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Interim Prime Minister Abel Goumba of the Central African Republic was sacked on Thursday, government spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Parfait M’Baye announced on state radio. General Francois Bozize named Goumba, a veteran opposition leader, prime minister a week after seizing power in a coup in March.
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/ 11 December 2003
Deputy President Jacob Zuma has been drawn into the Hefer inquiry into whether National Director of Public Prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka abused his official powers. Advocate Steven Joseph, for Ngcuka’s main accusers Mac Maharaj and Mo Shaik, submitted two pages of a sworn affidavit by Zuma to Judge Joos Hefer’s commission on Thursday.
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/ 11 December 2003
Only 3% of African refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa were unemployed before their arrival, and two-thirds have at least the equivalent of matric, according to a new survey. Nearly a third were tertiary students before they came to South Africa, and of the rest almost 70% held skilled or semi-skilled jobs in their countries of origin.
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/ 11 December 2003
The South African Reserve Bank’s monetary policy committee decided on Thursday to cut the repo rate by 50 basis points to 8%. South African economists reacted to the announcement, saying the committee is "being cautious" and that the cut is "disappointing".
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/ 11 December 2003
The Cape Town man whose complaint led to the banning of a Post Office ad inviting children to write to Father Christmas says he was acting in the true spirit of Christmas. ”I’m trying to keep alive the sentiment and spirit of Christmas,” freelance journalist Andrew October said on Thursday.
Santa letters ad ‘exploits’ SA children
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/ 11 December 2003
Econet Wireless Limited (EWL) announced on Thursday it has submitted its statement of claim that will be used by the Nigerian courts to assess damages if the court finds in favour of EWL in the case against Vodacom for inducement of breach of contract. The case is scheduled to start in the Nigerian courts next Tuesday.
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/ 11 December 2003
A man who tried to install a key-logging device on to a Standard Internet Banking computer has been fined R20 000, or 12 months imprisonment, in the Johannesburg Commercial Crime Court.
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/ 11 December 2003
Telkom’s T-Zone WiFi hotspot pilot launched in September with Southern Sun Hotels has now been extended to hotels and conference centres in major South African cities, as the company ramps up its drive to introduce a commercial WiFi service early next year.
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/ 11 December 2003
The National Director of Public Prosecutions, Bulelani Ngcuka, and the advocate acting for former transport minister Mac Maharaj and former African National Congress intelligence head Mo Shaik locked horns once again at the Hefer Commission of Inquiry on Thursday morning.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=28471">Zuma’s affidavit sees the light of day</a>
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=28391">Ngcuka faces tough questions</a>
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Zimbabwe’s Parliament has ratified President Robert Mugabe’s decision to pull the Southern African country out of the Commonwealth, state media reported on Thursday. Fifty-nine lawmakers voted in favour of the walk-out, while 41 voted against, after a protracted and heated five-hour debate.