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| [PlusNews] Cape Town - More than seven months overdue, the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria grant will finally be released to key South African AIDS organizations that have been struggling to survive. Some were on the verge of shutting down. |
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| [SW Radio] As Robert Mugabe was celebrating his 88th birthday in Zimbabwe on Tuesday, hundreds of Zimbabweans across the Diaspora gathered to call for an end to his control of their country. |
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| [iMaverick] They might seem unlikely bedfellows but AfriForum Youth joined the Khoisan community on Tuesday in a protest over the indigenous group's land rights. With both minority groups feeling they have no representation in the current government, they might have more in common than you think. |
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| [West Cape News] A nationwide HIV/Aids and TB testing campaign aimed at Higher Education students and staff was launched at the University of the Western Cape yesterday. |
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| [Namibian] Windhoek - The Namibia Employers' Federation (NEF) has called for "full and detailed discussions" with the Ministry of Labour in order to assist with the correct and purposeful implementation of the Employment Service Act of 2011. |
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| [Namibian] BUSINESS mogul Sidney Martin has failed to prevent the disclosure of financial statements of his family trust in court documents before the High Court. |
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| [Namibian] The family trust of businessman Sidney Martin is substantial and according to a February 2010 provisional financial statement it is capitalised at N$105,8 million. The unlisted investment is structured as follows: |
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| [Namibian] THE government of the United States of America is not required to remove military markings from decommissioned military equipment. |
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| [Namibian] Okahandja - The implementation of the Targeted Intervention Programme for Employment and Economic Growth (Tipeeg) is visible in Okahandja's informal settlements, with the installation of pipelines for water and sewage. |
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| [Health-e] South Africa's foremost anti-tobacco activist Dr Yussuf Saloojee has been recognised for his work with the prestigious Luther L Terry Award. |
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| [IFAD] Rome - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will provide a US$4.04 million loan and a $1.61 million grant to the Republic of Botswana to help improve food security and incomes of smallholder producers, particularly for young people and women. |
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| [The Herald] This is the last part of President Mugabe's interview with ZBC aired on Monday night. |
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| [UNDP] The United Nations Secretary - General will visit Zambia, where he will meet with His Excellency President Michael Sata and other senior officials. Mr. Ban Ki-Moon will also address the National Assembly in a special session and hold an interactive dialogue with its leadership and representat... |
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| [The Herald] GOVERNMENT has set up a committee to strategise the best way to scrap user fees for pregnant women. |
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| [The Herald] BULAWAYO Province will host the first joint rally to be addressed by leaders of the three political parties in the inclusive government as part of measures to discourage political violence. |
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| [The Herald] FINANCE Minister Tendai Biti has accused the State Procurement Board of awarding tenders to incompetent companies, seriously disrupting Government work. |
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| [The Herald] POLITICAL analysts have joined President Mugabe in castigating African leaders who cannot stand up |
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| [iMaverick] Slash useless government departments. Put faith in the free market, not state capitalism. Drop the NHI, it'll never work. The Democratic Alliance's alternative budget is a big departure from what finance minister Pravin Gordhan will deliver. It may be a smaller party, but the DA's idea o... |
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| [iMaverick] This isn't a parallel universe, but it reads like one: Embattled Portuguese dreaming of a better life are leaving their country for the fair shores of Mozambique. The decline of Europe is throwing up its fair share of ironies, but there's no reason yet for Africans to get too excited. |
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| [AIM] Maputo - All teachers in Murrupula district, in the northern Mozambican province of Nampula, are suffering compulsory discounts from their wages to support the Tenth Congress of the ruling Frelimo Party, due to be held in September - even though such deductions are both illegal, and contrary t... |
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| [Swazi Media] UNIVERSITY of Swaziland Journalism and Mass Communication lecturer and long-time announcer at the country's national radio station Nomvula Motsa is dead. |
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| [SW Radio] Seven MDC-T activists who have spent over 9 months in remand prison without trial were finally released on Monday. The seven are part of a group of 29 facing what the MDC-T say are trumped up charges of killing a policeman. |
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| [BuaNews] Pretoria - A man was shot and killed outside Builders Warehouse in Sunninghill early this morning in what is believed to be a botched robbery and hijacking. |
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| [Namibian] WBO Africa lightweight champion Martin 'Black Poison' Haikali heads to Ghana looking for a repeat performance when he faces challenger Samuel Amoako at the Accra Sports Stadium on Saturday. |
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| [Namibian] THE Brave Warriors will "greatly benefit" from their practice match against Mozambique in Windhoek today, interim coach Bernhard Kaanjuka says. |
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| [The Herald] ZIMBABWE'S preparations for the opening 2013 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Burundi got off to a false start yesterday following indications that there were problems in the camp. |
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| [iMaverick] South Africa is a place of contestation. We contest our presents, our pasts, our futures, our identities, our views, our opinions, sometimes even our very right to exist. And there are dark times when we wonder whether even this fair land should exist. Of all the things that we contest, ... |
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| [SSN] Two years ago the Swaziland Solidarity Network (SSN) sought the intervention of the South African Ministry of Higher Education over its racist and downright xenophobic policy towards Swazi students. |
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| [Biz-Community] Fashionistas will no longer be lost for words - one of the most talked about pieces from the ongoing London Fashion Week is a Richard Nicoll handbag that can power a cellphone. |
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| [Biz-Community] Three more international acts have been announced for the 13th Cape Town International Jazz Festival, at the CTICC on Friday, 30 and Saturday, 31 March, 2012. They are Jill Scott, Steve Tyrell and Pharoahe Monch - all from the US. |
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