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/ 14 October 2003
The Constitutional Court on Tuesday returned the land and mineral rights currently owned by Alexkor, the state diamond company, to a community forcibly removed from the land in the 1920s. The court said the Richtersveld community had been removed from their land under racist laws.
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/ 14 October 2003
Zimbabwe’s annual inflation rate rose 29 points last month to 455,6% from the August rate of 426,6%, with meat and bread prices rising sharply, official data showed on Tuesday. The rise was seen mainly in the average prices of meat, bread, cereals, fruits, vegetables and beverages.
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/ 14 October 2003
Tanks and armoured vehicles took up positions in La Paz early on Tuesday after thousands took to the streets demanding the resignation of President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada, who postponed under pressure plans to build a controversial pipeline to export natural gas through Chile.
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/ 14 October 2003
Two years ago, as the bombs began to drop, George W Bush promised Afghanistan ‘the generosity of America and its allies’. Now, the familiar old warlords are regaining power, religious fundamentalism is renewing its grip and military skirmishes continue routinely. What was the purpose?
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/ 14 October 2003
An East Rand school cricket match spiralled out of control with an umpire threatened with a gun and a mother with cancer beaten up, cricket officials confirmed on Tuesday. The incident took place when EG Jansen Hoërskool in Boksburg hosted Kempton Hoër in the final of the Super League on Saturday.
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/ 14 October 2003
South Africa may be heading for a prolonged drought, which researchers warn could be among the most severe in decades. The country ”is currently experiencing drought conditions over most of the summer rainfall regions”, the South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research said.
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/ 14 October 2003
The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa (JSE) was unable to hold on to early gains on Tuesday, instead heading south on the back of weaker European markets and profit taking after four straight days of gains. Weakness was most pronounced at the top end of the market.
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/ 14 October 2003
The SA Transport and Allied Workers Union and Airports Company of South Africa reached a deadlock at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration Gauteng on Friday. In a statement Cosatu spokesperson Patrick Craven said the only area of dispute was the basic wage increase.
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/ 14 October 2003
Malawi President Bakili Muluzi has defended his numerous overseas trips, saying they benefit the impoverished southern African country. Muluzi, who has just returned from a three-week trip to Asia, told a press conference that his critics were ”ignorant” and that he needed to travel in order to ”engage people”.
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/ 14 October 2003
Members of Nigeria’s 17-million-strong Anglican Church — the world’s second-largest Anglican congregation — spent a day fasting and praying on Monday to protest the confirmation of homosexual priests and bishops in the United States and Britain.