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Veteran journalist, author and artist Hans Strydom (68) died in Pretoria on Sunday, his family confirmed on Monday. He had been ill for a long time. Strydom was a doyen of South African journalists and was the chairperson of the Southern African Society of Journalists. He also chaired the Johannesburg and Durban press clubs.
One of Liberia’s most notorious warlords returned home after more than a decade in exile, asking forgiveness on Monday for ”whatever wrong” he may have done. Prince Johnson, a one-time faction leader turned evangelist and political hopeful, is best-known for the 1990 kidnapping, torture and killing of Liberia’s then-president, Samuel Doe.
Internet security experts on Monday warned that the creators of some of the latest computer viruses were using computers infected by the bugs to run online scams to get credit-card information from unsuspecting buyers. Many of the recent bugs open a so-called back door on infected computers.
The South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Satawu) said on Monday it would present a possible new settlement option to striking airport baggage handlers. A Satawu spokesperson said the possible settlement would be put to striking members before the employer, Equity Aviation Services, would be approached.
An uneasy calm hung over Côte d’Ivoire’s main city, Abidjan, on Monday as opposition backers failed to heed a call to renew protests against President Laurent Gbagbo, after at least 37 people were killed when the army quashed a demonstration last week.
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The United Democratic Movement on Monday lodged a formal complaint with the Independent Electoral Commission against an African National Congress Cape Town city councillor, following a weekend incident in the city. The incident happened during a UDM election rally in Philippi on Sunday.
Special Report: Elections 2004
<img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/41909/10-X-Logo.gif" align=left>The African National Congress is demanding a public apology from the <i>City Press</i> newspaper following what the party calls "false" reporting of its campaigning in Ulundi, KwaZulu-Natal, at the weekend. The ANC said the newspaper had reported that the ANC campaign there had "ended in disarray".
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak strongly criticised Tunisia on Monday for cancelling the Arab summit it was due to hold this week, as he began talks with other leaders on saving the conference, probably by hosting it himself. Sources close to Mubarak’s staff said Bahrain, Jordan and Saudi Arabia backed the Egyptian move.