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/ 17 February 2003
Former Zimbabwean agriculture minister Denis Norman delivered an assessment of Mugabe to the Cape Town Press Club, saying the president was not ”mad” and knew exactly what he was doing. Norman noted it was unlikely Mugabe would retire any time soon.
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/ 17 February 2003
Faced with fierce global competition from heavily subsidised farmers in Europe and elsewhere, Maluti Fruit Co- operative, one of South Africa’s largest new apple growers, says the South African government should assist the apple industry.
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/ 17 February 2003
The two men who allegedly confessed to the gruesome Sizzlers massage parlour massacre that shocked Cape Town in January appeared briefly in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
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/ 15 February 2003
President Thabo Mbeki renewed doubts about South Africa’s commitment to fighting Aids yesterday by virtually ignoring the pandemic in a state of the nation address, prompting condemnation from thousands of protesters who picketed parliament.
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/ 14 February 2003
Western Cape police made another breakthrough in the Sizzlers massacre case when the second suspect, arrested on Thursday night, made a full confession before a Cape Town magistrate on Friday.
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/ 13 February 2003
Strate, the 50% JSE-owned electronic settlement and custodian company, is starting to move into the black, the company said on Thursday, thanks to a revised fee structure.
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/ 12 February 2003
The government could learn lessons from the support the Dubai, Italy and India gave their jewellery industries, New National Party trade and industry spokesman Rodney Rhoda said on Wednesday.
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/ 12 February 2003
The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) ”will soon start analysing and investigating” a mass of files confiscated from the Upington prison, as part of its investigation into corruption and fraud in prisons.
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/ 12 February 2003
Former president Nelson Mandela distanced himself on Wednesday from the Treatment Action Campaign’s (TAC) planned march on Parliament during the opening of this year’s parliamentary session on Friday.
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/ 11 February 2003
The sole survivor of the massacre at the Sizzlers male brothel in Sea Point last month will be readmitted to hospital to have two bullets removed from his head.
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/ 11 February 2003
Going to jail in solidarity with Mpumalanga health MEC Sibongile Manana was the first constructive proposal made by Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, the UDM said on Tuesday.
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/ 7 February 2003
Reformed gangster Rashied Staggie was jailed for an effective 15 years on Friday for kidnapping and gang raping a teenage girl as her punishment for being a police informant.
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/ 7 February 2003
Two National Party politicians facing criminal investigation over alleged golf estate kickbacks today welcomed a raid on their homes by the Scorpions.
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/ 6 February 2003
The Asset Forfeiture Unit confirmed on Wednesday it has requested the New National Party hold in trust a R300 000 donation linked to the controversial Roodefontein golf estate development.
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/ 4 February 2003
Western Cape police had received an ”incredible” response from the public after the identikits of two men wanted in connection with the Sizzlers massage parlour murders in Sea Point appeared in newspapers last Friday.
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/ 2 February 2003
Former Foreign Affairs Minister Pik Botha will visit Iraq to warn President Saddam Hussein that he is making a serious mistake by not co-operating fully with United Nations weapon inspectors, according to former President Nelson Mandela.
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/ 31 January 2003
Former Cape Town mayor Peter Marais has been cleared of making damaging homophobic statements by the Public Protector.
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/ 31 January 2003
South African Agriculture Minister Thoko Didiza’s comments that administrative errors had occurred during Zimbabwe’s land reform process has been described as "jeopardising" land reform in South Africa.
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/ 30 January 2003
Homeowners around South Africa, particularly those situated in vicinities where the numerous Cricket World Cup games are to be held, stand to benefit from the positive exposure to be gained from hosting this high-profile event, according to Andrew Golding, CEO of the Pam Golding Property group (PGP).
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/ 30 January 2003
The Cape High Court on Wednesday halted any further activities at the controversial R250-million Roodefontein golf estate development at Plettenberg Bay.
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/ 29 January 2003
The Zimbabwean Consul General in South Africa, Godfrey Dvairo, told South African Members of Parliament that his country had no problem with the peer review mechanism of the African Union.
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/ 29 January 2003
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission has agreed to minor changes to its final report which were proposed by the Inkatha Freedom Party after the party went to court last year to stop the document from being released.
Govt dragging heals on TRC reparations
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/ 29 January 2003
Although a deal was struck on Wednesday paving the way for the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) final report, government was still dragging its heels on the payment of reparations, say NGOs.
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/ 28 January 2003
NNP member and Deputy Social Development Minister David Malatsi has quit. His move comes a week after defying NNP leader Marthinus van Schalkwyk’s request to quit following the Roodefontein golf estate scandal.
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/ 27 January 2003
President Thabo Mbeki is to hold bilateral talks with British Prime Minister Tony Blair on February 1 in the United Kingdom as part of efforts to avert war in Iraq.
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/ 27 January 2003
The sole surviving victim of the massacre at a gay brothel in Cape Town last week, was in a stable condition in the Groote Schuur Hospital on Monday, a hospital official said.
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/ 26 January 2003
A medical scientist from the University of Cape Town (UCT), collaborating with a colleague from the United Kingdom, has made a breakthrough that will lead to more effective medicines for heart patients and people with high blood pressure.
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/ 26 January 2003
Former high-ranking police officer Andre Edward Lincoln, formerly commander of the presidential investigative task unit was on Friday effectively jailed for nine years.
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/ 24 January 2003
The New National Party’s leadership has suspended the party membership of Social Development Deputy Minister David Malatsi and former Western Cape premier Peter Marais pending an internal party investigation.
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/ 24 January 2003
Listed petrochemicals group Sasol (SOL) has commissioned its technologically advanced R1-billion new alcohol plant at Secunda in the Mpumalanga province the company said on Thursday.
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/ 24 January 2003
A 28-year-old Plattekloof Glen man has died after being shot by police after he took two women bar attendants hostage on Wednesday night, police said.
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/ 23 January 2003
Corruption, bribery and intimidation charges have been laid against Deputy Social Development Minister David Malatsi, former Western Cape premier Peter Marais and Italian businessman Ricardo Agusta relating to the Roodefontein golf estate development scandal.