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/ 13 December 2002
Supporters stood at attention and sang the old Transvaal Republic’s anthem as eight alleged rightwingers appeared in the Pretoria Regional Court on Thursday afternoon on charges of high treason, terrorism, and sabotage.
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/ 13 December 2002
During one of those interactions that have become a regular feature among members of the club of Southern African liberation movements, a delegation from Namibia’s ruling Swapo posed a question that confounded some ANC leaders: how does the ANC go about grooming leadership and managing its succession process?
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/ 13 December 2002
Schabir Shaik, the arms entrepreneur implicated alongside Deputy President Jacob Zuma in a bribery scandal, was “explicitly warned” by Nelson Mandela not to misrepresent himself as doing business on behalf of the African National Congress. That was not the only time Shaik was accused of pretending to be something he was not. The Mail & […]
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/ 13 December 2002
South Africa’s Vodacom got into bed with politically well-connected partners in Mozambique before it won a licence to operate that country’s second cellphone network. Now one of those partners has been dragged into the controversy surrounding the assassination of journalist Carlos Cardoso. Vodacom this week said it had nothing to do with the selection of […]
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/ 13 December 2002
A poll to be officially released by Markinor this afternoon is expected to show a dip in support for the official opposition Democratic Alliance, but raising support levels for the United Democratic Movement .
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/ 12 December 2002
A village in the western Indian state of Maharashtra has made HIV/Aids tests compulsory for all prospective brides and grooms.
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/ 12 December 2002
American President George Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair are using ”pretext upon pretext” to bring about a regime change in Iraq, says former Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda.
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/ 12 December 2002
Dozens of armed police on Thursday stormed Mozambique’s Parliament to try to restore order after opposition lawmakers brought business to a halt for the second day running.
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/ 12 December 2002
Judge Richard Goldstone, who has served as a judge for 24 years and achieved worldwide recognition for his work on the war crimes tribunal at the International Court of Justice in the Hague, will retire from the bench in October next year.