<img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/41909/10-X-Logo.gif" align=left>Initial results from South Africa’s national election released early on Thursday morning indicated that the African National Congress (ANC) was heading for an unsurprising victory of near two-thirds of the vote, with 63,77%. Working off a low base of votes counted at 16%, the official opposition Democratic Alliance, with 19,75%, appears to be faring far more strongly than in the 1999 national election.
Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, sought by United States forces, said on Tuesday he left the fortress-like mosque where he has been holed up for days, surrounded by armed supporters. Also, Basra was under Iraqi police control on Tuesday after US-led forces and al-Sadr supporters struck a deal to avoid further deadly clashes.
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Gauteng Premier Mbhazima Shilowa has promised to speed up the issuing of valid taxi permits after facing a crowd of protesting taxi drivers in Johannesburg on Monday. In the meantime, those with temporary permits would not have their vehicles impounded except when they are found to be unroadworthy.
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<img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/41909/10-X-Logo.gif" align=left>The next government needs to put more money into further education, President Thabo Mbeki said on Friday. Visiting Tshwane North College’s Mamelodi campus outside Pretoria, Mbeki braved the driving rain to meet the staff and students as part of the African National Congress’s election campaign.
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/ 21 January 2004
The <i>Mail & Guardian Online</i> was on Tuesday hit by a new e-mail worm that is quickly spreading around the world. The worm, called Bagle or Beagle, was sent via the <i>M&G Online</i>’s newsletter list. It spread rapidly over the weekend, with several security firms issuing bulletins on it on Monday.
The African National Congress is launching its 2004 election campaign on January 10 and 11 in Durban. "The ANC hopes to convince the voters of KwaZulu-Natal that a clear ANC majority in the province is critical for faster progress towards the elimination of poverty," the <i>ANC Today</i> newsletter said on Friday.
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/ 29 September 2003
Deputy President Jacob Zuma has reacted to media reports about a "secret briefing" that the National Director for Public Prosecutions, Bulelani Ngcuka, had with black editors in July this year, saying Ngcuka imparted "untruthful" information about him "in a very malicious and despicable manner".
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/ 4 September 2003
"Highly placed people" have apparently been implicated in an affidavit made by Deputy President Jacob Zuma in connection with the ongoing arms deal saga, according to a report published in <i>The Star</i> on Thursday.
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/ 2 September 2003
South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) CEO Peter Matlare has dismissed media allegations that the public broadcaster is attempting to "gag" presenters from discussing politics outside current affairs programmes.<br>
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/ 28 October 2002
Two men wanted for questioning in connection with the wave of deadly sniper attacks in the United States were arrested early on Thursday after they were found sleeping in their car at a Maryland rest stop, authorities said.
Food queues in Zimbabwe are growing. In the past six months people have become used to scouring shops and the stalls of black market vendors for mealie meal, cooking oil and sugar.
United States moves to launch a Middle East peace initiative were in chaos on Thursday after a split between President George W Bush and his Secretary of State, Colin Powell, burst into the open. Powell was rebuked for suggesting the creation of a "temporary" Palestinian state.