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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.
South African detectives arrested six directors of Krion Financial Services — an alleged pyramid scheme — on Tuesday, and seized assets of 45 agents of the firm in five provinces, detective services’ Martin Aylward said.
South Africa’s Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma met Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Ramallah.
There are almost 100 000 legalised refugees in the country, the Department of Home Affairs said on Thursday, World Refugee Day.
South Africa’s targeted CPIX inflation rate rose by 8,8% in the year to April compared to 8% in the year to March.
THE South African police hoped to reopen about one million unsolved criminal cases by the end of the year.
SOUTH African Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma will lead a delegation of ministers from the 114-nation Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to the Middle East to meet with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, the government announced on Tuesday.
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/ 12 January 2002
Police raided the homes of several rightwingers on Friday in the wake of recent bombings blamed on the far right and threats of more violence.
The Lesbian and Gay Equality Project on Friday said it had expected that the Pretoria High Court would dismiss an application by lesbian couple Marie Fourie and Cecilia Bonthuys for same sex marriages to be legalised, recognised and registered.
Higher education institutions cannot be left to undertake mergers among themselves voluntarily, says Education Minister Kader Asmal.
South Africa’s all-commodities producer price index rose by 15,4% in the year to August after increasing by 15,2% in July, Statistics South Africa figures released on Wednesday show.
A young Pretoria waiter told the Pretoria High Court that he had decided to shoot his brother because he was furious about being framed for the murder of their parents.
Two more men were arrested on Wednesday in connection with an alleged plot to overthrow the government, police reported. Detective services representative Phuti Setati said thus far 17 people had been arrested in connection with the coup plot by white extremists.
Poor people would be able to buy a 12,5kg bag of maize at nearly half price in terms of a deal struck between the government and the private sector, Cabinet announced on Thursday.
Citing the Iraq situation, South African President Thabo Mbeki stressed on Thursday the role of the United Nations in bringing about peace in the world.
Five men had been arrested in two incidents in Pretoria for possession of Aldicarb — a drug used to poison pets, especially dogs, by would-be burglars, police said.
Maximum access was necessary to dispel any suspicion of a cover-up in the probe into South Africa’s multi-billion rand arms deal, a Pretoria High Court Judge said on Friday.
There is no trace of a letter purportedly sent to the President Thabo Mbeki to warn him about the recent Soweto bombings, the presidency said on Wednesday.
THE South African government on Friday afternoon said it was gravely concerned by reports that Israel was massing troops on its border with the Gaza Strip.
No government should be pressured by terrorists to do something it was not prepared to do, former president Nelson Mandela said on Monday.
The Pretoria Commercial Crimes Court refused on Tuesday to postpone the corruption trial of former African National Congress Chief Whip Tony Yengeni and businessman Michael Woerfel.
Police believed they had destroyed whatever infrastructure the right-wing Boeremag organisation had, government representative Joel Netshitenzhe said on Thursday.
Corruption and mismanagement in South Africa prisons are to be probed by the Special Investigating Unit, Justice Minister Penuell Maduna said on Wednesday.
Syndicates dealing in weapons, especially AK47 assault rifles, are operating along South Africa’s border with Lesotho, Safety and Security minister Charles Nqakula said on Monday.
South Africans should not expect a drop in interest rates for the remainder of the year, Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni said on Tuesday.
South Africa and China are to work jointly in developing herbal medicine.
Economic activity in the country continued to rise, with an increase of 2,2% in the Gross Domestic Product in the first quarter of the year compared to the previous quarter, reports Statistics South Africa.
The Congress of SA Trade Unions has urged all South Africans to support its two-day strike against privatisation starting on Tuesday.
The state arms agency, Armscor, said the Department of Justice’s specialised commercial crime unit had been given access to all documentation it might require in order to investigate the alleged smuggling of missile technology to Chile.
A South African Islamic charity organisation and the Foreign Affairs Department are to deliver a R5-million aid package to Palestinian refugees in Ramallah.
Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz arrived in South Africa on Wednesday for a five-day visit that will include a meeting in Pretoria on Thursday with President Thabo Mbeki.
South Africa’s intelligence services will ensure that ”mad rightwingers” threatening the peace will regret the day they were born, Intelligence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu said on Friday.