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/ 1 September 2003
Five million South Africans still require access to a basic supply of water, says Water Affairs and Forestry Minister Ronnie Kasrils .
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/ 1 September 2003
An opposition candidate has won a by-election in the Zimbabwe capital Harare, retaining his party’s dominance in the city after a weekend poll marred by voter apathy. The weekend elections were marred by voter apathy and reported incidents of violence and intimidation in parts of the Southern African country.
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/ 1 September 2003
Rapule Tabane profiles Deputy President Jacob Zuma, one time political hero and peacemaker now tangled in a web of alleged corruption.
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/ 1 September 2003
South Africa’s premier community conservation project, the Makuleke Communal Property Association, has rejected commercial hunting in favour of ecotourism to raise revenues. The new ecotourism deal will put an end to hunting in the national park.
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/ 1 September 2003
A comprehensive strategy will be announced on World Aids Day on how to realise the World Health Organisation’s goal of providing anti-retroviral drugs to three million people by the end of 2005, WHO director general Dr Jong-Wook Lee said on Monday.
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/ 1 September 2003
The Freedom of Expression Institute is taking Johannesburg Water to court in a bid to gain access to information about a plan to install pre-paid water meters in Soweto and Johannesburg. It requires users to buy coupons or vouchers to put in meters, which then allow them the requisite amount of water.
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/ 1 September 2003
The government’s claim that South Africa was not a crime capital and compared favourably with the rest of the world is refuted by United States crime figures, says official opposition chief whip Douglas Gibson.
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/ 1 September 2003
The American airline industry is bracing itself for a barrage of lawsuits after revelations that almost 60% of the families who lost relatives in the September 11 terrorist attacks have yet to file claims with the victims’ compensation fund.
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/ 1 September 2003
Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, the Indonesian who has been sentenced to death for the Bali bombings, appeared in public on Monday for the first time since his conviction and testified that he was involved in an earlier deadly attack.
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/ 1 September 2003
The <i>Mail & Guardian Online</i> has broken through the key 200 000 reader mark, surpassing previous readership records achieved during the Iraq war. The readership of the web publication has almost doubled in the space of one year.