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/ 26 February 2003
Close encounters with wildlife at the Johannesburg zoo have highlighted tensions among staff. An internal investigation has highlighted tensions among staff wrought by the transformation of the zoo from a public institution to a corporatised body
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/ 26 February 2003
Almost a quarter of all dagga seized world-wide last year was found in Southern Africa, mostly South Africa, according to the annual report of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), released on Wednesday.
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/ 26 February 2003
A child victim of alleged serial rapist Fanwell Khumalo — a Johannesburg-based chef — identified the accused in the Johannesburg High Court on Wednesday as the man who made her choose between ”rape and death”.
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/ 26 February 2003
South African Finance Minister Trevor Manuel on Wednesday was mum on the topic of the new mining royalties to be introduced by the government this year.
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/ 26 February 2003
South African Finance Minister Trevor Manuel called on the maize industry to cut maize consumer prices in line with the plunge in maize futures prices quoted on the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa (JSE) during his Budget speech on Wednesday.
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/ 26 February 2003
South Africa’s military population "is ageing" – this is the stern warning contained in the Estimates of National Expenditure released on Wednesday.
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/ 26 February 2003
"Freedom is both the primary objective, and the principal means of development… What a person has the actual capability to achieve, is influenced by economic opportunities, political liberties, social facilities, and the enabling conditions of good
health, basic education, and the encouragement and cultivation of initiatives," said Finance Minister Trevor Manuel in his 2003-04 budget.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=11588">Manuel calls on industry to cut maize prices</a><br>
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=11589">Manuel mum on mining royalties</a><br>
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?a=11&o=11590">SA govt warns on ageing military population</a>
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/ 26 February 2003
The humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe under President Robert Mugabe is ”almost beyond comprehension,” World Food Programme director James Morris said on Tuesday.
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/ 26 February 2003
Rebels holding much of the north of Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday sentenced eight members of their movement to prison terms ranging from 10 to 12 months in the last ruling of a trial in the town of Gbadolite.
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/ 26 February 2003
As part of its fight against the proliferation of plastic bags across the South African landscape, the government has decided to introduce a levy on plastic bags, with some of the revenues earmarked for the recycling of the bags.