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/ 12 November 2003
The Palestinian legislature on Wednesday approved the new Cabinet of Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia, ending a two-month stalemate that has stymied talks on ending the fighting with Israel. The vote appeared to open the way for a resumption of peace talks with Israel.
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/ 12 November 2003
Chris Hani-Baragwanath hospital is in a financial crisis because of a lack of a cost-allocation system and cost-monitoring measures, according to a National Labour and Economic Development Institute report released on Wednesday. ”There is high duplication of duties, wastage, corruption and theft at the hospital,” a researcher said.
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/ 12 November 2003
Journalist Ranjeni Munusamy intends to appeal against a High Court order that she testify before the Hefer commission, she said on Wednesday. Earlier this week, Bloemfontein High Court Judge President JP Malherbe upheld a decision by former judge Joos Hefer that Munusamy must testify before his commission.
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/ 12 November 2003
Guinea’s Supreme Court has disqualified almost all parties from contesting the upcoming presidential election, scheduled for December 21, after the groups failed to meet a deadline for paying $10 000 required to participate in the poll. Earlier, a a coalition of opposition parties announced it would be boycotting the vote.
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/ 12 November 2003
Former Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging leader Eugene Terre’blanche was convicted on Wednesday of five counts of terrorism by the Potchefstroom Regional Court, a National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson said. Makhosini Nkosi said Terre’blanche was convicted under the Internal Security Act.
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/ 12 November 2003
Johannesburg socialite Hazel Crane, shot dead in an assassination on Monday, is reported to have left the country at one stage on account of the death threats she was receiving. She also reportedly hired 24-hour security to protect herself. On the day she was murdered, however, her bodyguards were mysteriously absent.
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/ 12 November 2003
South Africa’s parliament will amend a controversial law to allow nationals living abroad to vote in general elections next year. ”We will be taking up this matter as their (opposition parties’) concerns are reasonable, and I’m sure steps will be taken to ensure that the necessary amendments will be done to afford people the opportunity to vote,” President Thabo Mbeki said on Tuesday.
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/ 12 November 2003
The Zimbabwe government has ordered police to arrest all striking state hospital doctors. Mariyawanda Nzuwah, head of the Public Services Commission, said the doctors face contempt of court charges for ignoring a labour tribunal order that they should end their strike because it was illegal.
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/ 12 November 2003
Foreign Affairs special adviser Mo Shaik will have to ”face the consequences” if he disclosed confidential intelligence information, the country’s spy bosses warned on Wednesday. ”We won’t stand by and let people go to television stations to make known privileged documents,” advocate George Bizos told the Hefer commission.
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/ 12 November 2003
Total expenditure in response to HIV and Aids, including amounts directly spent by provincial health departments, will exceed R3-million in 2004/05, says Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel. In his mini-Budget speech in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Manuel said R1,1-billion of this would be in the national Department of Health.