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/ 16 September 2003
The Congress of South African Trade Unions’ (Cosatu) annual conference was dealt a blow on Monday when it was discovered one of its most prominent and active participants, Phumuza Patrick Cokotho (53), had died in his sleep.
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/ 16 September 2003
Inkatha Freedom Party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi and official opposition Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon met in Cape Town on Monday to discuss their working agreement ahead of national elections next year. The meeting follows a joint parliamentary caucus meeting of the parties last week.
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/ 16 September 2003
Struggle leaders — including Nelson Mandela and President Thabo Mbeki — on Monday called on the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) at its eighth national congress to ensure that the African National Congress won the third democratic elections next year.
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/ 15 September 2003
President Thabo Mbeki on Monday lashed out at opponents of the tripartite alliance, saying those who seek to cause division and weaken the organisation were dreaming.
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/ 14 September 2003
The fifth World Parks Congress (WPC) in Durban will spend a day next week focusing on Africa and the protection of its natural heritage including the release of a special 10-point action plan for the continent’s protected areas.
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/ 11 September 2003
The South African public service has identified 20 958 employees, including members of the South African National Defence Force, who are in excess of the skills requirements.
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/ 11 September 2003
South African Minister of Labour Membathisi Mdladlana told the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration in a Cape Town seminar that the commission plays a vital role in protecting the rights of the most vulnerable of workers.
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/ 10 September 2003
While the Department of Health said a survey released on Tuesday showed that South Africa’s HIV infection rate was slowing, the Treatment Action Campaign and the Democratic Alliance said the findings had not been properly interpreted.
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/ 9 September 2003
The New National Party has renewed its call for an amnesty for people to hand in illegal firearms, saying ”rather sooner than later”. Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula has said it remained the government’s intention to reduce the number of firearms in the country, and to institute efficient regulations regarding gun ownership.
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/ 7 September 2003
South Africa’s two main opposition parties, the Democratic Alliance and the New National Party, are on opposite sides of the fence over the operational costs of President Thabo Mbeki’s official jet, the Inkwazi.
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/ 5 September 2003
Oom Krisjan, having formed close relationships with many a scribe because of their shared appreciation of the fruits of the vine, is also a strong supporter of media freedom.
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/ 4 September 2003
The African National Congress in KwaZulu-Natal expressed outrage on Wednesday at the ruling of the Speaker of the provincial legislature, an Inkatha Freedom Party member, who ”abruptly” adjourned the sitting of the House on Tuesday to an undecided date.
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/ 3 September 2003
Counsel for Deputy President Jacob Zuma told the Pretoria High Court on Wednesday that Zuma’s side of the story should be told as well. Zuma’s counsel brought an application before the court on Wednesday in an effort to get a copy of an encrypted French fax that pertains to the alleged arms-deal bribe.
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/ 1 September 2003
Five million South Africans still require access to a basic supply of water, says Water Affairs and Forestry Minister Ronnie Kasrils .
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/ 1 September 2003
The government’s claim that South Africa was not a crime capital and compared favourably with the rest of the world is refuted by United States crime figures, says official opposition chief whip Douglas Gibson.
Despite promising on Monday that he would announce a plan of action before the end of the week, Deputy President Jacob Zuma seems to be nowhere nearer doing that.
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Letters in the latest issue of the journal Aids tell contrasting tales about HIV treatment in developing countries.
The Mail & Guardian walked away with two industry awards this week, proving once more that it’s Africa’s best read.
The trafficking of children, in effect child slavery, is more widespread in Africa than previously realised, a new study by Unicef has found. Poverty has been the driving force in child slavery, but Aids is also taking its toll.
South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma says his association with Durban businessman Schabir Shaik "spans more than 20 years" and he trusts the man — who is at the centre of a Scorpions investigation into alleged wrongdoing during the country’s arms deal — "completely".
Given the expectation of sharply declining inflation in 2003, real house prices are expected to rise for the fourth consecutive year this year. An increase in house prices of more than 18% nominal and 10% real is forecast.
President Thabo Mbeki says everything necessary needs to be done to speedily advance the emancipation of South Africa’s women, as well as those on the rest of the continent.
A pack of dogs was found eating a new-born baby girl in bushes by the roadside at Ntuzuma location near Kwa-Mashu on Thursday in the second incident of its kind this week, police said.
South Africa, with the highest rate of Aids infected babies in the world, is the only country — of 72 using nevirapine — to consider delisting the drug which is used to prevent HIV in infants.
The harlequin sprite, a dragonfly long thought to be extinct throughout its home areas in KwaZulu-Natal, was rediscovered recently when a Working for Water team was clearing the Pilgrim’s Rest area in Mpumalanga of invasive alien plant species.
People being infected with more than one strain of HIV is becoming increasingly common, the South African Aids conference in Durban heard on Tuesday.
Child-headed households find it impossible to access help from community members or government, the South African Aids Conference in Durban heard on Tuesday.
In some parts of South Africa half of all pregnant women are infected with HIV, the first South African Aids conference heard in Durban on Monday.
Former Transport Minister Mac Maharaj has refused to comment on his awaited response on Wednesday to an audit report detailing payments and gifts to him from Durban businessman Schabir Shaik and Nkobi Holdings.
Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon on Thursday called on other opposition parties to join the DA in a ”coalition for change” in South Africa, ahead of next year’s general election.