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The South African government is setting ”an appalling precedent” by paying former deputy president Jacob Zuma’s legal fees, said the official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA). DA justice spokesperson Sheila Camerer said on Thursday: ” … the government has finally admitted that the taxpayer will have to fork out R10-million to pay for Zuma’s highly publicised trials.”
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/ 26 October 2006
South Africa’s Minister of Health Manto Tshabalala-Msimang’s condition is ”not too serious”, government spokesperson Themba Maseko said on Thursday. He said the minister’s condition is improving and it is expected she will be released from hospital in the next ”couple of days”. Asked what she is suffering from, Maseko said it was up to the minister to communicate the details of her condition.
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Two Nigerian stowaways who survived an eight-day voyage from the Côte d’Ivoire on the outside of a car-carrier ship arrived in Port Elizabeth with about a cupful of water left. The National Sea Rescue Institute said on Thursday one was clutching a bottle with about 300ml of water left in it, which had to be prised from his hand.
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Cabinet on Thursday expressed its deep concern about the spate of attacks on, and killings of, Somalis in some parts of South Africa, as well as the impressions this creates. Briefing the media at Parliament after Wednesday’s fortnightly Cabinet meeting, government communications head Themba Maseko said these attacks had fuelled impressions that South Africans were xenophobic.
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The Dubai World and London & Regional Properties consortium on Thursday announced plans to invest more than $1-billion in the V&A Waterfront over the next four years, following its successful purchase of the development last month. The bulk of the new developments could be completed before 2010, when South Africa hosts the Soccer World Cup.
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South Africa’s producer price index (PPI) rose by 9% year-on-year (y/y) in September from a 9,2% y/y increase in August, Statistics South Africa said on Thursday. The PPI declined -0,7%% on a monthly basis after August’s monthly rise of 1,5%.
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The total number of foreign travellers who visited South Africa during May was 641 700 — up 15,1% compared with May 2005, according to data released by Statistics South Africa on Thursday. In addition, the number of foreign travellers who departed the country in May was 582 120 -– 13,5% more than during May 2005.
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The South African Cabinet renewed its pledge on Thursday to counter rampant crime around the country, saying ”tremendous progress” is being made, but more community involvement was necessary. ”Government is and will continue to take the fight to the criminals who must be made to feel that crime does not pay,” said government communications head Themba Maseko.
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Zimbabwe acting Information Minister Paul Mangwana says he is ready to ask Parliament to repeal parts of the government’s tough media legislation, but only if journalists submitted to him the offending sections of the law they want changed. Zimbabwe’s Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act is among the harshest media laws in the world.
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South Africa has toughened its requirements for Zimbabweans wishing to travel to the country, demanding a Z 000 () security deposit, it emerged Thursday. The state-controlled Herald newspaper said the fee was refundable and would be used to cover the costs of repatriation should the need arise.