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/ 23 January 2004
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder on Friday wrapped up his visit to South Africa with a tour of a health centre named after a black activist and lunch at a German-run factory. President Thabo Mbeki applauded Schroeder’s ”concern to support our continent to meet its political and social goals”.
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/ 23 January 2004
The labour union that has been trying to ”blockade” Cape Town International airport on Friday accused the police of causing traffic jams there. ”The police have started pulling out cars of all our comrades with aims to issue them with tickets,” said a South African Transport and Allied Workers Union spokesperson.
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/ 23 January 2004
Opposition parties should refrain from trying to score cheap political points, the Office of the Presidency said on Friday. Spokesperson Bheki Khumalo denied that President Thabo Mbeki’s upcoming trip to KwaZulu-Natal is part of the African National Congress’s election campaign.
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/ 23 January 2004
Swaziland is currently in the midst of its sacred Incwala ceremony, which many believe is crucial for the welfare of the country. However, the celebrations have not been without controversy. Variants of Incwala, a harvest festival, are celebrated by a number of ethnic groups in Southern Africa.
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/ 23 January 2004
With just under four months remaining before Malawi’s general elections, local activists and international observers have expressed concern at the lacklustre response to voter registration efforts. The registration exercise has also prompted opposition parties to cry foul.
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/ 23 January 2004
Efforts to criminalise human trafficking in terms of South African law received a kick-start on Friday with the release of an issue paper on the topic by the South African Law Reform Commission. South Africa is viewed as a country of destination for trafficking victims, but existing legislation does not deal with the problem.
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/ 23 January 2004
In addition to the actions the South African wine industry has taken in the past to curb alcohol abuse, a combined effort by the industry and others is needed to rid the country of the ”tot” system, where farm workers receive part of their wages in the form of liquor, according to the CEO of the South African Wine and Brandy Company.
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/ 23 January 2004
When British officials intercepted a Nigerian man with a briefcase stuffed with  000 at London’s Heathrow airport, they thought they had stumbled upon a terrorist trail. Instead, the cash-filled carry-on has led to the highest-profile corruption case yet in Nigeria.
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/ 23 January 2004
A 71-year-old Durban doctor and a 29-year-old woman were arrested on Friday for their involvement in the international smuggling of human tissue, police reported. Trafficking in human tissue and body parts made headlines last year when it was discovered South Africa was a major destination for human body parts.
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/ 23 January 2004
Healthcare-related shares on the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa have come under selling pressure in the past week, sparked by investor fears that company profits and margins will be harmed by draft regulations from the government that would see the listed manufacturer’s selling price of all medicines cut by 50%.