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Defence advocate Francois van Zyl has questioned the independence of a forensic audit report presented to the court by state witness Johan van der Walt in the Schabir Shaik fraud and corruption trial in Durban. Van der Walt’s lengthy report was commissioned by the Scorpions and details the accounts of Shaik and his Nkobi group of companies as well as the finances of Deputy President Jacob Zuma.
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It was, as Boy George said, as if everyone had deflated their egos for the evening when the biggest stars in British pop music squeezed into a London studio and recorded Do They Know It’s Christmas? on a chilly November day in 1984. The first Band Aid single raised £8-million in aid for Africa and kick-started Live Aid, the global pop concert which raised more than £60-million for charity.
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The JSE Securities Exchange (JSE) was forging ahead in noon trade on Monday, with stronger world markets and higher precious metals prices offsetting the negative effects of a stronger rand. By 11.54am, the all-share and all-share industrial indices were 0,59% and 0,35% stronger respectively.
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The new Palestinian leadership on Sunday set January 9 for elections to choose a successor to Yasser Arafat as president of the Palestinian Authority. But in a sign of the potential upheaval the ballot could cause within the occupied territories, gunmen opened fire in protest at the arrival of Mahmoud Abbas, the former prime minister who is thought likely to win the election.
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Iran announced on Sunday night that it was freezing all operations connected with uranium enrichment in a diplomatic victory for the European Union and a move that should spare Tehran being sent to the United Nations security council. The Iranian announcement followed 10 days of brinkmanship after marathon negotiations in Paris between Iran and the EU troika of Britain, France and Germany.
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South African-based Vodacom said on Monday that it was still interested in pursuing business opportunities in Nigeria, and planned on evaluating other opportunities in Africa. Vodacom is a pan-African mobile group providing GSM services to more than 13-million customers in South Africa, Tanzania, Lesotho and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?cg=BreakingNews-Business&ao=125539">Vodacom revenue up 20,3%</a>
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Low inflation is good for growth and employment, South African Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni told French businessmen and corporate treasurers on Monday. "When we introduced inflation targeting, there were loud voices that said that the inflation target was too low and this would stifle growth," he said.
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Once famed for their white-sand beaches, the islands of the Pacific are threatened by a waste mountain. Rubbish now clogs streams flowing into the harbour in Samoa’s capital Apia, and floats through the mangrove forests of Fiji. Every part of the region is affected. And one of the biggest battles in many island societies, say experts, is raising awareness of the problem.
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One of the most flamboyant characters in hip-hop, the rap artist ODB, collapsed and died in a recording studio on Saturday at the age of 35. ODB, born Russell Jones, had complained of chest pains before collapsing outside his Manhattan studio and was dead by the time paramedics arrived.
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It is unlikely to be available in the mountains of Pakistan. But should Osama bin Laden ever emerge from his hiding place, he might do worse than to freshen up with a new brand of family perfume. Osama’s lesser-known half-brother Yeslam has just launched his own brand of scent.