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/ 16 February 2004
As Clela Rorex sits back and watches the national debate unfold over same-sex marriage, she smiles. She’s seen it all before. After all, the former Boulder County clerk and recorder issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples back in 1975.
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/ 16 February 2004
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The New National Party has committed itself to building almost a quarter of a million houses by 2010 as part of a blueprint for eliminating the Western Cape’s housing backlog. The plan is contained in the party’s 92-page manifesto for the province, released on Monday by NNP leader Marthinus van Schalkwyk.
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/ 16 February 2004
United States President George Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair ought to have the guts to say sorry for waging ”an immoral war” against Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, according to excerpts of a speech Archbishop Desmond Tutu was to deliver on Monday.
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/ 16 February 2004
A Zambian court on Monday adjourned the trial of former president Frederick Chiluba, who is facing charges of corruption and abuse of office during his decade in power, with the magistrate rapping the prosecution for being disorganised. ”I am not impressed at all,” Magistrate Jones Chinyama said.
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/ 16 February 2004
About 1 100 marine scientists worldwide called on the United Nations to ban the use of deep-sea trawling nets, according to reports on Monday. They are destroying irreplaceably coral fields and sponges — ”like bulldozers”, according to the appeal.
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/ 16 February 2004
Professor Robin Broadhead, dean of the Malawi College of Medicine, specialises in children infected with HIV/Aids. The avenue of research that he is currently pursuing is the prevention of mother-to-child infections, a task hampered by the fact that most Malawian mothers breastfeed — there simply is no alternative.
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/ 16 February 2004
The South African Convergence Bill drafters must focus on criticisms raised by industry stakeholders or face the flight of the sector abroad, says Pravesh Singh, an information technology law specialist at Jan S de Villiers.
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/ 16 February 2004
The People’s Budget Campaign, representing NGOs, church groups and trade unions, has motivated for a modest increase in taxes relative to gross domestic product and an increase in state borrowing and a cancellation of the third tranche of fighter jets for the South African National Defence Force.
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/ 16 February 2004
A strong rand and higher production meant that Anglo Platinum’s headline earnings declined by 62,8% in 2003, compared to the previous year, chief executive officer Ralph Havenstein said on Monday. In a media statement the group said it had achieved a gross profit margin of 23,7%, and declared a final dividend of 270 cents per share.
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/ 16 February 2004
Health groups are expecting a budget allocation to be announced in this week’s Budget for the roll-out of anti-retroviral therapy within the public health sector. They believe there might also be an announcement on tax concessions for companies that provide HIV/Aids treatment for their employees.