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The South African wine industry has turned its attention to empowerment in the industry, and is gearing up for the black economic empowerment (BEE) transformation conference in Cape Town at the end of October. The prime objective of the two-day event is the development of a wine-industry BEE charter
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An early rally on the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa petered out on Wednesday morning, with the all-share index drifting into the red by noon. Dealers said that caution ahead of Thursday’s futures closeout was also keeping buyers out of the market.
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A former economic adviser to Zambia’s former president Frederick Chiluba and a former minister have been arrested for alleged corruption. Former minister Daniel Kapapa is also Chiluba’s in-law. Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa last year launched a massive anti-corruption drive that has led to several arrests.
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/ 17 September 2003
Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel should consider a truce proposal made by an adviser to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, while Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon postponed a meeting about the controversial West Bank security barrier after warnings from the United States.
US vetoes UN call to protect Arafat
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/ 17 September 2003
Democratic Alliance chief whip Douglas Gibson has urged the public protector to reconsider his decision not to investigate Deputy President Jacob Zuma. "I must respectfully disagree with his conclusion that there is not enough information to justify an investigation," Gibson said in a statement.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=20604">Cosatu: Zuma remains innocent</a>
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/ 17 September 2003
U2 rocker and activist Bono has told President George Bush of his fears of seeing the United States fall down on its promise to finance the battle against Aids. ”I can get very angry,” Bono said to reporters. The president in January promised -billion to fight Aids over the coming five years, mostly in Africa.
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Zimbabwe will not attend this year’s Commonwealth summit even if other African nations want to invite their neighbour. A spokesperson for the 54-nation body has said Zimbabwe’s suspension from the Commonwealth rules it out from being invited to the summit in Nigeria.
Mugabe throws cloud over summit
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/ 17 September 2003
The international community needs to provide financial and technical help for Africa’s protected areas, the World Parks Congress has recommended. It says one of the most important environmental challenges facing the continent is the need to reconcile development needs with management of its natural resources.
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Nedcor (NED) chairperson Chris Liebenberg has scotched speculation that the banking group’s charismatic CEO Richard Laubscher had been "pushed out", saying that he had wanted to leave some time ago but had been persuaded to stay on.
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/ 17 September 2003
South African telecommunications utility Telkom (TKG) has introduced an e-billing service for residential and small business customers. This follows the successful introduction of e-billing last year for corporate and large business customers, Telkom said in a statement on Tuesday.