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/ 2 August 2001

BURUNDI: TALKS IN SA ADJOURNED TWO WEEKS

TALKS between representatives of Burundi government and those of the rebel CNDD-FDD were on Friday adjourned till August, SAPA reported. It quoted South African deputy president, Jacob Zuma, who mediated the talks as expressing optimism about the outcome of the talks. He told journalists that another round of talks would be held at a venue […]

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/ 1 August 2001

Mammoth treason trial starts in Namibia

WERNER MENGES, Windhoek | Wednesday THE 125 men accused of high treason and other alleged offences in what is set to be Namibia’s biggest trial since Independence are set to appear in the High Court at Grootfontein tomorrow, with the ranks of their defence lawyers now reduced to one solitary attorney. Tsumeb attorney Chris van […]

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/ 1 August 2001

LION STILL KING OF MPUMA JUNGLE

MPUMALANGAs renegade lion almost caused a pile-up on the N4 highway just outside the provincial capital Nelspruit on Monday night when it dashed across the busy road. Shaken motorists called the local radio station from the scene, describing how the young male lion casually loped across the double-carriage motorway at 8pm before disappearing into orange […]

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/ 1 August 2001

Court rules media do not have to release videos

Cape Town | Wednesday A JUDGE on Tuesday ruled that an English court order forcing foreign journalists in South Africa to hand over video footage of a vigilante lynching was invalid. Cape Town High Court Judge Jeannette Traverso found that international news agencies Reuters and Associated Press (AP) did not have to submit video footage […]