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/ 19 September 2003
President Thabo Mbeki has appointed former Supreme Court of Appeal president Judge Josephus Johannes Francois Hefer to chair the commission of inquiry into allegations of spying made against National Director of Public Prosecutions head Bulelani Ngcuka.
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/ 19 September 2003
Undertakers in Harare are apparently doing a thriving trade renting out corpses to would-be fuel queue jumpers. There are no reports of arrests and prosecutions for this macabre practice. But then again, since everything else is so haywire in Mugabeland, maybe this is perfectly legal.
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/ 19 September 2003
Canadians are a restrained lot. When they get angry, they go to a symphony and stew in the cheap seats. When they get really angry, for instance when they encounter racial intolerance or impure maple syrup, they go to a symphony but decline to buy a programme. But when they’re really mad, they head to the woods.
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/ 19 September 2003
Replying to a question in the National Assembly about Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, President Thabo Mbeki has rejected the notion that term limits for people in high office is a vital principle to promote strong democracy and economic well-being.
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/ 19 September 2003
Despite numerous new pieces of legislation to enhanced consumer protection, the need for consumer awareness and diligence is now greater than ever, says Financial Services Board (FSB) chairperson Gill Marcus.
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/ 19 September 2003
The Kungwini local municipality in Bronkhorstpruit overpaid, by nearly R100 000, for five cars — including a 4X4 for its mayor. It dispensed with calling for tenders ”due to emergency and necessity”.
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/ 19 September 2003
A thunderous welcome left little question about the deputy president’s sustained popularity.
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/ 19 September 2003
A R30-million social housing project — a joint initiative of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the Building Construction and Allied Workers Union — is frozen as stakeholders hurl accusations of managerial incompetence and financiers withhold funding.
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/ 19 September 2003
The affiliates of the Congress of South African Trade Unions want to elect their own representatives directly to Parliament, rather than ride piggyback on the African National Congress.
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/ 19 September 2003
M&G journalist Wisani wa ka Ngobeni received another top award this week. He was the winner in the print news category of the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards 2003 (northern/southern region). The story was ”Shadow falls on Lekota”, detailing Defence Minister Lekota’s hidden business dealings.