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/ 25 February 2004
Financial difficulties have forced the Zambian government to cancel celebrations of all public holidays this year except Independence Day on October 24, a government spokesperson said on Wednesday. An estimated ,3-million is expected to be saved by not celebrating public holidays this year.
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/ 25 February 2004
A new low-cost local airline known as 1time was launched on Wednesday, with an inaugural flight from Johannesburg to Cape Town. Aimed at the low-income market, the airline is to have three flights between Johannesburg and Cape Town daily, one each in the morning, afternoon and evening.
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/ 25 February 2004
British defence manufacturers are using a ”dangerous loophole” to peddle weapons to developing countries that are subject to arms embargos, the development charity Oxfam said on Wednesday. Components made in Britain are reaching countries such as Zimbabwe, Israel, Indonesia, Uganda, Colombia, Nepal and the Philippines.
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/ 25 February 2004
The government of Burkina Faso has urged traditional healers in West Africa to collaborate with scientific researchers in the fight against HIV/Aids by using herbal treatments to address Aids-related illnesses such as tuberculosis and diarrhoea. The fourth International Traditional Medicine Show opened this week in Burkina Faso.
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/ 25 February 2004
A new variant of the Mydoom internet worm spreading quickly by e-mail on Wednesday has proved less virulent than previous members of the virus family but far more destructive if encountered, internet security experts said. ”We’re a little worried, because this one actually deletes files,” said one expert.
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/ 25 February 2004
The African Christian Democratic Party has demanded an urgent inquiry following the discovery of ”bugging equipment” in its City of Cape Town caucus room on Wednesday. The bugging equipment was linked to high-frequency transmitter/receiver devices and video cabling, the party said in a statement.
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/ 25 February 2004
The long-standing political battle between two MPs and the Auditor General, Shauket Fakie — on whether he altered the final report of the joint investigating team into South Africa’s controversial arms deal — appeared to fizzle out in Parliament this week.
DA, ACDP object to arms deal report
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Prisoners should not be placed in a more favourable position than others who cannot vote, the Constitutional Court heard on Wednesday. The court was hearing an urgent application from certain prisoners who are excluded from voting to have their case heard before the court.
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/ 25 February 2004
South African Finance Minister Trevor Manuel on Wednesday called on other political parties to refrain from raising people’s hopes on job creation because of the upcoming elections on April 14. Manuel appealed to parties to be careful not to make job promises that they cannot fulfil.
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The Democratic Alliance in Tshwane has hired a private agency to keep an eye on its election posters after about 70 placards were recently vandalised — allegedly by members of rival political parties. Employees of the agency will use cameras secretly to monitor DA posters on lamp posts.