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/ 22 January 1999
Last month, when two Khmer Rouge leaders came out of the Cambodian jungle, the United States State Department expressed outrage at the possibility the pair might not be tried for genocide. It appeared Washington was taking a forthright stand for human rights, properly advocating justice for mass murderers. Indeed, who could oppose such trials? In […]
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/ 22 January 1999
Mpumalanga’s premier introduced Dolphin president Ketan Somaia to Minister of Defence Joe Modise in connection with an arms deal with Kenya, writes Justin Arenstein The Dubai-based Dolphin Group wasn’t just gunning for Mpumalanga’s game reserves when it nailed a secret R25- billion contract with the province’s parks board in 1996 – it also tried to […]
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/ 22 January 1999
Writer Ashraf Jamal has never shied away from epic and dangerous themes. Andr Wiesner finds that happiness hasn’t removed his sting Playwright Ashraf Jamal is flipping through a pad of photographs, and the portraits they reveal look cindered, burnt black and grey by the intensity of their subjects. In one image, a blood-streaked Billy Idol-lookalike […]
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/ 22 January 1999
the ball game The US media is obsessed with impeachment. But the people believe life has rarely been so sweet, says Ed Vulliamy During the week that the first impeachment trial of a United States president this century began in earnest, another record bit the dust. This one concerned the proverbial diamond-in-the-dust, as it happens: […]
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/ 22 January 1999
Evidence wa ka Ngobeni It’s a hot Saturday morning in the rural village of Stinkwater, North-West province. Hundreds of residents and government officials have gathered to honour a group of youngsters committed to cleaning up their village. Stinkwater, near Hammanskraal, is among the 50% of South Africa’s townships, villages and informal settlements which do not […]
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/ 22 January 1999
economy, stupid Beneath the triumphalism and euphoria, a deep unease pervades Middle America, argues Robert Kuttner Yes, in many respects life in the United States has never been better. But there are four notable soft spots in the American utopia: insecurity, holes in the welfare state, inequality and stress. First, insecurity: social critic Richard Sennett […]
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/ 22 January 1999
Wally Mbhele and Justin Arenstein Mpumalanga refused to learn from its 1995 Eugene Nyati scandal and instead secretly contracted the discredited political analyst less than one year later – only to be fleeced by the smooth-talking wheeler-dealer again. New information leaked this week indicates that Nyati used more than R200 000 intended for a tourism […]
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/ 22 January 1999
Johnny Masilela A VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCE by ES Madima (ESST) Tenda Madima, a journalist and the author of an as-yet- unpublished novel in English as well as a screenplay, has taken it upon himself to translate his father’s celebrated TshiVenda novel into English. Academic MC Neluvhalani writes in the preface that he is convinced this […]
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/ 22 January 1999
Irene Krechoweicka Taking a break gives you renewed energy and motivation, enabling you to gain the most from your working life. Breaks made with an employer’s support are by far the easiest to mend. Here’s how to persuade your boss to give you some time off: l Prepare a strong case. Enlightened employers can be […]
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/ 22 January 1999
SARAH BULLEN, Johannesburg | Friday 7.30pm. ANGLO American Corporation subsidiary, Zambia Copper Investments, on Friday afternoon formally announced it is to acquire the assets of state-owned Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines for a beefed up $90-million. This brings to an end speculation over the price AAC would finally acquire ZCCM’s lucrative copper mines following reports that […]