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The Azanian People’s Organisation (Azapo) has suspended cooperation talks with the Pan Africanist Congress because it is unhappy with the lack of progress being made between the two parties, the party’s secretary general, Dan Habedi, said on Monday. ”After the first agreement … the PAC never came to the party,” he said.
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<img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/41909/10-X-Logo.gif" align=left>The 2004 national and provincial general election will be held on April 14, President Thabo Mbeki announced on Monday. In a statement to the National Assembly, Mbeki said the date had been decided in consultation with the Independent Electoral Commission and the nine provincial premiers.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=30910">Opposition welcomes election date</a>
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Hundreds of Haitians looted TV sets, mattresses and sacks of flour from shipping containers on Sunday in the port town of St Marc, one of several communities seized by rebels in a bloody uprising against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. At least 18 people have been killed since opponents of Aristide began their assault on Thursday.
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South Africa’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has pledged to stand by the troubled Caribbean country of Haiti, which has since Thursday been under siege by armed opponents to its president, arguing that the country needs to be assisted in its quest to establish a functioning democratic system.
Bloody uprising spreads in Haiti
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/ 9 February 2004
Mathew Gondo was made homeless at the height of Zimbabwe’s chaotic land-reform programme, which began in 2000. He was a foreman at Tate’s Farm, about 120km north of the capital, Harare. His employer fled following the violent farm invasions by pro-government war veterans of Zimbabwe’s liberation struggle.
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The Zimbabwe National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA) has reacted strongly to a feature published by the <i>Mail & Guardian Online</i> about the fate of former pets and farm animals in Zimbabwe. However, the Wet Nose Animal Rescue Centre in South Africa has disputed the NSPCA’s response.
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Gold stocks glistered on the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa (JSE) at midday on Monday, helped by a higher bullion price and a strong performance by their ADRs in New York on Friday night. Overall, the market was firmer, but very quiet. At Resources rallied 1,55% in morning trade, with the gold mining index soaring 2,51%.
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McCarthy Call-a-Car, the largest independent online used vehicle retailer in South Africa and a subsidiary of listed motor retailer McCarthy, sold 6 662 units in 2003 — representing more than R660-million worth in sales. McCarthy said used vehicles accounted for 83% of the total sales, while new vehicle sales increased to 17% in 2003.
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Hundreds of members of Yasser Arafat’s Fatah movement resigned at the weekend in protest at the lack of political reform, corruption and the leadership’s failure to challenge the Israeli occupation. The resignations are the latest evidence of a deepening crisis within the organisation that dominates Palestinian politics.
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A top rebel commander was shot dead outside a nightclub in northern Côte d’Ivoire on Sunday, the rebels’ military chief said. It was not known who carried out the killing of Staff Sergeant Adama Coulibaly in Korhogo, or how many gunmen were involved. But five of the commander’s bodyguards were detained as suspects