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/ 29 January 2002
TWELVE teenagers wanted by Mpumalanga police in connection with various robberies were arrested by members of the Msogwaba community near Nelspruit and handed over to authorities on Sunday. Sergeant Isaac Mnisi said following a public meeting at a local stadium, community members collected the youngsters from their hiding place and handed them over to police. […]
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/ 29 January 2002
A LONE yachtsman who sent out a distress signal after he had lost steering control off the Eastern Cape coast on Monday had managed to partially rectify the steering mechanism and was safe, a representative for Task Force West at Silvermine, Piet Paxton said on Tuesday. Paxton said a Dakota aircraft from 35 Squadron at […]
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/ 29 January 2002
Washington | Tuesday THE Microsoft antitrust settlement was criticised in comments submitted to a federal judge, with two prominent economists contending the agreement fails to restore competition as pledged. The comments came ahead of Monday’s deadline set by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly as she prepared to rule on whether to accept the agreement endorsed by the […]
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/ 28 January 2002
b>REVIEW: </b><i>From the Barrel of a Gun: the United States and the War against Zimbabwe</i> by Gerald Horne (University of North Carolina Press)
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/ 28 January 2002
TEA prices fell at the east African weekly auction in Mombassa as a result of a glut in the market, dealers said on Tuesday. “The current glut is effectively hurting prices,” a broker said. Monday’s quoted prices were on average lower by between two and three US cents a kilo, according to a market report […]
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/ 28 January 2002
UNIVERSITIES in South Africa are owed R633-million in unpaid fees and technikons about R200-million, e-tv news reported on Wednesday. The University of Transkei tops the list of struggling campuses and will have to rely on a bank loan until it receives a state subsidy in two months. As a result of unpaid fees administrators have […]
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/ 28 January 2002
Cape Town | Sunday THE inspector-general of South Africa’s intelligence services, Fazel Randera, has quit after six months in the post, President Thabo Mbeki’s office said on Saturday. Randera resigned from the post, which is meant to provide civilian oversight over the country’s intelligence network, for personal reasons, Mbeki’s representative Bheki Khumalo said. He said […]