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/ 28 January 2000
Gay avant-garde shock-auteur Bruce LaBruce is visiting South Africa as a guest of the Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. Shaun de Waal caught up with him in Cape Town.
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/ 28 January 2000
TANZANIAN Defence Minister Edgar Majogo left Dar es Salaam on Friday for talks in the Burundian capital Saturday on border security, Radio Tanzania reported in a broadcast monitored in Nairobi. The radio said Majogo was accompanied by top government and military officials. The team is also expected to discuss the ongoing conflict in Burundi between […]
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/ 28 January 2000
ANDY CAPOSTAGNO, Johannesburg | Friday 6.00pm. A CAPTAIN’S innings from Pieter Strydom and a remarkable assault from Tyron Henderson helped Border to recover from 113-6 to 260-8 at the close of the first day of the Supersport Series final against Gauteng at the Wanderers. Strydom, who made a pair in last year’s final against Western […]
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/ 28 January 2000
ST ELMO’s restaurant in Camps Bay, Cape Town, which was ripped apart by a pipe-bomb explosion in November, was on Thursday provisionally liquidated after its insurers refused to pay its claim. The restaurant owners applied for provisional liquidation, saying they are operating at a loss, and thus can not meet their business obligations. But insurers […]
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/ 28 January 2000
THE remains of Nigerian activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, as well as those of eight other activists, are to be exhumed by Human Rights in Port Harcourt. The Wiwa family will hold an official burial on April 24 in Ogoni. Saro-Wiwa, an environmental and human rights leader, playwright, and founder of the Movement for the Survival of […]
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/ 28 January 2000
A NEW drug combination developed in London offers hope to chronic malaria sufferers who have built up immunity to existing treatments, researchers said. It may also prove an effective initial treatment for the mosquito-borne disease that kills up to three million people each year.
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/ 28 January 2000
THE president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, has “surprised” bank officials by winning Z$100000 in a promotional draw carried out by Zimbank for its clients. Zimbabwe Banking Corporation (Zimbank) said Mugabe’s name emerged from the promotional draw on Wednesday out of thousands of qualifying account holders who participated in the promotion. “Master of ceremonies Fallot Chawawa […]
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/ 28 January 2000
SPORT and Recreation Minister Ngconde Balfour wants greyhound racing legalised. Briefing the national Assembly’s sport and recreation committee on Tuesday, Balfour said greyhound racing is legal in most developed countries. He asked the committee to start investigating the possibility of legalising the sport. Balfour said his office had received a flood of correspondance on the […]