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/ 18 November 2005
Parliament’s standing committee on public accounts (Scopa) this week criticised Imvume Management and oil parastatal PetroSA over the Oilgate transaction that funded the African National Congress before last year’s elections. Scopa’s critique — the first official, public acknowledgement that the transaction was irregular — contradicted the National Assembly’s adoption a day earlier of Public Protector Lawrence Mushwana’s report on Oilgate.
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/ 18 November 2005
Socialist Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse won Sri Lanka’s tightly fought presidential election with 50,33% of the popular vote, according to official results released on Friday. Rajapakse, who celebrates his 60th birthday on Friday, received 4,88-million votes, beating his nearest rival, right-wing Ranil Wickremesinghe, on 4,69-million votes, the final result released by the elections’ commissioner showed.
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/ 18 November 2005
The African National Congress faces the headache of placating thousands of frustrated would-be councillors eliminated from the nominations process as the party’s list process nears completion. The bitter power scramble has seen all-out attempts by incumbents to hold on to their council seats, while outsiders seek to dislodge serving councillors.
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/ 18 November 2005
Those who endorse Intelligent Design — that hotchpotch of Medieval theological hysteria, Neolithic superstition and prehistoric terror — have a fairly ambivalent relationship with dinosaurs. In this respect they have a lot in common with most fauna that lived nervously and died spectacularly 80-million years ago.
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/ 18 November 2005
Extra! Extra! Read all about who scooped the prestigious Mondi Shanduka awards for top journalism in 2004.
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/ 18 November 2005
The unemployment rate for youths aged between 16 and 25 was 52% in South Africa, while in the Western Cape it was 49%, compared with a national average for all ages of 26.5%, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel said on Thursday evening in Cape Town.
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/ 18 November 2005
While death is inevitable, the pain can be relieved with easily accessible medication — but not for those who are dying beyond the reach of doctors or professional nurses. The Department of Health is relying on roughly 1 200 home/community-based care projects, established across South Africa since 2001 to deliver support services to communities, families and individuals affected by Aids.
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/ 18 November 2005
A showdown is looming between Telkom and municipalities across the country as they begin to roll out their own telecommunication networks. One municipality, Knysna, is already using its own wireless network even though it has received a warning from Telkom. It plans to offer wireless services through a private company to consumers from early next year.
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/ 18 November 2005
Rape allegations against African National Congress deputy president Jacob Zuma appear to have been deliberately leaked in a bid to increase the pressure on Zuma ahead of this weekend’s crucial ANC national executive committee meeting. However, no evidence has come to light to suggest the allegations themselves were manufactured. Zuma, through his attorney, has categorically denied the charge.
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/ 18 November 2005
Clare O’Neil, general manager of SABC Television Sales, announced her resignation from the public broadcaster this morning. She will be taking over as managing director of research and data firm Telmar South Africa from February 2006. Jenny Potter, the outgoing head of Telmar SA, will be moving to the Telmar global office.