Black economic empowerment companies (BEE) have improved their share of spending by Old Mutual Properties on outsourced services for buildings in the company’s portfolios to 56% in 2004, according to Richard Murphy, head of the facilities management division.
Condolences on the death of Transport Minister Dullah Omar — who died in a Cape Town hospital in the early hours of Saturday morning — poured in from well wishers. Omar will be given an official funeral with ”all the honours due to a serving member of cabinet” government spokesperson Joel Netshitenzhe said.
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<img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/41909/10-X-Logo.gif" align=left>The African National Congress in KwaZulu-Natal is to lay charges of intimidation against the Inkatha Freedom Party and complain to the Independent Electoral Commission following two alleged incidents in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands on Tuesday.
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With the world marking International Women’s Day this week, women in South Africa might find themselves asking what benefits 10 years of democracy have brought them — especially in the important area of reproductive health. The country still faces problems relating to abortions, prophylactics and access to health care.
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The United Democratic Movement has accused the ruling African National Congress of a ”staggering lack of accountability,” following a report in the Mail & Guardian that its youth league was involved in large number of business deals.
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Leaders and supporters of rival political parties put aside their differences on Friday for the opening of a refurbished rural high school in the village of KwaNxamalala in northern KwaZulu-Natal. Thousands of children, their parents and villagers walked long distances to the Mnyakanya secondary school opening.
The increase in the number of deaths on the population register is an indictment of government’s handling of the Aids pandemic, the United Democratic Movement and Democratic Alliance said on Wednesday. The number of deaths on the register rose by 68% over the past six years to 457Â 000 in 2003.
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People are growing weary of violence and do not wish to die for someone else seeking a seat in Parliament, Independent Electoral Commission chairperson Brigalia Bam said on Monday. She added that in the past three weeks there had been 18 political rallies and only three incidents of violence, all in KwaZulu-Natal.
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/ 28 February 2004
South African government officials on Saturday afternoon said they could not confirm or deny reports that the South African Air Force was to ship arms to Haiti to help the embattled government of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
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The name of former African National Congress Women’s League president Winnie Madikizela-Mandela does not appear on the party’s list of candidates for Parliament, released on Friday. Former ANC chief whip Tony Yengeni, convicted of fraud last year, is also not on the list.
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/ 26 February 2004
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Deputy President Jacob Zuma on Thursday declined to be drawn on whether Inkatha Freedom Party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi would play a role in the post-April-election national Cabinet. Buthelezi has recently hinted that his term of office as minister may be coming to an end.
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/ 24 February 2004
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The Democratic Alliance in the Western Cape on Tuesday challenged the New National Party/African National Congress alliance to say who it would nominate as the individual parties’ premier candidates. The DA unveiled its provincial election manifesto and named its candidates for provincial and national legislatures.
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/ 23 February 2004
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Two people are expected to appear in the Scottburgh Magistrate’s Court on Monday in connection with a shooting which the African National Congress in KwaZulu-Natal has branded political.
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/ 23 February 2004
An African National Congress activist was shot dead near Umkhomazi, south of Durban, on Friday, according to a statement from the party. The ANC said it believed two out of five attackers who were party to the murder of 25-year-old Sifiso Msomi, were local Inkatha Freedom Party activists.
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The African National Congress and Inkatha Freedom Party delivered messages of peace as they signed a code of conduct in Durban on Friday with 11 other parties contesting the April elections in KwaZulu-Natal. Several cases of political clashes have recently been reported between the ANC and IFP in KwaZulu-Natal.
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/ 20 February 2004
A second ambulance has been hijacked this week in KwaZulu-Natal after a hoax call, police said on Friday. Police spokesperson Superintendent Vishnu Naidoo said the latest incident happened on Thursday night at approximately 10pm in J-Section, Umlazi, near Durban. This first incident took place on Tuesday.
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/ 19 February 2004
The next Cabinet should include many new faces, despite President Thabo Mbeki’s often conservative approach to reshuffles, political analysts predicted this week. They forecast a big migration from the provinces, with Limpopo Premier Ngoako Ramatlhodi leading the way.
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/ 19 February 2004
”Am I the only one perplexed by the DA’s election poster?” asks a friend of the Dorsbult. ”How does one explain the poster of Tony Leon’s smiling face next to the words ‘South Africa Deserves Better’? Is the official opposition registering a vote of no confidence in its own leader? Or is it that South Africa deserves better than the DA?” Both, the manne decided.
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/ 18 February 2004
Essential oils, organic vegetables and ingredients for trendy desserts are some of the niche items being produced in a project that is breathing life into small-scale farming communities in KwaZulu-Natal. This brings these farmers into agricultural production for high-return niche markets, many of them overseas.
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/ 17 February 2004
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Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon might not get his wished-for televised debate with President Thabo Mbeki, but the African National Congress in KwaZulu-Natal is prepared to take him on publicly, it said on Tuesday.
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/ 16 February 2004
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The Democratic Alliance on Monday accused the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) of ”brazen hypocrisy” in airing a radio advertisement for the African National Congress’s election launch in January, while refusing to accept a comparable add from the Inkatha Freedom Party.
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/ 16 February 2004
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Two political minnows announced on Monday their coming together to contest the general elections, united in their ”fight against moral decay and godless government”. The New Labour Party and the Christian Democratic Party signed their cooperation agreement on Sunday evening, following months of negotiations.
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/ 15 February 2004
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The Democratic Alliance list of candidates for the 2004 election, to be contested on April 14, holds some surprises and a few predictable placements. DA leader Tony Leon predictably heads the Gauteng national list, followed by sitting MPs Ian Davidson, Richard Ntuli, Janet Semple and Chief Whip Douglas Gibson.
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/ 14 February 2004
The Roman Catholic Emeritus Archbishop of Durban, Denis Eugene Hurley, died on Friday in Durban after returning from a religious celebration. At the age of 31 Hurley became the youngest Catholic bishop in the world at tht time and was hailed as a champion of human rights.
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/ 11 February 2004
South African Home Affairs Minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi on Wednesday gave the strongest hint that he was unlikely to be reappointed to President Thabo Mbeki’s government after the national election in April. "Should I leave my department, as is likely, I am now confident that it has adequate administrative leadership and a man of integrity at its stewardship," said the minister.
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/ 11 February 2004
Ephraim Mteka, chairperson of the Bhangazi Trust, smiles as he walks along the shores of Lake Bhangazi in the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park. "The past few years have been good for us," says Mteka. "We settled our land claim and we are reaping the benefits of ecotourism. Things can only get better."
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/ 9 February 2004
The South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) on Sunday accused the authorities of preventing vital information from reaching the public and vowed to fight for the right of journalists to protect their sources. Sanef said the organisation was concerned over the flow of information from the police to the media.
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/ 9 February 2004
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The Inkatha Freedom Party and police are investigating why seven people were injured in a shooting incident at a political rally in Wembesi township, Estcourt, in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands. The African National Congress and IFP blamed one another for the shooting at the Wembesi community hall on Sunday.
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/ 8 February 2004
The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) in KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday rejected the call by Inkatha Freedom Party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi for a firmer grip on the leverage of power in the province. ”The polarisation of KwaZulu-Natal politics into two camps is a distressing and harmful development,” said an ACDP spokesperson.
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/ 6 February 2004
Aids campaigners in South Africa are worried about the apparent lack of progress in implementing a plan to distribute anti-retroviral drugs to millions of people living with the disease. More than 600 people die every day from Aids-related illnesses in South Africa, according to HIV/Aids support groups.