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/ 7 February 2003
The Competition Tribunal has indicated its opposition to the merger between liquor giants Distillers Corporation and Stellenbosch Farmers Winery saying that the move would reduce competition in the spirits market.
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/ 7 February 2003
Review: 1421: the year china discovered the world
by Gavin Menzies
(Bantam)
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/ 7 February 2003
The spin doctors of the left had a very hard time convincing anyone, but their line at least was clear. Trevor Manuel is a jolly nice man, well loved by his colleagues in the NEC, a good egg, whose stock as master of his financial ministry increases along with the rand.
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/ 7 February 2003
Ry Cooder’s heart still lies in Cuba, no matter how much they may disapprove in Washington, writes Nigel Williamson.
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/ 7 February 2003
Review: Walter and Albertina Sisulu: In Our Lifetime
(David Philip)
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/ 7 February 2003
Kenyan women’s rights groups have expressed outrage at recent incidents in which policemen have been accused of rape, and urged the authorities to take appropriate action to instil discipline within the force in order to stamp out such crimes.
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/ 7 February 2003
South African Minister of Labour Membathisi Mdladlana on Friday warned farmers and their representative bodies to stop threatening to retrench agricultural workers as a way to get the government to change agricultural legislation.
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/ 7 February 2003
The process of licensing the majority shareholder in the new Second National Operator runs the risk of being shrouded in secrecy and deterring investor confidence, Mandla Langa, chairperson of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa, suggested this week.
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/ 7 February 2003
Africans will be the worst victims of a war in Iraq, according to the Stop the War Campaign. The campaign is a broad alliance of organisations that aim to mobilise South Africans against war in Iraq. Addressing a press conference the coalition announced a mass campaign in opposition to the war.
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/ 7 February 2003
Business and government departments are to blame for more than a third of the R25-billion in municipal debt, according to a study by the Department of Provincial and Local Government. The findings were tabled at an, called to discuss the crisis of municipal finances.