 of the animals last year. Anthrax occurs when animals eat remnants of vegetation in the dry months of September and October, absorbing bacterial spores that can live for decades in dry soil.
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/ 31 January 2005
Malawi’s ruling party said on Monday it has decided against expelling President Bingu wa Mutharika from its ranks despite a bitter power struggle with his predecessor. Following a day-long meeting on Sunday, the governing United Democratic Front said it is ready to continue talks with Mutharika to try to bury the hatchet.
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/ 31 January 2005
The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) thinks Deputy President Jacob Zuma should be the next president of the country, the organisation said on Monday. ANCYL president Fikile Mbalula said the league is satisfied that Zuma should succeed President Thabo Mbeki.
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/ 31 January 2005
The government on Monday denied Zimbabwe faces a hunger crisis and accused a United States-funded famine early warning unit of exaggerating food shortages to cause panic. The Famine Early Warning Systems Network said 5,8-million people in the country of 12,5-million will need food aid to avert starvation before the next harvests in April.
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/ 31 January 2005
A 20-month-old baby boy burnt to death on Monday morning when his mother’s shack caught fire in Orlando West, Soweto, police said. Police spokesperson Sergeant Richard Munyai said the 20-year-old mother was outside doing her laundry when the fire started.
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/ 31 January 2005
The number of weddings performed at Stockholm’s Arlanda airport increased by more than 30% last year compared with 2003, an airport spokesperson said on Monday. ”It’s mostly couples on their way to their honeymoon that take the opportunity to exchange rings at the airport,” spokesperson Niclas Haerenstam said.
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/ 31 January 2005
Tired of pushing all those buttons on your cellphone? Japanese handsets slated to hit stores next month are designed to solve that problem: they respond to shakes, tilts and jiggles. The cellphones come equipped with a tiny motion-control sensor, a computer chip that recognises and responds to movement.
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/ 31 January 2005
The government has officially given SA Rugby its support for the union’s bid for the 2011 World Cup tournament. Beeld newspaper reported on Monday that Minister of Sport and Recreation Makhenkesi Stofile has handed an official letter, in which the government’s support is stated, to bid committee chairperson Francois Pienaar.