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/ 15 October 2004
The Schabir Shaik fraud and corruption trial was adjourned to Monday morning after the state’s first witness completed his testimony on Friday morning. State advocate Billy Downer, SC, said they had no further witnesses for Friday but were prepared with a full week of witnesses for the coming week.
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/ 15 October 2004
Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday said his acquittal on charges of plotting to kill President Robert Mugabe could serve as a basis for national reconciliation. ”On a positive note this judgement may have set a good basis for national reconciliation and a national solution for the crisis in the country,” he said at a press conference in Harare.
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/ 15 October 2004
<b>MOVIE OF THE WEEK:</b> Jason Bourne’s on the run again, this time from both the CIA and the Russian Mafia. The plot is fast; the tonal keynote is grim determination, but it’s well worth a look-see. Shaun de Waal reviews.
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/ 15 October 2004
"The Gorilla has a personality of its own, which sets it apart from the herd." An extract from an essay by author Ivan Vladislavic that looks at South Africa’s strangest creature — the motorcar steering lock.
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/ 15 October 2004
"The reason we have a separate shelf is not because we’re special, but because we’re an underclass." Publisher Michelle Matthews explains the thinking behind her new imprint devoted to South African women’s writing.
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/ 15 October 2004
About 30 hawkers, mostly women, were chased off the streets of Johannesburg during a joint operation by metro police and the South African Police Service in Yeoville on Thursday. The head of the Traders Crisis Committee, Edmund Elias said: ”The hawkers, mostly elderly women who have been trading here, were terrified.”
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/ 15 October 2004
Muslims in the Arab world began marking Ramadan on Friday, a holy month of giving and prayer, clouded by relentless violence across Iraq and the deadliest Israeli raid against the Gaza Strip. Libya and Nigeria took the lead by kicking off the holiest month in the Muslim calendar on Thursday.
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/ 15 October 2004
A wealthy South African, accused of illegally exporting more than R200-million-worth of precious metals, was arrested at Johannesburg International airport on Friday. The man, now living in Newmarket, United Kingdom, had arrived in South Africa for a holiday with his family when he was arrested at the airport.
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/ 15 October 2004
The man suspected of kidnapping and killing Johannesburg student Leigh Matthews will appear in the Wynberg Regional Court on October 22 for a formal bail hearing. The date was set by a Randburg magistrate on Friday. The bail application by Donovan Moodley (24) is expected to be opposed by the state.
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/ 15 October 2004
The JSE Securities Exchange was lower on Friday due to the stronger rand and lower global equities, traders said. By 12.15am, the all share and all share industrial indices were 0,51% and 0,18% softer respectively. Resources were down 1,04%, the platinum mining index slumped 0,09% and the gold mining index eased 0,76%. The financial index fell 0,14% and banks index dropped 0,16%.