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/ 14 February 2003
The phasing out of military commandos — announced by President Thabo Mbeki on Friday — would only undermine rural safety, Agri SA said.
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/ 13 February 2003
Former African National Congress chief whip Tony Yengeni was on Thursday found guilty of fraud by a Pretoria magistrate in terms of a plea agreement with the state.
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/ 13 February 2003
The fraud and corruption trial of former African National Congress chief whip Tony Yengeni and businessman Michael Woerfel appears set to get underway on Thursday — 16 months after their arrest.
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/ 12 February 2003
Two deputy directors of the Department of Land Affairs are expected to appear in court on Thursday after suspected stolen antique books were found in their possession, police said on Wednesday.
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/ 11 February 2003
Detectives from the Office for Serious Economic Offences arrested a couple in Orange Farm south of Johannesburg on Monday in connection with the illegal sale of low-cost houses in Gauteng.
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/ 6 February 2003
The Road Accident Fund expressed support on Thursday for a new system to compensate road accident victims, but resisted calls for its own demise.
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/ 6 February 2003
A R4-million school will be built in an informal settlement, Marokolong, near Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria after a successful partnership was brokered between the Nelson Mandela Foundation, the North West government and Nampak.
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/ 6 February 2003
A constable of the Tshwane metropolitan police has been suspended for allegedly assaulting the driver of a hearse, representative Mel Vosloo said on Wednesday.
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/ 6 February 2003
One of two former police dog handlers who has pleaded not guilty to charges of needlessly setting their animals on three illegal immigrants in 1998, is to take the stand in his own defence in the Pretoria High Court on Thursday.
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/ 4 February 2003
Student elephant handler Wayne Stockigt told a court on Monday that he did not think it was cruel to hit an elephant, whether it be with a stick or a fist.
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/ 31 January 2003
A man wanted for the 2000 murder of Mozambican journalist Carlos Cardoso, was arrested in Pretoria on Thursday after almost four months on the run, police reported on Friday.
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/ 28 January 2003
A 38-year-old tattoo artist, accused of subjecting three young children to sexual and Satanic rituals, had told a police superintendent that he was possessed by demons, the Pretoria High Court heard on Monday.
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/ 26 January 2003
Peace talks between Burundian President Pierre Buyoya and rebel leaders started in South Africa on Saturday, the first in a series of weekend meetings to shore up ceasefire accords signed last year.
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/ 23 January 2003
Two exiled rebel leaders from war-torn Burundi will return within the next two weeks, a South African official said on Wednesday, amid reports of clashes which left thousands fleeing their homes.
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/ 23 January 2003
Three rightwingers, facing charges of high treason, on Thursday accused a magistrate who refused them bail of being biased. The judge described the application as ”impetuous”.
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/ 21 January 2003
The defence ministers of South Africa and Mozambique met on Tuesday for the first talks on details of deploying an African peacekeeping force in strife-torn Burundi.
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/ 21 January 2003
HIV/Aids was expected to slash 12-million off South Africa’s population growth by 2015, the University of South Africa’s Bureau of Market Research (BMR) said on Monday.
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/ 20 January 2003
Ministerial talks on proposed amendments to the constitution of the new African Union started on Monday in South Africa ahead of an extraordinary summit next month, the foreign ministry said.
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/ 19 January 2003
Year-on-year consumer price inflation excluding mortgage rates (CPIX) continued its decline last month, subsiding to 11,8% from 12,4% in December.
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/ 16 January 2003
The fraud and corruption trial of former African National Congress chief whip Tony Yengeni and businessman Michael Woerfel was on Thursday postponed in the Pretoria Commercial Crimes Court to next month.
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/ 16 January 2003
The recent outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Botswana won’t easily spill over into South Africa’s Limpopo Province as the provincial agriculture department already has strict control measures along the border, provincial representative Phuti Seloba said in a statement.
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/ 15 January 2003
South Africa has imposed a ban on the importation of all cloven-hooved animals and their products from Botswana following a suspected outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in that country, the agriculture department said on Wednesday.
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/ 14 January 2003
All sectors of the region’s economy could jointly gain from a free trade agreement to be negotiated between the United States and the Southern African Customs Union, Trade and Industry Minister Alec Erwin said on Monday.
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/ 14 January 2003
The blanket-wrapped bodies of two men and a woman were found in a house in the upmarket suburb of Doornpoort, near Pretoria on Monday, police said.
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/ 13 January 2003
About 90 000 houses are to be built for needy South Africans thanks to a R200-million deal between the National Reconstruction and Housing Agency (Nurcha) and an American investment company.
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/ 13 January 2003
The South African government said on Monday it had no prior knowledge of a plan in terms of which Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe would resign and be replaced by a coalition government.
While the road death toll since December 1 mounted to 1 236 by Monday, the Democratic Alliance demanded the resignation of Transport Minister Dullah Omar, or his removal from office.
A man charged with allegedly helping devise a right-wing plot to overthrow the government, was freed on R20 000 bail in the Pretoria Regional Court on Monday.
The South African government criticised Australia on Friday for issuing a ”generalised” public warning about possible terror attacks in SA, without using normal diplomatic channels.
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/ 13 December 2002
Supporters stood at attention and sang the old Transvaal Republic’s anthem as eight alleged rightwingers appeared in the Pretoria Regional Court on Thursday afternoon on charges of high treason, terrorism, and sabotage.
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/ 12 December 2002
American President George Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair are using ”pretext upon pretext” to bring about a regime change in Iraq, says former Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda.