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/ 25 November 2003
Last Monday should have been formally named ”National Corruption Day” or perhaps, better, ”Corruption Awareness Day” — which has the advantage of an appealingly apt acronym. But Monday’s haul represented not so much a few bites as a trawler load.
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/ 25 November 2003
South African Home Affairs Minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi remains concerned about the Electoral Laws Second Amendment Bill — which allows people temporarily out of South Africa to vote abroad in next year’s national election. the Bill would still exclude a citizen working abroad on a temporary basis as an employee.
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/ 25 November 2003
Judge Joos Hefer has no current plans to call Deputy President Jacob Zuma to testify before his commission, secretary John Bacon said on Tuesday. Bacon said there was at the moment no need for Zuma’s testimony.
Shaik wraps up testimony
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/ 25 November 2003
Some 700 traditional warriors known as Mai-Mai were demobilised at the weekend in a joint operation by UN peacekeepers and soldiers of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a UN statement said on Monday.
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/ 25 November 2003
The United States Congress was on the verge on Monday of approving the first law aimed at curbing the onslaught of unsolicited e-mail, or spam, but reactions from the technology community were mixed.
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/ 25 November 2003
The son of late Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) dictator Mobutu Sese Seko has returned from six years in exile — with an eye toward possibly succeeding his father, but through elections, aides said on Monday.
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/ 25 November 2003
The road transportation business in Southern Africa is fraught with obstacles. It is a risky profession characterised by trucks getting hijacked at gunpoint, and a high incidence of HIV infection among workers. However, industry players say it is also providing opportunities for promoting black empowerment.
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/ 25 November 2003
A former African National Congress intelligence operative appeared in the Pretoria Regional Court on Monday in connection with an alleged plot to oust or kill President Thabo Mbeki. Forty-one year old Bheki Jacobs, a shadowy figure, appeared in court under the name Uranin Vladimir Dzerzhinsky Solomon.
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/ 25 November 2003
The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa (JSE) was firmer in noon trade on Tuesday, taking its cue from higher world markets. Basket-buying by futures players also helped the local bourse. The all-share and all-share industrial indices were up 0,68% and 0,75% respectively.
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/ 25 November 2003
Lumka Yengeni, wife of former African National Congress chief whip Tony Yengeni, has made it on to the ruling party’s ”national-to-national” list for Parliament — in a position which would ensure her election to Parliament.