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Opposition political parties on Monday welcomed President Thabo Mbeki’s announcement that the 2004 national and provincial general election will take place on April 14, saying they are ready for it. New National Party leader Marthinus van Schalkwyk said the NNP is ”battle-ready and fighting fit”.
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The government gave out 270-million male condoms last year, which is an 80% increase from 1997 when 150-million were distributed, the Department of Health said on Monday. The department announced the figures at the launch of its Sexually Transmitted Infections/Condom Week, which runs from February 9 to 14.
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The General Council of the Bar of South Africa on Monday called a judgement by the Zimbabwe Supreme Court — requiring journalists to hold licences issued by the state upon pain of a mandatory two-year jail sentence without the option of a review — a double blow to justice.
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Minister of Health Manto Tshabalala-Msimang used the opportunity of a parliamentary media briefing to urge journalists again to spread her message that Aids sufferers should use olive oil, lemon and garlic to boost their immune systems. She said it was sad the media had chosen to ridicule her on this issue.
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The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa has never actively gone out across South Africa to establish whether there are companies that are suitable for a listing. But this is about to change. AltX announced on Monday that it would travel across the country to establish whether there are companies that are suitable.
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Sixteen African ministers responsible for mining in their respective countries have launched the African Mining Partnership, with the aim of championing and coordinating mining and mineral-related initiatives under the auspices of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=30904">African mining risks loss of funding</a>
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Smaller conservative parties will be fighting for the same piece of the pie in the upcoming election, but will have different tactics. The Freedom Front Plus and the Herstigte Nasionale Party will be fighting each other for the minds of the conservative electorate whom they both claim are out in the political wilderness.
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Former Western Cape premier Peter Marais had been a temperamental and often melodramatic witness, and his evidence was contrived and self serving, the Cape High Court heard on Monday. Judge Anton Veldhuizen was hearing closing arguments in the case in which former MEC Freda Adams is suing Marais for R2,3-million for defamation and sexual harassment.
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”Breast-barer” Justin Timberlake apologised, soul siren Beyonce Knowles grabbed a slice of history and rap duo Outkast won the coveted album of the year trophy at the 46th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday. Beyonce cemented her solo career away from Destiny’s Child by taking home five Grammys.
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Ministers responsible for mining in Africa have raised concerns that all funding now being provided to the industry across the African continent by multilateral organisations such as the UN, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank could be cut off due to complaints by the global environmental lobby.