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/ 11 September 2003
At least 100 people died in a multiple pile-up near the Nigerian capital Abuja this week, road safety officials said on Thursday, announcing a new, higher death toll. Seventy of the victims were burnt beyond recognition.
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/ 11 September 2003
Lawmakers from the world’s poorest nations have vowed to resist fresh attempts by the European Union to bar Zimbabwe from taking part in a forthcoming meeting of the African Carribean and Pacific and European Union nations.
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/ 11 September 2003
The South African public service has identified 20 958 employees, including members of the South African National Defence Force, who are in excess of the skills requirements.
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/ 11 September 2003
The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa was flat in noon trade on Thursday after a choppy morning during which the rand dictated the bourse’s direction. Volumes were solid, with more than R1,25-billion worth of shares changing hands by noon.
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/ 11 September 2003
Often driven through but rarely explored, Limpopo has been called South Africa’s forgotten province. Or perhaps it’s one of our best kept secrets? This week we trek north in our series on the attractions of the nine provinces.
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/ 11 September 2003
The colonial age may have left Zambia’s border town bereft, but the spirit certainly lives on — David Livingstone was here, and he left more than his name behind him. Hot in the footsteps of African explorers, Sharon van Wyk discovered the magic
of Zambia and the magnificent Victoria Falls.
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/ 11 September 2003
The phenomenal growth of South African tourism over the past three years has seen an ever-increasing number of international travellers visiting our shores. In response, the number of small-to-medium enterprises in the local tourism industry has boomed. But is responsible tourism and its sustainability a reality or a pipe dream?
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/ 11 September 2003
Islamists in Pakistan have poured cold water on calls purportedly by al-Qaeda’s number two to rise up against President Pervez Musharraf for ”selling Muslims’ blood in Afghanistan”. The calls were broadcast by the al-Jazeera television network
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/ 11 September 2003
Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh has died, a day after being stabbed by an unknown assailant in Stockholm. Lindh had been a high-profile campaigner ahead of Sweden’s vote on whether to swap the krona for the euro, scheduled for Sunday.
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/ 11 September 2003
South African Minister of Labour Membathisi Mdladlana told the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration in a Cape Town seminar that the commission plays a vital role in protecting the rights of the most vulnerable of workers.