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President Thabo Mbeki has appointed Deputy Auditor General Terence Nombembe to replace retiring Auditor General (AG) Shauket Fakie with effect from December 1, Parliament announced on Tuesday. Nombembe has been Deputy AG for the past five years and his term of office in the top post will be seven years.
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Fifa president Sepp Blatter once again dismissed fears that the next World Cup could be moved from South Africa and said the 2010 hosts were further along at this point than Germany were four years ago. ”They’ll get it done,” Blatter was quoted as telling German magazine Sport Bild on Tuesday. ”It can and will take place in South Africa — I’m convinced of that.”
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The regional trade imbalance in Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries has remained in favour of South Africa despite major tariff removals, President Thabo Mbeki told the SADC parliamentary forum on Tuesday. The forum consists of representatives from the legislatures of SADC member countries.
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An independent commission will demarcate the Ethiopian-Eritrean border on maps and leave the rival nations to establish the physical boundary themselves, a letter obtained by Reuters on Tuesday shows. ”The commission has decided that it will complete the process of demarcation by the use of coordinates to establish fixed points … ,” the November 7 letter said.
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The European Union and South Africa on Tuesday hailed a new closer relationship aimed at enhancing their strategic political cooperation on issues including conflict resolution in Africa. The two sides agreed to work towards a ”strategic partnership” — special relations which the EU so far enjoys only with Canada, China, Japan, Russia and the United States.
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A century from captain Brian Lara could not prevent West Indies from tumbling to a nine-wicket defeat by Pakistan on the fourth day of the first Test on Tuesday. Lara scored a defiant 122 runs, his 33rd Test hundred, but it was not enough to stop West Indies from suffering their 16th defeat in their last 23 Tests since May 2004.
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United Nations humanitarian chief Jan Egeland appealed to Uganda’s government and Lord’s Resistance Army rebels on Tuesday not to let a fragile peace process fail and to end civilian suffering caused by 20 years of war. Both sides signed a new truce this month, raising hopes for an end to the brutal war in northern Uganda that has killed tens of thousands.
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It is too late for Judge Hilary Squires to distance himself from the ”generally corrupt” phrase as Jacob Zuma’s name is already ruined, the African National Congress Youth League said on Tuesday. ”Hilary is not assisting anyone with distancing himself from the phrase ‘generally corrupt’, he’s basically deepening the legal crisis,” said president Fikile Mbalula.
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New Zealanders may be able to do without many things, but it seems that when it comes to travelling, they can’t do without their mum, according to a survey released on Sunday. Mums were identified as the fourth-most-important item to take along when heading overseas.
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Any terror risk in Western Sahara stems from Morocco’s illegal occupation, the territory’s independence movement said on Tuesday, dismissing a Moroccan warning that an independent state could harbour terrorists. Mohamed Abdelaziz, President of the self-proclaimed government in exile for Western Sahara, said that Morocco’s policy on Western Sahara was the real security risk.