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/ 18 February 2003
Human rights groups expressed concern yesterday about the unexplained death of more than 300 people during the first fortnight of a Thai government crackdown on drug use.
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/ 18 February 2003
The government will buy the British High Commission building in the parliamentary precincts for about R6-million this year, Public Works Minister Stella Sigcau said on Tuesday.
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/ 18 February 2003
Barefoot and laughing with glee, Afghan farmer Mohammad Jan squelches through a muddy field of sprouting opium poppies, talking excitedly of his coming harvest.
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/ 18 February 2003
The ”scorecard” that is to accompany the mining charter could be published before the end of this week, minerals and energy director general Sandile Nogxina said on Monday.
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/ 18 February 2003
South African politicians and officials have been talking to former defence, security and intelligence officers from Israel for four days in an attempt to find a peaceful solution to the Middle East conflict.
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/ 18 February 2003
A South African man has been chosen to sit on United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan’s a panel that will examine relations between the world body and civil society.
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/ 18 February 2003
Parliamentary speaker Frene Ginwala has asked Parliament’s ethics committee to re-open its inquiry into the conduct of former African National Congress chief whip Tony Yengeni.
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/ 18 February 2003
Police arrested a High Court judge seen as having angered the government by ruling against it, accusing him of corruption, state television reported on Monday.
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/ 18 February 2003
Cape Town’s Table Mountain is emerging as the favourite icon for branding South African tourism, says Environment and Tourism Minister Mohammed Valli Moosa.
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/ 18 February 2003
South African airline Comair on Monday reported a 38% fall in attributable earnings of R13,4-million for the six months ended December 31 from R21,5-million in the same period a year ago.