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/ 20 October 2006
Helen Zille, Democratic Alliance mayor of Cape Town, was accused by the African National Congress and Independent Democrats of doing a lousy job at delivering local services as about 100 politicians and members of the public protested opposite the city’s Manenberg police station on Friday morning.
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/ 20 October 2006
President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party will table a motion in Parliament demanding the sacking of Zimbabwe’s top union leaders, in what insiders say is the first step by the ruling party to annexing the powerful but pro-opposition labour movement.
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/ 20 October 2006
South Africa needs to take more assertive action on the conflict and humanitarian crisis in Sudan’s Darfur region, Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon said on Friday. This is especially necessary in the light of its election to a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, he said in his weekly newsletter.
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/ 20 October 2006
Facing a huge surge in the number of Somali refugees fleeing unrest, Kenya on Friday renewed appeals for dialogue between Somalia’s powerful Islamist movement and weak government to prevent conflict. More than 30 000 Somalis have arrived in Kenya since the beginning of the year.
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/ 20 October 2006
The Sudanese military declared United Nations special envoy Jan Pronk persona non grata on Friday, accusing him of ”waging war against the armed forces”, in the latest escalation in a war of words between Khartoum and the international community. A senior general called for the envoy’s swift deportation.
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/ 20 October 2006
A judge on Friday postponed a hearing on a lawsuit by human rights groups challenging the government’s decision to allow American pop star Madonna to start adoption procedures for a motherless, 13-month-old Malawian boy. Judge Andrew Nyirenda postponed a hearing on the case until next Friday.
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/ 20 October 2006
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has acquired another executive mayorship in the Western Cape, the party said on Friday. DA councillor Rudi Laws has been elected as the new mayor for the Eden district municipality in George following the resignation of Independent Democrats councillor Leon Dorfling.
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/ 20 October 2006
On Friday, Car-Free Day, it took officials of the Gauteng department of transport and public works 16 minutes on a minibus taxi to get from Soweto to Park Station in central Johannesburg — a trip that usually takes Sowetan commuters 30 to 45 minutes. However, private schools in Gauteng broke up for mid-term holidays on Thursday.
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/ 20 October 2006
Billy Masetlha, the former National Intelligence Agency chief, appeared briefly in connection with contravening the Intelligence Services Act in the Hatfield Community Court, Pretoria, on Thursday. His case was postponed to December 8 and 9, when he will make a plea.
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/ 20 October 2006
South Africa’s responsibility as a member of the United Nations Security Council to live up to the expectations of the African people and the rest of the world community does not rest solely with government, President Thabo Mbeki said on Friday.