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/ 5 September 2003
The government’s long-awaited multibillion taxi recapitalisation programme will go on as planned, the Department of Transport said on Friday. This follows a report that concerns about the affordability of the project could result in its being dumped in favour of other initiatives.
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/ 5 September 2003
A senior Iranian cleric has held the United States-British coalition in Iraq responsible for the killing of Iraqi Shiite leader Ayatollah Mohammed Baqr al-Hakim by a car bomb.
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/ 5 September 2003
Independent Democrats leader Patricia de Lille says she has every right to continue to question any political figure — including South African President Thabo Mbeki — over any public matter, including the arms deal.
<li><A class="standardtextsmall" href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=20031">Government rejects De Lille’s ‘lies'</a>
<li><A class="standardtextsmall" href="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/28225/govtdelillestatement.pdf">Govt’s full statement (PDF)</a>
<li><A class="standardtextsmall" href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=19978">Probe the president, says De Lille</a>
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/ 5 September 2003
Zimbabwe’s fast-track land-reform programme is meant to benefit landless people forced to live in congested communal areas, but many of the supposed beneficiaries are turning their backs on their new land, saying they want to go back to their original homes.
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/ 5 September 2003
A decade after the end of apartheid, ”the right of access to adequate housing remains unrealised for many farm dwellers”. This is one of the conclusions of the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) report into human rights violations in farming communities.
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/ 5 September 2003
Although the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Bill (BBEE) was approved by the National Assembly this week, it is unlikely to be implemented before late October.
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/ 5 September 2003
The new director general of the national Treasury is only likely to be officially announced in a few months. Despite the importance of the post, the government has to go through the entire official process to fill the position, including advertising the job, interviewing and having Cabinet make the appointment.
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/ 5 September 2003
Outgoing National Treasury director general Maria Ramos will be sorely missed when she leaves to become Transnet chief executive, opposition parties said on Thursday.
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/ 5 September 2003
Having once been an heroic puffer, I’ll say one thing for smokers: despite their ashtray breath and their lethal personal atmospheres, they don’t come anywhere near drinkers when it comes to ostentatious offensiveness.
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/ 5 September 2003
The Scorpions seized assets from nine premises in early morning raids throughout South Africa on Wednesday, the investigative unit reported.