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/ 22 August 2005

SA, India and Brazil to share resources

Cape Biotech is investigating a possible bio-prospecting partnership which would enable South Africa, Brazil and India to share each other’s resources in order to capitalise on their rich biodiversity. Bio-prospecting is the search for valuable compounds in nature — plants, animals or micro-organisms — that can assist in the development of new drugs or industrial products.

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/ 15 April 2004

Nine parties set for Parliament

<img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/41909/10-X-Logo.gif" align=left>Nine political parties out of the 21 parties that contested Wednesday’s election at a national level are likely to be represented in Parliament. The African National Congress was on Thursday afternoon heading towards a pivotal 70%, followed by the incumbent official opposition Democratic Alliance at about 15%.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3_fl2.asp?o=40922">Special Report: Elections 2004</a>

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/ 27 November 2003

Wireless internet hits SA in January

A new fixed-cost wireless broadband internet service will be launched on January next year. In just six weeks, South African internet users will be able to connect at high speed to the internet without a physical telephone-line connection. Sentech on Thursday announced plans to deploy the new services, starting in Gauteng.