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/ 7 June 2001

Zambia’s ‘iron lady’ eyes presidency

DICKSON JERE, Lusaka | Thursday FORMER Zambian labour minister Edith Nawakwi, leading moves to impeach President Frederick Chiluba, says she will consider contesting the country’s presidency if the opportunity arises. But Nawakwi, 41, sacked from Chiluba’s cabinet for thwarting his bid to stand for an unconstitutional third term when elections are held later this year, […]

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/ 6 June 2001

PREMIER BLASTS BRITISH ASBESTOS MINING KILLERS

NORTHERN Province Premier Ngoako Ramatlhodi accused British asbestos mining company Cape plc of leaving South Africa with a “legacy of death and suffering”. He was speaking during a press conference on Wednesday before leaving for England to meet with lawyers suing the company on behalf of about 5_000 poisoned South Africans. “Cape plc made use […]

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/ 6 June 2001

SWEET OR SOUR CURRENCY SOURCES

BUSINESSES in Malawi are giving customers sweets instead of small change because they say there is a shortage of coins in the country. But the Reserve Bank of Malawi insists it has adequate stocks of all denominations of the kwacha and tambala currency and that it is unacceptable to use sweets as change. “The public, […]

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/ 6 June 2001

THREE LESOTHO MINISTERS AXED

LESOTHO Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili fired three ministers on Thursday ahead of elections due in the first quarter of next year and demoted Deputy Prime Minister Kelebone Maope, moving him from the finance ministry to law, justice and human rights. Out are Law, Justice and Human Rights Minister Shakhane Mokhehle; Health Minister Tefo Mabote and […]

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/ 6 June 2001

TRAVEL BAN SLAPPED ON LIBERIA’S PRESIDENT

THE United Nations said it has slapped travel restrictions on Liberian President Charles Taylor and several of his top advisors and family members. A list of 150 people banned from travelling was published on Tuesday by the Sanctions Committee in accordance with Resolution 1343, which came into effect on May 7 and aims to cut […]

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/ 6 June 2001

ZIM TRIES TO REVIVE TOURISM

ZIMBABWE’S Tourism Authority (ZTA) is offering free “educationals” to international tour operators in an attempt to revive the country’s devastated tourism sector. ZTA regional manager Zii Masiye said on Tuesday tour operators, travel agents and travel journalists from United Kingdom, South Africa and France have already been hosted on educational trips to resorts and game […]

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/ 6 June 2001

Zimbabwe gags talk show critical of government

HARARE | Wednesday TELEVISION authorities in Zimbabwe have banned a new live weekly talk show that was highly critical of President Robert Mugabe’s policies and actions, the local media reported on Wednesday. The discussion programme “Talk to the Nation”, sponsored by pro-government civic organisation the National Development Assembly (NDA), flighted just three times before it […]

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/ 6 June 2001

TANZANIA?S VICE-PRESIDENT DIES

TANZANIA?S vice-president Omar Ali Juma died late on Wednesday of a heart attack. , the country’s president announced on national radio. ?He was normal for the whole of yesterday and actively took part in the visit of DRC president Joseph Kabila and Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni,” said president Benjamin Mkapa. Mkapa described Juma, a trained […]

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/ 6 June 2001

PAC youth extend olive branch to farmers

JABU MHLABANE & SHARON HAMMOND, Pietersburg | Wednesday PAN Africanist Congress (PAC) youth in the Northern Province have taken a major step away from the controversial “one settler one bullet” war cry and extended an olive branch to farmers. The PAC’s youth wing, Pan Africanist Youth Congress of Azania (Payco) resolved at its annual congress […]