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/ 8 November 2001

Raw sewage raises stink in Cape Town’s rivers

Cape Town | Thursday THE Cape Town city council has issued a health warning after a spill of raw sewage into the river system below the Athlone wastewater treatment works on the Cape Flats. The administration said feeder pipes at the works were accidentally damaged during upgrading work on Wednesday. This resulted in an overflow […]

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/ 7 November 2001

Religion as food

<i>Paul and the Menu: Cooking with Spirit</i> features theologian Paul Germond in a red-striped apron and actor Maqhawe Khathide with camera and notebook invading kitchens around the country as, week by week, they prepare for religious festivals, writes Barbara Ludman.

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/ 7 November 2001

Zimbabwe to boot out foreign election observers

Harare | Wednesday ZIMBABWE’S government plans to ban foreign and independent local monitors from observing upcoming presidential elections, the state-run Herald newspaper said on Wednesday. On the recommendation of Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa, government plans to amend Zimbabwe’s Electoral Act to allow only civil servants to monitor the polls, the paper said. Last year, non-government […]

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/ 7 November 2001

THREE DEAD AFTER ARMY RAID IN NIGERIA

NIGERIAN army units on Saturday raided two villages and killed at least three people in the area where a massacre was committed late last month, a local reporter said. Uja Emmanuel, a reporter for the newspaper The Anchor, said army units had raided the villages of Abako and Moor on the border of Benue and […]

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/ 7 November 2001

Obasanjo to scale back spending in 2002 budget

Abuja | Wednesday NIGERIAN President Olusegun Obasanjo is to present on Wednesday his 2002 budget proposals to parliament, unveiling scaled back spending plans in the wake of recent falls in the price of oil. Obasanjo will announce spending plans for the next calendar year of 844-billion naira ($7,6-billion), sharply lower than the combined total of […]

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/ 7 November 2001

Morkel moves to block NNP, ANC merger

Cape Town | Wednesday WESTERN Cape premier Gerald Morkel is expected to seek an interdict from the Cape High Court on Wednesday to block the New National Party’s bid to split from the Democratic Alliance. His urgent application is expected to be heard only hours ahead of a meeting of the NNP federal council in […]

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/ 7 November 2001

MALAWI’S CATHOLIC CHURCH SLAMS STATE VIOLENCE

A JUSTICE and peace commission formed by Malawi’s Roman Catholic church on Monday protested at what it described as an increase in “state-sponsored violence” aimed at silencing critics of the government. The condemnation came in the wake of church claims that activists of the ruling United Democratic Front, who call themselves “young democrats”, last month […]