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/ 10 February 2003
An out-of-court settlement between Gencor and asbestos victims last week does not cover cleaning up places where people live and children play.
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/ 10 February 2003
A new confederation of labour unions poses to strip members from existing federations. The Confederation of South African Workers’ Unions will be holding its first congress in Johannesburg on March 8 before being officially launched later that day.
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/ 10 February 2003
Five months of unrest in the Ivory Coast have taken their toll on the quality and quantity of cocoa exports from the world’s biggest producer, and experts warn that the full impact has yet to be felt.
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/ 10 February 2003
Pietermaritzburg magistrate and former Scorpions investigator Ashwin Singh – who is due to go on trial for defeating the ends of justice – is considering conducting his own defence. The charges arose from his work within the elite Scorpions unit.
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/ 10 February 2003
A small protest group gathered at the Johannesburg High Court on Monday where the trial of a city chef, alleged to be South Africa’s worst serial rapist, was scheduled to begin.
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/ 10 February 2003
Islamic sharia law is making inroads into the predominantly Christian south of Nigeria at a time when religion is expected to be a crucial issue in looming general elections.
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/ 10 February 2003
Johannesburg taxi commuters were without transport on Monday as members of Top Six Taxi Management gathered ahead of a planned march in the city centre aimed at highlighting problems relating to the issuing of permits to operators, Metro police said.
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/ 10 February 2003
Reporters sans Frontieres has condemned the sentencing of two journalists from the Chadian weekly, Notre Temps, to six months in prison for an article published in their periodical.
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/ 10 February 2003
The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference has launched a programme of moral regeneration to complement Deputy President Jacob Zuma’s programme. A week-long SACBC plenary session that started in Pretoria on Wednesday will discuss moral issues.
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/ 10 February 2003
South Africa has moved up from sixth to fourth position in the UK retail wine sector and increased its share of the market in 2002 to 9,5% from 7,9% in 2001, according to Wines of South Africa.