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/ 5 December 2003
Behind-the-scenes negotiations indicate that the South African government is loosening its support for Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. This change in stance by one of the Mugabe government’s main — direct and indirect — political and financial supporters comes when Zimbabwe has been suspended from the Commonwealth.
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/ 5 December 2003
It has been reliably learnt by the <i>Mail & Guardian Online</i> that the former editor of the <i>Sunday Times</i>, Mathatha Tsedu, is to become deputy editor of South Africa’s newest daily newspaper, <i>ThisDay</i>. However, Tsedu said on Friday morning that he was "not going anywhere" and would not confirm his latest posting.
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/ 5 December 2003
It is a measure of the frustration people in Sierra Leone feel about corruption that a rap album dealing with this subject has topped the country’s music charts. Sierra Leone has become notorious for widespread corruption in the public and private sectors and the public has lost confidence in an anti-corruption commission.
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/ 5 December 2003
Africa and other parts of the developing world are preparing to negotiate better access to the markets of wealthy countries at the next ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation, Ugandan Agriculture Minister Wilberforce Kisamba-Mugerwa said this week after closing a conference on successes in African agriculture.
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/ 5 December 2003
South Africa’s apparent support for a Sri Lankan candidate to run against Commonwealth secretary-general Don McKinnon’s reappointment is seen as the country giving him his come-uppance for maintaining a hard-line stance on Zimbabwe.
Blair digs in his heels
IMF to expel Zimbabwe
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/ 5 December 2003
A former member of a precursor to the Scorpions unit has laid criminal charges against national prosecuting boss Bulelani Ngcuka and other former colleagues. The charges were laid last Friday by Magistrate Ashin Singh.
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/ 5 December 2003
The Northern Cape provincial transport minister John Block is expected to be asked to resign from his position in the next few days. Block has admitted to having used taxpayers’ money to fund his personal travel, among other things.
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/ 5 December 2003
About 3 500 workers will down their tools on Monday at Africa’s largest medical research service unless their demand for a 12% wage increase is met. The NHLS was given 48 hours’ notice on Thursday that the employees would strike.
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/ 5 December 2003
The Scorpions seemed to be edging closer to Mpumalanga public works minister Steve Mabona this week when they arrested his head of department and two businessmen connected to him — and claimed that a contract from which he had received R1-million was fraudulent.
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/ 5 December 2003
"It’s about loss … it is not just a murder and a mystery, but about how everybody loses something in different ways." Renaye D Menasseh quizzes Clint Eastwood about his acclaimed new movie, <i>Mystic River</i>.