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/ 21 November 2005
The stone, mud and thatch huts of Letseng-La-Terae, atop Lesotho’s Maluti mountains, seem a glaring anachronism beside the high-tech Letseng Diamond Mine across the road. Locals show a deep distrust for outsiders, and at an altitude of 3 200m, the mine may be the world’s most rarified diamond operation.
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/ 21 November 2005
The JSE was a mixed bag just before midday on Monday, with the overall index just slightly lower due to profit-taking and a stronger rand. Good demand for gold and telecoms stocks ensured that the JSE’s losses were limited, however. By 11.56am, the all-share index was down a marginal 0,07%.
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/ 21 November 2005
President Robert Mugabe has said Zimbabwe will process recently discovered uranium deposits in order to resolve its chronic electrical power shortage, state radio said on Sunday. Mugabe, who has close ties with two countries with controversial nuclear programmes, Iran and North Korea, made the announcement on Saturday.
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/ 21 November 2005
Absa Group Limited’s headline earnings for the six months to September 30 grew by 24,6% to R3-billion from R2,4-billion in the same period last year, the company said on Monday. Headline earnings per share increased by 22,5 percent to 454,8 cents per share.
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/ 21 November 2005
The makers of Europe’s toilet paper and other household paper good are contributing to deforestation by failing to offer consumers enough recycled products, conservationists said on Monday. The vast majority of their products contain ”alarmingly low levels” of recycled fibres, said the WWF.
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/ 21 November 2005
The port of Richards Bay, the largest in South Africa by volume, is to get a R600-million boost to improve its cargo handling capacity, a National Ports Authority official said. Port manager Thami Ntshingila said the investment, which will be made in 2006, will enable the port to handle increased cargo volumes spurred by the country’s economic growth.
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/ 21 November 2005
Doubts are being cast on the guilt of a Texas man executed more than a dozen years ago after the crime’s lone witness recanted and a co-defendant said he allowed his friend to be falsely accused under police pressure, the Houston Chronicle reported on Sunday.
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/ 21 November 2005
Former Legal Resources Centre director and KwaZulu-Natal Judge Chris Nicholson appears to be an early front-runner to hear the explosive Jacob Zuma corruption case, set down for next July. Law professionals, in what is still officially the Natal Division, say Nicholson’s name is frequently cited among the judges in the division who are seen as sufficiently senior to try the case.
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/ 21 November 2005
The African National Congress is maintaining silence on the outcome of its two-day National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting which extended late into a third day on Sunday. A report on ways to heal rifts in the party and the rape allegations against axed deputy president Jacob Zuma are believed to have been on the agenda.
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/ 21 November 2005
Limpopo-based Dynamos and KwaZulu-Natal-based Golden Arrows played to a goalless draw in their Premier Soccer League encounter at the Giyani Stadium on Sunday. Both teams set off like a house on fire, entertaining a small crowd of soccer lovers.