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/ 20 January 2004
National prosecutions head Bulelani Ngcuka ”probably never” acted as an agent for the apartheid government, the Hefer Commission of Inquiry has found. ”I have come to the conclusion that he probably never at any time before 1994 acted as an agent for a state security agency,” retired judge Joos Hefer said in his final report, made public on Tuesday.
Hefer report critical of Zuma response
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/ 20 January 2004
The final report of the Hefer Commission of Inquiry into spying allegations against national prosecutions head Bulelani Ngcuka was critical on Tuesday of Deputy President Jacob Zuma’s threat to ignore a subpoena to testify.
Ngcuka ‘probably never’ was a spy
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/ 20 January 2004
Zimbabwe’s year-on-year rate of inflation fell 21% to 599% in December, the first decline in the country’s skyrocketing cost of living in 18 months, according to official figures released in Harare on Tuesday. The reported trend surprised economists, with some even suspecting ‘doctoring’ of the figures.
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/ 20 January 2004
As many as 30 000 former fighters could go through Cote d’Ivoire’s disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) programme, the head of the National DDR Committee, Alain Donwahi, said on Sunday. ”We don’t think we will go beyond 30 000 ex-combatants”, Donwahi said on national TV.
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/ 20 January 2004
The newly formed Chambers of Commerce and Industry of South Africa (Chamsa) on Tuesday appointed Sipho Mseleku as the new CEO of the body. Chamsa is a constituent member of Business Unity South Africa, which is the new national body replacing the former Black Business Council and Business South Africa.
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/ 20 January 2004
London-listed financial services and life assurance giant Old Mutual announced on Tuesday that Old Mutual South Africa has made an offer to acquire the remaining 49% of its 51%-held subsidiary Mutual & Federal Insurance Company for R17,50 per share.
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/ 20 January 2004
Remember ”Heineken — the beer that refreshes the parts other beers cannot reach”? It was a great marketing slogan. But now, if you search the Heineken website, it is conspicuous by its absence. Advertising and marketing strategists like to move on; staleness is to be avoided at all costs, which is why it is a bit surprising considering the ANC’s old slogan …
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/ 20 January 2004
The legitimacy of previous polls in South Africa’s democratic process has been placed in the spotlight by Inkatha Freedom Party leader and Home Affairs Minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi, who has spoken of boxes of IFP votes being ”emptied all over the valleys and forests of [KwaZulu-Natal]” during the 1994 elections.
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/ 20 January 2004
The Barclay twins believe their bid to take over Conrad Black’s press empire is ”a done deal” and certain to gain regulatory approval, though there are conditions attached to their offer, a published report said on Tuesday.
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/ 20 January 2004
South Africa has imported a total of 246 268 tons of wheat for domestic consumption since October 4, the beginning of the 2003/04 marketing year, the South African Grain Information Service (Sagis) reported on Tuesday.