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/ 11 November 2001

Baby rape jolts South Africans into action

CLAIRE KEETON, Johannesburg | Saturday THE gang-rape of a nine-month-old baby has finally jolted South Africans into acknowledging everyday sexual violence against children, and to demand why it is so widespread. One factor is a widespread myth that sex with a virgin will cure you of Aids: some 4,7-million South Africans, or one in nine, […]

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/ 11 November 2001

Jubilee to pursue reparation claims

Johannesburg | Sunday JUBILEE South Africa’s National Executive Committee on Saturday resolved to pursue reparation claims against Switzerland, German, British, United States of America, and South Africa. In a meeting in Johannesburg, the committee vowed to undertake legal actions against the countries if they were not co-operative on the matter. ”We would hope that the […]

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/ 11 November 2001

INFERTILITY NOT SOLELY LINKED TO SPERM COUNT

SPERM count is not the only factor to be considered when diagnosing male infertility, according to a study to be published on Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers say several other factors can lead to infertility, such as the size and structure of sperm cells, in a study that calls into question […]

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/ 10 November 2001

Morkel throws in the towel

ANGELA QUINTAL, Cape Town | Saturday WESTERN Cape Premier Gerald Morkel has quit. He made the announcement at Mitchell’s Plain in Cape Town on Saturday morning. Morkel said he would resign as premier and also as provincial leader of the New National Party with effect from close of business Monday. “Because I believe with all […]

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/ 9 November 2001

Rivers of blood

Like the face of Greta Garbo, the Marquis de Sade increasingly appears to be a screen on to which we can project our own fears and desires. Whatever the historical facts of the misdemeanours of the "Divine Marquis" who gave his name to the vice of sadism, he has become a figure who accommodates a variety of readings.

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/ 9 November 2001

Ministers take time out to listen to the people

Bongani Majola Government moves to reconnect with the people were taken a step further this week when six African National Congress ministers, five deputy-ministers, three premiers and a host of senior officials embarked on a crash programme of visits to local communities across South Africa. Dubbed “Imbizo focus week”, the programme involves 52 separate visits […]

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/ 9 November 2001

Morkel ‘at the end of the road’

Marianne Merten and Jaspreet Kindra Western Cape Premier Gerald Morkel may soon face a joint New National Party-African National Congress vote of no confidence in the Western Cape legislature, following his setback in the Cape High Court this week. It is known that the possibility of a no-confidence vote was discussed at a strategy meeting […]