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/ 4 September 2003
A telecommunications investment of more than one billion rand could be placed in jeopardy if the second national operator was not up and running by the end of the year, says Eskom Enterprises CEO Enos Banda.
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/ 4 September 2003
South Africa’s Financial Services Board (FSB), the watchdog of the financial services industry, currently has six criminal cases of insider trading in the pipeline and its first two criminal convictions are on the horizon, according to CEO Jeff van Rooyen.
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/ 4 September 2003
South African Finance Minister Trevor Manuel has appealed to economists not to overreact to the expected announcement on Thursday that Treasury director general Maria Ramos is set to move to Transnet.
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/ 4 September 2003
The main labour body in Zimbabwe is planning mass action against the government over chronic cash shortages gripping the country, a top labour official said.
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/ 4 September 2003
A key suspect in the Bali bombings, which killed 202 people, said on Thursday that ”small-fry terrorists” only exist because of the crimes of terrorism’s big fishes — the US, British and Israeli leaders.
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/ 4 September 2003
"Highly placed people" have apparently been implicated in an affidavit made by Deputy President Jacob Zuma in connection with the ongoing arms deal saga, according to a report published in <i>The Star</i> on Thursday.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=20018">Maduna denies interfering in Zuma affair</a>
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=19978">Probe the president, says De Lille</a>
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/pd.asp?ao=19971">Zuma is only making it worse, says UDM</a>
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/pd.asp?ao=19958">’Zuma’s story should be told too'</a>
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/ 4 September 2003
The Absa-backed fund Equity Africa has launched a campaign to raise its capital base to R200-million, to further invest in broad-based operational empowerment businesses.
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/ 4 September 2003
Shortages of essential medicines and medical equipment, a staffing crisis and inadequate infrastructure are undermining the quality of hospital care across sub-Saharan Africa.
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/ 4 September 2003
South Africa’s newest popstars were announced at a smart function at the Sandton Civic Gallery in Johannesburg on Wednesday evening. They are the winners of the second series of <i>Coca-Cola Popstars</i>.
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/ 4 September 2003
Thirty-two people have been confirmed dead and more than 1 000 injured, and regional governments dispatched teams on Thursday to assess more than -million in damage after Typhoon Dujuan lashed coastal southern China.