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/ 18 November 2004
A leading Prague newspaper on Thursday highlighted the alleged historical errors and insults written by United States secretary of state nominee Condoleezza Rice in her 1984 book about communist Czechoslovakia’s Soviet-backed army. The Lidove Noviny newspaper chided Rice for calling Czechs ”passive”.
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/ 18 November 2004
Namibian President Sam Nujoma’s chosen successor, Hifikepunye Pohamba, held a commanding lead on Thursday as first results of elections in the Southern African country of Namibia were released. Namibians voted on Monday and Tuesday to choose a new leader to fill the shoes of founding president and liberation hero Nujoma.
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/ 18 November 2004
United Nations leaders attending a rare Security Council session in Nairobi, Kenya, won a pledge on Thursday that Sudan’s government and main southern rebel group will reach a deal to end their two-decade war this year. The agreement came after UN Secretary General Kofi Annan warned the meeting: ”There is no time to waste.”
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/ 18 November 2004
Following a flurry of comments around Telkom’s proposed tariffs for 2005, Telkom spokesperson Ravin Maharaj on Thursday said public hearings into the proposed Telkom price controls will be held in December. The group has announced that it has filed for an average tariff increase of 0,2%.
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/ 18 November 2004
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government said on Thursday it is investigating reports of an ”isolated and regrettable” rocket attack on neighbouring Rwanda from its territory. A senior Rwandan army officer said on Wednesday that Rwandan rebels launched rockets across the border from one of their strongholds in the eastern DRC.
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/ 18 November 2004
President Robert Mugabe’s government has labelled opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai as state enemy number one, the official Zimbabwe media reported on Thursday. Justice minister Patrick Chinamasa also issued a veiled threat of unspecified action to be taken against Tsvangirai, the head of the Movement for Democratic Change, when he returns from a lengthy international tour.
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/ 18 November 2004
The policy of black economic empowerment (BEE) should be better communicated, especially to foreign countries, an economics conference was told on Thursday. Professor Willie Esterhuyse, of the University of Stellenbosch, was addressing delegates on the political outlook for South Africa.
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/ 18 November 2004
Young Russians are reluctant to be weaned off cigarettes, and a drive to persuade them hand over their packets of fags in return for sweets on Thursday fell flat, organisers admitted. Militants of the youth section of the pro-Kremlin United Russia armed themselves with sweets that they hoped to exchange for 3 000 packets of cigarettes.
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/ 18 November 2004
A meeting to determine the fate of seven Eastern Cape Development Corporation directors — who were irregularly dismissed by the provincial minister for economic affairs, environment and tourism, Andre de Wet, in September — turned pear-shaped on Wednesday after De Wet effectively ruled against a High Court judgement instructing him to act "without capriciousness".
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/ 18 November 2004
Three police officers stationed at the Johannesburg serious and violent crime unit could be a danger to the community if released on bail, the Johannesburg Regional Court heard on Thursday. The court also heard that threats were made against a member of the investigating team.
Cops apply for bail