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/ 12 January 2003
The South African rand lost ground against major currencies early on Tuesday afternoon after Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe denied reports of a plan that would see him step down.
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/ 12 January 2003
North Korea issued a terrifying new threat yesterday to resume test launches of missiles capable of reaching Alaska, Hawaii and, possibly, the Western seaboard of the United States.
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/ 12 January 2003
The Zimbabwe government has frozen all school fees including those of private institutions, the latest in wide-ranging price controls aimed at easing economic hardship.
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/ 12 January 2003
Deputy President Jacob Zuma said on Saturday that government was planning to increase its expenditure by about 4,7% for the next three years without endangering fiscal stability.
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/ 12 January 2003
Police on Saturday arrested the opposition mayor of Harare, Elias Mudzuri, on allegations that he was addressing an illegal meeting, a representative for the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) said.
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/ 12 January 2003
Sharon’s future and the right-wing bloc’s grip on Israel hangs in the balance with polls showing only a handful of votes separating leftwing and rightwing parties. After corruption allegations involving a ,5-million loan from an SA businessman, it appears Sharon may have to be sacrificed to prevent electoral disaster.
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/ 12 January 2003
Villagers of northeast Congo told UN investigators of cannibalism and large-scale rape and looting by rebels there, the UN representative in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) said on Saturday.
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/ 12 January 2003
England’s controversial cricket World Cup match in Zimbabwe next month looked set to be cancelled on Saturday because of growing political violence by supporters of Robert Mugabe’s regime and worsening food riots.
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/ 11 January 2003
Assault charges have been laid by relatives of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela as well as the owner of an upmarket restaurant in Melrose following a fight at the venue last Sunday night.