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/ 3 November 2001

How Modise wangled SA’s fighter jet deal

PAUL KIRK, Durban | Friday ONE of the largest contracts awarded in South Africa’s R60-billion arms deal may be challenged in court by an Italian aeronautics company that lost out to a British contender – after then-defence minister Joe Modise intervened to change the tender evaluation criteria in mid-course. Henk Viljoen, local attorney for the […]

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/ 3 November 2001

RETIRED NIGERIAN COLONEL TRAINS MILITIAMEN

A RETIRED colonel is training 6 000 militiamen in Nigeria’s central Taraba State, which is locked in a bloody inter-ethnic feud with neighbouring Benue State, Radio Nigeria reported on Thursday. The radio quoted the commander of the 232 battalion in Yola, Brigadier General D. Yaji, as having told Taraba State Governor Jolly Nyame that that […]

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/ 3 November 2001

The DA cauldron: all eyes on Boland hamlet

Cape Town | Saturday ALL eyes will be on Goudini Spa outside Worcester in the Western Cape on Saturday as premier Gerald Morkel and several of his MECs are expected to attend a meeting to drum up support for his line against the NNP’s national leadership. The balance of power in the ruling NNP/DP coalition […]

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/ 3 November 2001

JO’BURG MAYOR GIVES DA THE COLD SHOULDER

THE Democratic Alliance has lost its bid to be represented on the City of Johannesburg’s mayoral committee, with a Johannesburg High Court ruling that the committee is legally constituted, The Star newspaper reported on Thursday. The DA brought the case against Johannesburg’s executive mayor Amos Masondo and the minister of provincial and local government. The […]

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/ 3 November 2001

MBEKI? PRESIDENT, AUTHOR

PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki’s second book was launched at a glittering ceremony at Parliament on Wednesday night. Called ”Mahube — the Dawning of a Dawn”, it comprises a collection of speeches and pronouncements Mbeki has made over the years. The ceremony, in the historic Old Assembly dining room, was attended by leading figures in the political […]

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/ 2 November 2001

Santos in semis

Santos eliminated Ajax Cape Town to enter the semifinals of the Coca-Cola Cup Ntuthuko Maphumulo It took 90 minutes of regulation play, 29 minutes of extra time and a golden goal by Jean Marc Ithier on Wednesday to secure Santos a berth in the Coca-Cola Cup semifinal against Kaizer Chiefs this weekend. Ajax Cape Town […]