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/ 29 January 2004
The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa (JSE) was marginally weaker in noon trade on Thursday after a roller-coaster morning on which the bourse took its cue primarily from a volatile rand. Weaker world markets were also weighing, dealers said. The rand was quoted at R6,96 to the dollar after earlier going as weak as R7,07.
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/ 29 January 2004
The JSE Securities Exchange on Thursday announced its first two listings on its AltX alternative exchange. The two companies are Beige Holdings Limited and Insure — Insurance Outsourcing Managers’ Holding Limited.
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/ 29 January 2004
At dawn, Tsitsi Savanhu wakes up her teenage daughter so that they can prepare for the 25km journey to neighbouring Mozambique. Once there, they will dig up as much ginger as possible before rivals descend to challenge their claim to certain areas.
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/ 29 January 2004
Public-service announcements featuring three “jive-talking, gaffe-prone condoms” are airing up to 20 times a day on South African television.
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/ 29 January 2004
Howard Dean sacked his campaign manager on Wednesday night in attempt to shake up his presidential bid, after suffering his second stinging defeat at the hands of Senator John Kerry.
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/ 29 January 2004
The R4,1-billion deal between Mvela Resources and world number four gold group Gold Fields is likely to be completed within two months or by the end of March, Gold Fields said on Thursday. The transaction will see Mvela take a 15% stake in Gold Fields’ South African operations, which consist of the Beatrix, Driefontein and Kloof gold mines.
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/ 29 January 2004
Trade between the United States and Africa fell during 2002, weighed down by a decline in US exports of transportation goods and a decrease in energy exports from Africa, according to a US report. In 2002, US-sub-Saharan merchandise trade totalled ,1-billion, down from ,8-billion in 2001.
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/ 29 January 2004
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) nationals accused of diamond trafficking in Angola are being held in ”inhuman conditions” in Angolan jails, said the non-governmental organisation Voices without Voices on Wednesday.
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/ 29 January 2004
A suicide bomber blew up on a bus in Jerusalem on Thursday, killing at least 10 bystanders and wounding about 30 in an attack outside Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s official residence, police and paramedics said. The prime minister wasn’t in the area.