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/ 24 November 2003
A study of the official websites of the world’s major cities has ranked Seoul, Hong Kong, Singapore, New York City and Shanghai as the top five municipalities in "digital governance". Twelve African cities were included. In South Africa, Cape Town was selected, and its website was ranked in 31st place.
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/ 24 November 2003
South Africa has topped a list showing the number of companies per country believing that more than one in five e-mails sent by their employees are not work-related. In general, one in four companies believes that more than 20% of its e-mail traffic is non-work related. In South Africa this figure is three out of four.
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/ 24 November 2003
The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa was in positive territory at midday on Monday, taking its cue from stronger European markets. Telecommunications group Telkom was the morning’s most-traded stock after it reported superb results just before the opening.
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/ 24 November 2003
South African telecommunications utility Telkom on Monday reported a sparkling set of interim results, with headline earnings per share up 171,1% to 335,9 cents for the six months ended September 30 from 123,9 cents a year ago. The group declared a one-off interim dividend of 90 cents per share.
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/ 24 November 2003
Following the rally in the United States maize price, South Africa is facing the prospect of a zero import tariff triggering for maize. South Africa currently has a maize import tariff of R16,50 a ton. "We will keep a close eye to see if a new maize import tariff triggers," said National Chamber of Milling executive director Jannie de Villiers.
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/ 24 November 2003
Eighteen design prototypes, including a mobile morgue and an inflatable chamber for miners, were recognised at the annual South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) Design Institute Prototype Awards held on Saturday in Pretoria.
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/ 24 November 2003
The Hefer commission’s focus should shift in the coming week from the spy claim against head prosecutor Bulelani Ngcuka to his alleged abuse of power. Advocate Josiah Boale is expected to testify on Tuesday about Ngcuka’s alleged abuse of his office.
Hefer: ‘Fight it tooth and nail’
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/ 24 November 2003
Georgia’s veteran President Eduard Shevardnadze resigned on Sunday to scenes of wild jubilation in the streets of Tbilisi, as the man who helped end the Cold War was forced to step down after weeks of angry protests. He handed over power to former Parliament speaker Nino Burjanadze in a dramatic climax to mounting popular unrest.
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/ 24 November 2003
Two American soldiers were shot dead and their bodies beaten with concrete blocks by a crowd on Sunday in one of the most brutal attacks on the US military in Iraq. The unusually bloody attack happened at midday in the northern town of Mosul, an area with a mixed Arab and Kurdish population.
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/ 24 November 2003
American forces in Afghanistan are planning an offensive against the next opium crop, predicted to be the country’s biggest to date, after calculating that drugs are now al-Qaeda’s main source of income.