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Zambia has met most of the requirements to qualify for an International Monetary Fund (IMF) relief programme that could slash its ,8-billion debt by more than half, an IMF official announced on Thursday. A joint IMF and World Bank mission to assess Zambia’s economic performance said Zambia’s economy has greatly improved in recent years.
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/ 10 February 2005
Defence advocate Francois van Zyl on Thursday attacked the credibility of Susan Delique, the only state witness who testified about the origin of the infamous encrypted fax at Schabir Shaik’s fraud and corruption trial in the Durban High Court. Van Zyl started contesting the admissibility of several documents submitted as evidence by the state.
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/ 10 February 2005
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) was livid over ”lies” being spread in the media about the relationship between two of its news managers. ”We take strong exception to the lies perpetuated in the media about the relationship between the MD of news Snuki Zikalala and the head of TV news, Jimi Matthews,” said spokesperson Paul Setsetse.
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/ 10 February 2005
The Rage for Revolution concert is an opportunity for local musos to stand up and be counted, writes Miles Keylock.
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/ 10 February 2005
More than 53Â 000 South African Police Service members have been charged with some form of criminal offence since 2000, the Democratic Alliance said on Thursday. This is according to statistics released by Minister of Safety and Security Charles Nqakula on Thursday in reply to a question in Parliament in December.
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/ 10 February 2005
An inquiry into Kenya’s biggest financial scandal to date ended in Nairobi on Thursday after nearly 300 days of hearings into how the country was defrauded of hundreds, or even thousands, of millions of dollars. The hearings ended amid a firestorm of international criticism lobbed at the Kenyan government.
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/ 10 February 2005
A 29-year-old suburban Sydney lifeguard, fed up with the life of a bachelor, moved into a giant plastic bubble on Thursday in hopes of attracting a Valentine. Luke, who declined to give his family name, said he will spend the next five days living in the clear plastic ball in a downtown Sydney shopping mall in hopes of finding true love.
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/ 10 February 2005
The hostage taker at Monte Video Primary School in the Cape Town suburb of Montana has been shot dead, police confirmed shortly after noon on Thursday.
Captain William Reid said a situation occurred where the life of a child hostage was threatened. Earlier reports said a teacher was shot during the hostage drama.
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/ 10 February 2005
It is an easily chewed and digested book; a light read for bedside nostalgia, writes Nadine Botha.
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/ 10 February 2005
Ever since the death of Jesus, Christians had been in hot and constant dispute about what we might call his ontological status, writes Richard Holloway.