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/ 20 January 2004
London-listed financial services and life assurance giant Old Mutual announced on Tuesday that Old Mutual South Africa has made an offer to acquire the remaining 49% of its 51%-held subsidiary Mutual & Federal Insurance Company for R17,50 per share.
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/ 20 January 2004
Remember ”Heineken — the beer that refreshes the parts other beers cannot reach”? It was a great marketing slogan. But now, if you search the Heineken website, it is conspicuous by its absence. Advertising and marketing strategists like to move on; staleness is to be avoided at all costs, which is why it is a bit surprising considering the ANC’s old slogan …
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/ 20 January 2004
The legitimacy of previous polls in South Africa’s democratic process has been placed in the spotlight by Inkatha Freedom Party leader and Home Affairs Minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi, who has spoken of boxes of IFP votes being ”emptied all over the valleys and forests of [KwaZulu-Natal]” during the 1994 elections.
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/ 20 January 2004
The Barclay twins believe their bid to take over Conrad Black’s press empire is ”a done deal” and certain to gain regulatory approval, though there are conditions attached to their offer, a published report said on Tuesday.
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/ 20 January 2004
South Africa has imported a total of 246 268 tons of wheat for domestic consumption since October 4, the beginning of the 2003/04 marketing year, the South African Grain Information Service (Sagis) reported on Tuesday.
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/ 20 January 2004
A World Health Organisation (WHO) official in Ethiopia has dismissed an article in a respected British medical journal that claims the United Nations agency is undermining the fight against malaria. <i>The Lancet</i> accuses the agency of approving cheap drugs that do not work, and blocking the use of a newer treatment.
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/ 20 January 2004
The French government’s plan to ban Islamic veils from schools came under sustained fire on Monday when MPs, shaken by a weekend of protests and violence, began asking whether the move would inflame religious tensions rather than ease them.
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/ 20 January 2004
Landmines and torrential rains have prevented UN aid workers from distributing supplies in Angola for the past month. Landmines are a constant problem in Angola, one of the most heavily mined countries in the world, but the danger is worsened during periods of heavy rain.
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/ 20 January 2004
After poor summer rainfall, a favourable rain-producing weather system is developing, the South African Weather Service said on Tuesday. The key areas that could receive decent rain in the next week are the North West, Gauteng and Free State provinces, with heavy falls possible in places.
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/ 20 January 2004
World number two miner, South Africa’s AngloGold, has received payment from Tanami Gold NL as consideration for the purchase of the Western Tanami Project in Australia, AngloGold announced on Tuesday.