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/ 28 January 2000

Granite mining scars Bakgatla village

Stefaans Brmmer The Mmakau villagers first knew there was trouble 18 months ago when the baboons came down from the hills. Little could they have known that the primates were harbingers of a saga that would split the community and draw in controversial granite magnate Fred Keeley, relatives of Minister of Public Enterprises Jeff Radebe […]

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/ 28 January 2000

Uproar over Aids council

Ivor Powell Experts and activists in the fight against HIV/Aids are up in arms over the composition of the government’s new National Aids Council (NAC), unveiled last week to spearhead the fight against the pandemic. The NAC – slotted as a body that will marry efforts by the government and civil society to combat the […]

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/ 28 January 2000

Why do we know so little science?

Michael Kahn Scientific literacy and its place in the curriculum is a topic whose discussion is long overdue. It is thus appropriate to see the attention given to this by the Mail and Guardian (January 14 to 20 2000). What is not clear in the article, SA Students are scientifically illiterate, is what is meant […]

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/ 28 January 2000

Why the need for demarcation?

Jubie Matlou The demarcation of municipal boundaries marks the conclusion of a process started during the multi-party Conference for a Democratic South Africa (Codesa) talks to transform the system of local government for the country. Before the advent of democracy in 1994, there were about 1E300 municipalities throughout the country. Under the new democratic dispensation […]

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/ 27 January 2000

Equality law passed

STEVEN MANN, Cape Town | Wednesday 6.10pm. A LAW which seeks to outlaw unfair discrimination on the basis of race, gender, marital status, disability and other grounds was passed by the National Assembly on Wednesday, amidst howls of protests from the insurance industry. Insurers say the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Bill […]

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/ 27 January 2000

Bafana through to quarter-finals

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Kumasi | Thursday 10.30pm. SOUTH Africa became the first country to reach the African Nations Cup quarter-finals when Bafana Bafana defeated the Democratic Republic of Congo 1-0 on Thursday in a Group B match. A goal at the end of the first half by Shaun Bartlett raised his tournament tally to three after […]