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/ 6 February 2003
South African defence lawyer George Bizos on Thursday put the credibility of the star witness to the test in the high treason trial of Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. Bizos accused him of being a ”fraudster” and of spinning ”untruths”.
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/ 6 February 2003
The Asset Forfeiture Unit confirmed on Wednesday it has requested the New National Party hold in trust a R300 000 donation linked to the controversial Roodefontein golf estate development.
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/ 6 February 2003
A Nigerian university has expelled 432 students for allegedly impersonating or using forged documents to gain admission, a university official said on Thursday.
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/ 6 February 2003
Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo on Wednesday met with President John Kufuor of neighbouring Ghana, who urged him to implement a peace deal brokered by Paris to end a ruinous five-month war in Ivory Coast, diplomatic sources said.
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/ 6 February 2003
A constable of the Tshwane metropolitan police has been suspended for allegedly assaulting the driver of a hearse, representative Mel Vosloo said on Wednesday.
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/ 6 February 2003
Former president Nelson Mandela urged the world on Wednesday not to listen to the United States when making decisions on the Iraq question, but rather follow the lead of the United Nations.
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/ 6 February 2003
EU ambassadors struck an agreement ”in principle” Wednesday to extend sanctions against Zimbabwe, but the deal still has to be finalised at a new meeting next week, diplomats said.
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/ 6 February 2003
A tornado that tore through remote villages in the central Democratic Republic of the Congo killed 164 people, destroyed homes and ruined crops, the country’s top health official said on Wednesday.
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/ 6 February 2003
Negotiations aimed at improving opportunities for international trade cannot succeed unless nations also tackle the abuse of rules on goods that are dumped in foreign markets, a group of 15 nations said on Wednesday.