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/ 14 January 2003
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday made his first public reaction to British press reports of alleged plans to force him out of office, under a scheme involving his close political aides.
Mugabe comments hurt rand
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/ 14 January 2003
Four months of war have brought the economy of Ivory Coast to its knees — something that rebels and politicians attending peace talks near Paris from Wednesday will bear in mind as they discuss the political issues.
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/ 14 January 2003
The rand should be less volatile this year, said international credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s managing director for Europe, Middle East and Africa sovereign ratings, Konrad Reuss on Monday.
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/ 14 January 2003
A total of 137 policemen were killed in the line of duty in South Africa in 2002, the South African Police Service disclosed on Monday.
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/ 14 January 2003
A Canadian judge began hearing evidence on Monday to decide whether a pig farmer should stand trial on accusations he is the country’s worst serial killer.
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/ 14 January 2003
The blanket-wrapped bodies of two men and a woman were found in a house in the upmarket suburb of Doornpoort, near Pretoria on Monday, police said.
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/ 14 January 2003
Tony Blair raised the stakes in the campaign to disarm Saddam Hussein by warning British voters that they face a direct threat from weapons of mass destruction which will find their way into the hands of terrorist groups unless firm action is taken now.
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/ 14 January 2003
Ariel Sharon drew slight comfort from a new round of opinion polls yesterday that showed his dramatically curtailed television broadcast last week had stemmed the flow of votes from his party ahead of this month’s general election.
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/ 14 January 2003
Retired former Citizen editor MA ”Johnny” Johnson died in his sleep at his Highlands North home in Johannesburg early on Wednesday morning.
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/ 14 January 2003
At least there is one honest man in government. I couldn’t help noticing that while his colleagues were prancing around on the stage at the ruling party congress Minister Dullah Omar stood next to his chair in dignified silence.