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/ 23 January 2003
A formal request for an investigation into a controversial golf estate development which may sink senior New National Party members was delivered to the public protector’s national and provincial offices on Wednesday afternoon.
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/ 23 January 2003
Sex workers and members of gay and lesbian organisations are expected to attend a memorial service on Saturday for the eight men murdered at Sizzlers, the gay brothel in Sea Point.
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/ 21 January 2003
Deputy Minister of Social Development David Malatsi defied his party leader on Tuesday by refusing to quit, as the New National Party (NNP) tried to limit the damage arising from another party funding scandal in the province.
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/ 21 January 2003
The attack on a vehicle owned by senior Inkatha Freedom Party member and KwaZulu-Natal MEC Prince Gideon Zulu, in which his son and driver were critically wounded, appeared not to be political motivated, IFP president Mangosuthu Buthelezi said on Monday night.
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/ 20 January 2003
Cape Town police said on Monday ”four white men” could help their investigation into the massacre of eight men, shot dead execution style, at an all-men gay massage parlour.
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/ 20 January 2003
Perlemoen is in danger of becoming extinct if current poaching levels continued, SABC television news reported on Sunday.
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/ 20 January 2003
South African police are investigating charges of assault and verbal abuse against British footballer-turned-actor Vinnie Jones, after complaints made by three women following a raucous party, a representative said on Sunday.
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/ 19 January 2003
The African National Congress (ANC) has poured cold water on Democratic Alliance (DA) hopes that it will support the DA in a motion of no confidence in Western Cape premier Marthinus van Schalkwyk.
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/ 19 January 2003
Former deputy minister David Malatsi and controversial Western Cape politician Peter Marais are to appear before a New National Party disciplinary hearing on Wednesday.
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/ 16 January 2003
Ruling African National Congress deputy secretary-general Sankie Mthembi-Mahanyele today slammed ”self- appointed” politicians who were resisting resettlement of people in overcrowded urban areas.
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/ 15 January 2003
An awaiting trial prisoner — charged with indecently assaulting a fellow male inmate of Pollsmoor Prison — is to sue the media and prison authorities for identifying him before he pleaded to the charges.
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/ 13 January 2003
The New National Party (NNP) has stood back for its cooperation partner, the African National Congress (ANC), in a key by-election in a Pretoria municipal ward — to be held on January 22.
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/ 10 January 2003
South Africa’s ministry of justice has agreed to a request from Israel’s attorney general to help investigate a loan from a local businessman to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
Western Cape police confiscated a huge haul of semi-automatic assault rifles at a warehouse facility near Cape Town International Airport on Wednesday night.
The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) has won a clever game of political chess with the African National Congress (ANC) over which party has the right the govern the province of KwaZulu-Natal. It has also wrung a key concession from the national ruling party.<br>
<li><a class="standardtextsmall" href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=9882">IFP opens door to 11th hour compromise</a><br>
<li><a class="standardtextsmall" href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=9904">ANC backtracks on floor-crossing bill</a><br>
<li><a class="standardtextsmall" href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=9881">IFP to set KZN on path to elections</a>
Foreign tourists have spent about R4-billion over the December holiday period, providing a significant boost to Western Cape province’s economy, according to Mike Fabricius, CEO of Western Cape Tourism.
The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) has opened the door to an eleventh hour compromise with the African National Congress (ANC) to avoid forcing a provincial election in its powerbase of KwaZulu-Natal.
Six municipal by-elections are to be held in South Africa on January 22, four in African National Congress strongholds, one in an Inkatha Freedom Party stronghold and another in a more marginal seat vacated by a Democratic Alliance councillor.
Justice Minister Penuell Maduna is to ask Parliament to affect changes to draft defection legislation in line with an agreement reached between the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and the African National Congress (ANC).
British American Tobacco deliberately sought to undermine health experts’ work on tobacco control in Southern Africa in the early 1990s.
South Africa’s justice ministry received official documentation on Thursday requesting help in investigating a ,5-million loan from a local businessman to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies has expressed shock and outrage at the desecration of 28 graves at the Pinelands Jewish Cemetery and a further 10 graves at the Jewish Cemetery in the Strand on Monday night.
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/ 28 December 2002
Praise for the 7,2% improvement in the 2002 matric exam results was tempered on Friday by warnings that huge inequalities still existed between South Africa’s nine provinces when it came to education resources.
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/ 26 December 2002
A ban on bathing was lifted on all beaches except Fish Hoek on Wednesday afternoon after authorities conducted further air survey’s over the Cape west coast to determine whether the holiday beaches were safe from further shark attacks.
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/ 25 December 2002
A helicopter from Nokia Surf Rescue is flying over the Cape west coast to determine whether the holiday beaches are safe from more shark attacks,Western Province lifesaving representative told Sapa on Wednesday morning.
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/ 15 December 2002
Justice Minister Penuell Maduna has signed the papers authorising the extradition of former Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) member James Kilgore who is wanted in the United States for murder.
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/ 14 December 2002
Government’s failure to recognise the powers and function of traditional leaders is causing African languages and heritage to face extinction, National House of Traditional Leaders chairman Inkosi Mpiyezintombi Mzimela said on Saturday.
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/ 1 September 2002
A University of Cape Town (UCT) author and academic Melissa Steyn has scooped an international book award for her work that examines the conflicts expressed by ordinary white South Africans in casting off the old and reaching for the new.
The United Democratic Movement (UDM) is threatening to take the DA’s appointment of former Absa Bank official Erik Marais to the Public Protector, unless it deals with the issue this week.
North West commissioner of correctional services Lunga Tseana is studying a parole board report that could lead to Eugene Terre’Blanche being freed from jail early.
Controversial German businessman Jurgen Harksen is to appear before a commission of inquiry to — perhaps — tell all about his dealings with former Western Cape premier Gerald Morkel.
SOUTH Africa is the only country in the world to have boosted its tourism inflow since the terror attacks on the United States last September.