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/ 23 February 2004
An attempt by two South African microlight pilots to circumnavigate the globe nearly ended in disaster on Friday when they had to make an emergency landing in Thailand, a spokesperson said on Monday. Dominique le Roux said she received word of the near disaster late on Sunday night.
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/ 23 February 2004
Nedcor’s chairperson, former finance minister Chris Liebenberg, is to retire at the company’s annual general meeting in May after more than 50 years’ service, the company said on Monday. Nedcor’s headline earnings for the year to December 31 2003 declined from R2,5-billion in 2002 to R55-million.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=31633">Old Mutual: Nedcor stake not for sale</a>
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/ 23 February 2004
For almost five years the government has been on a major drive to streamline the services it delivers to the public through the intelligent use of computers and IT.
The latest development was the launch of the South African government services website last week. What the site currently lacks in content, aesthetic value and navigational adeptness it makes up for in concept.
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/ 23 February 2004
An African National Congress activist was shot dead near Umkhomazi, south of Durban, on Friday, according to a statement from the party. The ANC said it believed two out of five attackers who were party to the murder of 25-year-old Sifiso Msomi, were local Inkatha Freedom Party activists.
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/ 23 February 2004
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”Whites who really accept the new South Africa are with the NNP. An ironic development after 1994 is that the NNP has become the real rainbow party, while the party of liberalism has taken over the role of conservative complainers.” New National Party leader Marthinus van Schalkwyk fields 10 pre-election curve-balls.
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/ 23 February 2004
Ford’s new Fiesta has arrived in South Africa, and it promises to also be a winner. The new little runabout, which comes with 60 kW 1,4 and 75 kW 1,6 litre petrol engines is bigger and safer than its predecessor, with specification levels varying from fairly high to full-house. All models now boast two-stage dual airbags and central locking.
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/ 23 February 2004
More than 5 000 South Africans will kill themselves before the end of the year if current trends continue, the South African Depression and Anxiety Group (Sadag) said ahead of its second annual Teen Suicide Prevention Week on Sunday. The group added that suicide statistics included children as young as 10.
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/ 23 February 2004
A suicide bomber murdered eight people on a rush hour bus in Jerusalem on Sunday, underlining the bitter arguments around the opening of an international court of justice hearing on the legality of Israel’s vast ”anti-terror fence”.
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/ 23 February 2004
The president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, recently found ground glass in his food: possibly an attempt to kill him. He told state television during a special birthday interview that a presidential cook had been questioned about the incident.
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/ 23 February 2004
Rebel fighters armed with assault rifles, artillery and rocket-propelled grenades massacred more than 190 refugees at a camp in northern Uganda on Saturday, it emerged on Sunday. Some of the refugees were gunned down while they fled, and others were burned alive when the rebels torched their grass huts.