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The 2004 elections in Gauteng will be a lot better run than in 1999, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in Gauteng said on Monday. Provincial IEC electoral officer Gugu Matlaopane said the number of voting stations in the province had increased, and more than 30 000 election workers would be employed on the day around the province.
Only 10% of Gabonese businesswomen manage companies in the country, and at present, women account for less than 5% of CEOs of companies in Gabon. Many face an uphill struggle in trying to get fair treatment from their male counterparts, who have tended to judge them on their physical appearance alone.
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Inkatha Freedom Party deputy national chairperson Musa Zondi on Monday denied any knowledge of a pamphlet claiming that Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota would be the next premier if the African National Congress won the election in KwaZulu-Natal.
Special Report: Elections 2004
South African resources group Mvelaphanda Resources has announced the appointment of James Wellsted as investor relations executive at the company with effect from 1 May 2004. In 2003 he was ranked the top-rated gold analyst in the <i>Financial Mail’s</i> analyst rankings.
In townships they call it Black Man’s Wish, the make of car whose initials translate into gleaming, incontrovertible proof that you have made it. To buy a BMW is to say your Soweto days are probably over. So there was a sense of ceremony at Johannesburg City Auto when Nomsa Philiso was handed the keys to her first BMW, a 320i series.
Israel’s prime minister, Ariel Sharon, vowed to hang on to the five biggest Jewish settlement blocs in the West Bank ”for eternity” on Monday, hoping to assuage far-right critics of his plan to disengage from the Palestinians, in advance of his visit to Washington.
The debate over whether plants have feelings is about to be reopened with the publication of research by scientists in Italy and Germany. Their findings suggest that plants under threat can marshal a positively devilish measure of cunning. Not only do they communicate the danger to plants nearby; they also call in help from other creatures.
The United States military on Monday night vowed to ”kill or capture” a radical Shia cleric who led an uprising against the occupation authorities, despite warnings that it would unleash yet more violent unrest. ”The mission of US forces is to kill or capture Moqtada al-Sadr,” said Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, America’s most senior general in Iraq.
Defiant US says dead were rebels
It’s lunchtime in Mdantsane and Mama G, along with about 30 others, is waiting outside the small clinic at NU13 as storm clouds gather. "The nurses sometimes have an hour for tea. They can close again at noon and only open at 3pm, while we must sit outside like dogs, rain or shine." Staff shortages and poor basic care are pressing problems in the Eastern Cape health system.
Women’s right to land ownership could change the face of Africa and speed up efforts to achieve food and nutrition security. This is the view of about 500 delegates who attended a three-day international meeting on food security in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, last weekend. The gathering attracted delegates from 50 countries, 30 of them from Africa.