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/ 10 December 2001
AMINU ABUBAKAR, Tungar Tudu, Nigeria | Monday SAFIYA Husaini, a 35-year-old Nigerian woman sentenced to death by stoning, has led a harsh life, from marriage at 12 to a sentence of death which she says is due to rape. Born the fifth of 12 children to a farmer and illiterate herbal doctor in a remote […]
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/ 10 December 2001
A JAPANESE woman who apparently set out to find one million dollars in ransom money depicted in the hit comedy-thriller ”Fargo” may have died from exposure, Japanese media said on Monday. The body of the woman, a resident of Tokyo, was found in the Detroit Lakes area of Minnesota on November 15, Jiji Press said, […]
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/ 10 December 2001
THE second strike to hit South African ports in two weeks ended on Thursday morning when Portnet management and unions signed an agreement. Two unions — the SA Logistics Services and Transport and Allied Workers’ Union, and the United Transport and Allied Trade Union –downed tools on Monday in a dispute over performance bonuses. Last […]
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/ 10 December 2001
THE mother of prime terror suspect Osama bin Laden said in remarks published on Saturday that she was not angry with her son though she does not approve the ”ambitions, ideas and actions attributed to him.” ”I do not approve the ambitions, ideas and actions attributed to him. But I deny what was attributed to […]
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/ 10 December 2001
PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki on Saturday said the government would build a monument in honour of the late Joe Modise and in commemoration of his contribution to South Africa. ”We will build a monument to him. He will be a visible particle in our continuous movement towards the unfathomable eternity of the evolution of the earth, […]
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/ 7 December 2001
This is a film of bracing high seriousness and amplitude, with a literate sense of history and place, writes Peter Bradshaw.
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/ 7 December 2001
After eight years of providing a platform for jazz musicians, the Standard Bank Joy of Jazz Music Festival has formed a jazz label, Joy Of Jazz, through Bula Music, writes Thebe Mabanga.
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/ 7 December 2001
It’s a shrewd business decision on Zola’s part to play on the glamorous criminal romance of his <i>Yizo Yizo</i> character to promote his music, but for health’s sake he should see a psychiatrist, writes Mduduzi Dlamini.
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/ 7 December 2001
I have recently arrived in the New South Africa, and I was wondering what is the point of your column entitled “Body Language”? As a gender specialist, I do not see the purpose of employing an archaic “inyour-face” tone as a method toward greater awareness in tackling gender-related issues. It is more likely that you […]
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/ 7 December 2001
Cape Town | Friday A SECURITY guard who worked at the home of Marike de Klerk, the 64-year-old ex-wife of former South African president FW de Klerk, has confessed to her murder, police said on Friday. Investigating officer Mike Barkhuizen said: “The man we were holding has confessed to Mrs de Klerk’s murder.” A post […]