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/ 26 January 2001
<strong>Peter Canavan</strong>, a cynical observer of the passing show, speculates on the president’s motives for South Africa’s newest tax.
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/ 26 January 2001
A Californian couple believe the band Slayer inspired three youths to kill their daughter. And they are going to court to prove it.
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/ 26 January 2001
South-East Asian leaders are having a tough time keeping the hounds at bay over corruption claims.
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/ 26 January 2001
Just about the only people not making money out of the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo are its long-suffering citizens.
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/ 26 January 2001
The Department of Public Works has installed a voice system in Parliament’s lifts, which announces the floor being approached.
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/ 26 January 2001
NIGERIA?S foreign reserves rose to around $10bn last month, says acting junior finance minister Martins Jibril-Kuye. Reserves rose in December because of high oil sale revenues which were channelled into the reserves account. The Central Bank of Nigeria, which has yet to confirm the figures, said earlier this month that foreign reserves fell by a […]
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/ 26 January 2001
ESKOM Enterprises, the business unit of South African power utility Eskom, and transport parastatal Transnet are considering acquiring an equity stake in newly licensed Nigerian mobile consortium Econet Wireless Nigeria. Furthermore, an agreement with National Electric Power Authority (Nepa), the Nigerian electricity monopoly, for the possible supply of telecommunication facilities, has been put in place […]
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/ 26 January 2001
A US lawmaker back from a visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has described the vast central African nation as “a ticking bomb,” calling on President George W Bush to make Africa a top foreign policy priority. “The Congo is a ticking bomb,” Representative Frank Wolf told reporters, noting six African countries […]
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/ 26 January 2001
SOUTH African boxing promoter Joe Manyathi says he has received the go-ahead from world heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis to stage a title fight between him and former champion Mike Tyson in Johannesburg on July 21. Early indications are the fight will take place at the MTN Sundome in Randburg. – AFP 25
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/ 26 January 2001
MORE than 100 Northern Province health officials, who were irregularly promoted and given a salary increase before the 1994 elections, have yet to repay R10m of overpayments owed to government. The officials, who worked for the former Lebowa homeland and were promoted in 1993, are part of more than 600 civil servants in the province […]